salmon roe

[lineman_36]

going to start curing my own salmon eggs this year.
what does everyone use. what works the best
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[Mojo1]

For many years we have been using Alaska Nitro Baits cure. Bill Davilla is the guide that sells it, and it is the easiest and (IMO) best thing out there. Do a google on Alaksa Nitro Baits for contact information.
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[chipmunksniper]

We usually just use plain 20 mule team Borax. seperate the layers of eggs in each skein with your fingers and then work the borax down in between. start on one end and do one layer at a time. stick it in your fridge until the membrane dries out and then your good to go. some people get fancy and add jello and sugar and stuff but this will give you a good natural looking cure.
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[prvrt]

I have used the borax method with iodized salt and sugar and it worked fine. Caught quite a few salmon last year on this roe. I add 1/3 of each into a container and mix it well. I then dry the skeins and cut into the size of chunks you want for bait. Then put them into a plastic container in layers adding the mixture on each layer. You want enough to cover each layer. Put the lid on and then rotate the container so the eggs are completely covered. Put in the fridge. Every 12 hours rotate the container. You will notice that after the first twelve hours there will be quite a bit of liquid in the container. This is the fluid from the eggs. After about another 12 hours or so, the eggs will reabsorb this liquid with the mixture and cure the eggs. Do this for 2-3 days. The longer you rotate them in the fridge, the tougher the eggs become. After that they are ready to use. You can also freeze them in the container after the 2-3 days. Before freezing sprinkle a little plain Borax over the eggs and rotate, then freeze. I am still using the ones from last salmon season for steel heading this spring and still have some left over. You can also add some red food coloring if you want a darker egg and another thing to add is Anise to the mixture. This method worked great for me and holds up well in the sac. They are a bit sticky, but no big deal to me since I am in a river fishing.

I did keep some steel head eggs this spring and used Pautzke Borax O Fire Egg Cure. Sportman's carries it as does some Walmarts. Quick and simple to use since all you need is a Zip Loc bag when you clean the fish. You dry the eggs, cut them to size if needed, place in the Zip Loc and add Pautzke Borax O Fire Egg Cure. Rotate for a bit and throw in the cooler or fridge. So far it looks like it has worked ok, but I have not fished with these yet, so no idea how they will hold up.

Good luck and welcome to the forum.
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[maghunter]

I've used the borax jello method and it works really good. Just do a google search and you will find tons of egg curing recipes.
On a side note did any of you see the Jared Scott outdoors episode where he was Salmon fishing? It was an amazing episode, Jared was fishing at some hole with shoulder to shoulder fishermen nobody is catching anything. This old boy from St Anthony comes down with an old zebco reel (he fished it upside down as well). Casts out into the hole and hooks a salmon. He ends up loosing that one casts out again and boom fish on. He repeats this several times before landing his two hatchery fish. So Jared goes over to interview him to see how he could hook 7 salmon in 45 minutes while 15 other fishermen and been fishing for hours without even a nibble. Well apparently he had a secret egg cure that he wasn't about to divulge. He was kind enough to give Jared enough to bait his line with. Jared casts out and hooks one right away (which he lost). It was amazing how having the secret cure could make such a huge difference. That old boy could make some money if he was willing to sell his recipe. Jared had that video on his website for a while but I see he has put some new videos on there now. If I see it on his site again I will post a link to it.
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[Mojo1]

[quote maghunter]I've used the borax jello method and it works really good. Just do a google search and you will find tons of egg curing recipes.
On a side note did any of you see the Jared Scott outdoors episode where he was Salmon fishing? It was an amazing episode, Jared was fishing at some hole with shoulder to shoulder fishermen nobody is catching anything. This old boy from St Anthony comes down with an old zebco reel (he fished it upside down as well). Casts out into the hole and hooks a salmon. He ends up loosing that one casts out again and boom fish on. He repeats this several times before landing his two hatchery fish. So Jared goes over to interview him to see how he could hook 7 salmon in 45 minutes while 15 other fishermen and been fishing for hours without even a nibble. Well apparently he had a secret egg cure that he wasn't about to divulge. He was kind enough to give Jared enough to bait his line with. Jared casts out and hooks one right away (which he lost). It was amazing how having the secret cure could make such a huge difference. That old boy could make some money if he was willing to sell his recipe. Jared had that video on his website for a while but I see he has put some new videos on there now. If I see it on his site again I will post a link to it.[/quote]

And that is why I use AK Nitro. When you catch 5 to 1 on a bunch of guides on the Clearwater, and they want to buy your eggs... It isn't the cure, it is the bite enhancers.
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[STEELHEADKID]

Alaska nitro is some good stuff for sure! Another point worth mentioning is that steelhead typically dont like a sodium sulfite cure but salmon love it!
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[Soda]

Besides keeping the eggs out of the fish you catch, where else can you get roe to cure?
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[MMDon]

The best source on the West Coast is Sunrise Bait Company. Do a Google search for them and you can order online. Cured or Fresh Frozen for Sturgies. These guys rock!

Curing roe for Salmon is different that curing for Steelies. I recommend Borax with Raspberry Jello Mix and no salt. Open the skeins and cure, cut into usable size berries and freeze, then seal in seal-a-meal packages after frozen and they will keep for years in your freezer.

MM/Don
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[PokyFishermen]

Hey Maghunter, i fished alot with Steve zundel at that fishing hole last year, he was kind enough to share his recipy shoot me a pm if your interested
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[BossHunter]

I'm new to this site but was wondering if you could share with me the egg cure you were talking about?
I just started Salmon fishing this year after retirement and would like to catch one before the season ends.
Thank you in advance.[fishin]
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[windriver]

Welcome to BFT Bosshunter.

Windriver
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[BossHunter]

Thanks, I've found that most Salmon guys are a lot of fun. I've learned a lot already except how to keep catching these fish.
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[Mojo1]

Check your private messages BossHunter...
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[BossHunter]

Got it,thanks
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