If you like catching fish, you like chum, yeah, I would rather catch a king, but hey, I learned how to catch steelhead by mindlessly, day afer day catching chum. So they suck to eat, who cares, throw 'em back, keep a mostly bright one, learn to fish. I used to fish for 'em all the time. I don't go much now 'cuz I'm addicted to the Sol duc and a couple other forks area rivers, but if I just need to itch the fishing bug for a day, hey, chums are great. Don't like 'em, don't fish for 'em.