Fishing with Rod Discussion Forum
Fishing in British Columbia => General Discussion => Topic started by: TheChumWhisperer on August 08, 2009, 11:18:03 AM
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Is pink roe any good for fishing?
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Yes
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During years of pink salmon run, pink salmon roe can be quite effective for coho salmon once pink salmon begin spawning in streams.
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Also good for sturgeon when Pinks are in the water.
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rotten and even fresh chunks of pinks are good for sturgeon LOL I love it when you see a sturgeon jump out of the water with an entire salmon in its mouth ;D frigging awesome to see
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I have done very well with Pink roe for various fishes.
Good roe is good roe. ;)
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IMO pink roe is every bit as good as chum roe
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pink roe CAN be just as good as any other roe. I find that it needs to be cured same day though or the eggs kinda crap out >:( with chum and other salmon roe its best to do it as fresh as possible but you can let it sit in the fridge for a day or two and it will still be fine. this doesnt seem to be the case for pink roe, at least thats what i have found. It also takes quite a few skeins of pink roe to get a decent amount of roe. 1 skein only yeilds a few chunks which can be as little as a few casts ::) I personally will normally take male pinks if they havent started to "hump" yet ;)
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Excellent! Thanks for the replies.
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pink roe CAN be just as good as any other roe. I find that it needs to be cured same day though or the eggs kinda crap out >:( with chum and other salmon roe its best to do it as fresh as possible but you can let it sit in the fridge for a day or two and it will still be fine. this doesnt seem to be the case for pink roe, at least thats what i have found. It also takes quite a few skeins of pink roe to get a decent amount of roe. 1 skein only yeilds a few chunks which can be as little as a few casts ::) I personally will normally take male pinks if they havent started to "hump" yet ;)
I hope you are not talking about taking roe from male pinks
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i thought what i said was obvios that i meant i rather retain male pinks instead of female ones. they have a bit more meat however once they start getting a pronounced hump then i will release them. I find keeping all females (which tons of people do) for the roe is silly because it takes so many to get a good amount of roe. I did this in '07 so i had lots of roe for springs and once i went fishing i only had enough for 2 outings :-\ where as with a chum or spring 1 fish will yeild almost the same amount of roe.
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I bonked to females. Both about 4-5 lbs. Produced just over a half pound of roe.
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see thats exactly what im talking about. 2 fish and it wasnt even 1 pound of roe, seems sorta pointless right ?? 1 spring could yeild you a solid 2 lbs or even more depending on size and the roe is of better usage quality.
Glad to hear you got some fish Daumzilla ;D
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my choice chum>spring>coho>pink
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spring,coho,chum
side note: i think whitespring roe cures/takes in better/more colour than redspring roe. any opinions?
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Good, properly cured roe will work great, besides the kinda fish it came from.