Really?

I don't know about all of this "chum are the best fighting salmon pound for pound" business. Between work and play, I net and release a metric shizzle ton of chum every year. Hundreds probably wouldn't be an exaggeration. I can't remember ever having seen one jump. I am sure it has happened, but chum aren't jumpers, they aren't runners, they don't generally go out of their way to put up an entertaining struggle. They sit in the current, shake their toothy gaping mouth, and they have decent endurance while doing so. I won't blame the annual chumathon completely on others. I accidentally hook a few while silver fishing as well. Outside of an ability to sit there for a while, I would say the struggle is marginal at best.

In terms of the quality of the fight, give me a silver or chinook any day of the week. If I wanted to play stationary tug of war, I would find a dog. Dog salmon. That is kind of ironic isn't it?