yes, you can chum in the winter. I had been fishing for years without being real successful, I joined the BOC a little over a year ago and started hearing about chumming but never tried it. My wife bought my son and I a fishing trip in January and the guide told me how to make chum (Thanks Cliff) Well we first tried it on Feb 13th and caught 10 cats about 75-100 yards from shore against a reed bed, all were from 1#-3#ers, we went back to Lake Calaveras last Sunday and only caught 3 from 1 1/2#-4 1/2#ers at a new spot further back into the lake. We couldn't go to the first place we went 'cause someone was there but I think we did pretty good. Gotta get a fish finder though, the folks here are right in that you have to find the fish first then chum to get them in and stay in while you're there. Started a new batch of chum yesterday, takes at least a couple of weeks to be ready. Haven't tried the range cubes yet and heard of some stuff called 'all-stock' you just spread right out of the bag (sounds sticky)
Rubes