In case anyone wasn't paying attention, the WDFW is IN LOVE with CHUMS!!!!

My god, what a waste of hatchery resources to produce millions of those BAD tasting boots. Brats and Nooks are a better table fare, but they cost 10x as much to raise and release.

So in order to brag about the great job of stewardship they are doing, they release those dogs instead by the millions. It's a numbers game everywhere you look, most bang for the buck comes from chums. So guess which fish is more valuable to the WDFW???