Hey, don't shoot me; I'm just the messenger. Accidentally hooking a chum is one demerit. Keeping it on and landing it after knowing that you have a chum on is two demerits. Fishing for chum on purpose was unknown back when the demerit system was created because anglers fished for species that they would be willing to take home and eat. Even catching a dark steelhead counted as a dermerit if you kept it, neutral, as in no gain no loss, if you released it. Yeah, it was a different world fishing-wise then.