Chum make excellent bait eggs (and even better caviar!) but my preference (as a chinook junky) in rank order for bait eggs...

1) king
2) chum
3) silver
4) pink
5) sockeye

If I was fishing strictly steelhead, which tend to be more visual than olfactory in their preferences, chum eggs would be my top choice.

Their clear bright color makes a beautiful egg when cured "natural" with just salt. At the same time, their clarity lends itself to taking on ANY color of dye you prefer.... orange, pink, red.... just beautiful.

NOTHIN' but salt....

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The Keen Eye MD
Long Live the Kings!