I have seen some brutal mishandling of Chums as well. Its common to see people drag a chum up the bank 15-20 feet, booting it if necessary. Then kick a field goal with them back into the water. "Damn Chums" is what you usually hear. Interestingly, they keep on fishing among 100 other chum after that.... I guess there must be a sivler down there somewhere??? Silvers are often brutalized in the salt as well. Wild silvers should not be netted. Period.