Yep, same here. First time I ever went chumming, I took my dad on a guided trip on the sky. They guide just about forced us to take the fish home, and my dad never throws anything back anyway. So I tried it and swore I never would again. But this guy would have died from the battle and hook removal process anyway, so I thought I'd give chum another chance. Like I said, people at work loved it

Rebember that it has been sitting on ice for an hour before the pic - so the fish is going to look extra ugly form the weird coloring that happens when a fish sits...

But in general - yes Parker - that is a VERY ugly fish , like all chum are, but it was definately not 'boot' status like the others I saw Saturday...