Handling a salmon which you intend to release is never easy, especially when it is a larger specimen like a chum salmon. These skills don’t come naturally for any angler and the only way to get better at it is to practice on lots of fish. My take on it is that there isn’t an absolute correct way to do it, but you do the best you can to minimize your impact on the fish. The goal is to ensure that the salmon you release ends up surviving and spawning successfully, the least amount of physical and