Are chum salmon good table fair if cought in the salt?

[BOWHUNTER45]

To me ...nothing smokes better than a Chum 

[_TONY_]

Smoke 'em if they come out of the salt. Let the river eat 'em when they get there.

Hunterman(Tony)

100% agree

[RadSav]

Any bright chum is still 100% better than farm raised salmon or steelhead.  So they are not at the level of bright line caught Steelhead, Sockeye, Chinook or Silver...What is?   Still pretty dang good if you ask me!

They fight good, show up in big numbered waves and they will hit just about anything bright or shinny.  That makes them a hoot load of fun and worth the effort IMO.  I've had more than one sixty+ fish days up on the Vedder.  Throw in a couple monster Tyees' and salmon fishing doesn't get much more fun than that!  Table fare is just the icing on the cake

[Soady]

To me ...nothing smokes better than a Chum 

 Well maybe a good Macanudo and whiskey while you watch the chum smoke! Get yer priorities right man!

I do agree though, I like catching and smoking chums when they are dime bright fresh from the Nasty.

[Dirty Mike]

Why go all the way to Tahuya johns creek is right down the road from ya. I've caught some nice bright fish there

[tmike]

My deckhand in AK would always pick chums over reds or silvers for home pack for what it's worth. They are good if taken care of properly.

[LongTatLaw]

They fight great...love em on a 5wt fly rod...  will spend much of the October and Nov weekends putting big chum numbers on the board. No matter how bright I don't care to eat em...Ive caught some shinny bright pretty fish pullin plugs but even smoked they arent my cup of tea. Then again...Ive got 100lbs of Alaska caught King fillets so I can be picky. I wouldnt let us sway ya...give it a shot...different strokes.

-dave