Uncured salmon eggs

[DaveF]

Not sure if this is in the right place, but does anyone know of a source online where I can buy uncured salmon eggs to tie egg sacks for steelhead?

[ontherise]

Nope

[steelydan]

uncured would be illegal

[Don Supon]

Steelhead eggs work best aafter the salmon run ends. Especially uncured/fresh. But you have to catch that first hen. QuikFish lures for Niagara River.

[DaveF]

I caught 3 female steelhead the other day. Kept one full of eggs, but they were still attatched to the skien. I'm new at curing eggs, and they didn't turn out very well. Just thought there might be someplace closer in NY or PA or even Ohio to get them. There are several in Oregon and Washington, but the shipping charges are steep. They have to be shipped overnight or 2 day air.

[insufishent]

use brown trout eggs

[Lively1]

If you are fishing 'up north' All Season Sports in Pulaski sells jars of chinook eggs that are not tied into sacks.  Not sure if they are cured or not. OR maybe it was Fat Nancy's I saw them in.. it's one or maybe both stores, anyway.

 

CLoser to home you could try Hill Valleys and Stream in Elmira. I know they have the standard tubes of egg sacks in their bait fridge. Don't know about bulk eggs though.

 

As for curing, I've been learning and experimenting myself some.. IMO bleeding the fish out when you kill it does some good, and I had the best results with a homemade cure of salt, sugar, and borax. There are a lot of recipes out there on the web with those basic ingredients, in different proportions. The one I used is this one:

http://www.lakemichiganangler.com/tips/salmon_eggs/curing_salmon_roe.htm

 

If you have tight skein, just cut it into small bait-size chunks and then cure it and use it like egg sacks. If it is loose skein and doesn't look like it would stay on the hook, just tie it up like loose eggs.

[DaveF]

 

If you are fishing 'up north' All Season Sports in Pulaski sells jars of chinook eggs that are not tied into sacks.  Not sure if they are cured or not. OR maybe it was Fat Nancy's I saw them in.. it's one or maybe both stores, anyway.

 

CLoser to home you could try Hill Valleys and Stream in Elmira. I know they have the standard tubes of egg sacks in their bait fridge. Don't know about bulk eggs though.

 

As for curing, I've been learning and experimenting myself some.. IMO bleeding the fish out when you kill it does some good, and I had the best results with a homemade cure of salt, sugar, and borax. There are a lot of recipes out there on the web with those basic ingredients, in different proportions. The one I used is this one:

http://www.lakemichiganangler.com/tips/salmon_eggs/curing_salmon_roe.htm

 

If you have tight skein, just cut it into small bait-size chunks and then cure it and use it like egg sacks. If it is loose skein and doesn't look like it would stay on the hook, just tie it up like loose eggs.

Thanks! I will check out Hills Valleys and Streams.

Edited November 25, 2013 by DaveF

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