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sean

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« on: October 23, 2004, 01:36:26 PM »
when curing roe is using a brine optional.
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Re: roe
« Reply #1 on: October 23, 2004, 02:06:43 PM »
What do you mean by brine??? There are some cures that use liquid...is that what you mean?   I have never used a cure on skein roe (opposed to single eggs) that uses a brine.  Just powder...borax or procure does the trick.
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Re: roe
« Reply #2 on: October 23, 2004, 02:51:48 PM »
Hey Sean, I could be wrong, but you may be confusing fresh water bait with salt water bait preperation.

You need to brine herring, anchovies, etc for use in saltwater.

You don't need to (as far as I know...) brine roe. You just dry it out a bit and cake it in borax.
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Re: roe
« Reply #3 on: October 23, 2004, 03:28:34 PM »
rods recipe suggest a brine then dry then borax
thnks for info, dry and borax sound like the way to go
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Re: roe
« Reply #4 on: October 23, 2004, 04:03:15 PM »
There used to be some info here  ::)
« Last Edit: April 20, 2005, 06:32:48 AM by LimitKiller »
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Re: roe
« Reply #5 on: October 23, 2004, 06:57:24 PM »
u dont need any brine to cure roe.. just buy yourself some pro cure and read the instruction and u will have killer roe!
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Re: roe
« Reply #6 on: October 23, 2004, 08:05:07 PM »
Ya, just like everyone else.
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Re: roe
« Reply #7 on: October 23, 2004, 08:26:05 PM »
pro cure works plain and simple.  My dad an I were chuckin spoons in a tail out today and a guy snuck in on us and went to the head of the pool to fish some bait.  he was there for 45 minutes and not a sniff.  I asked him what type of bait he was using.  He reply fresh boraxed coho roe...the chunk I later found on the ground looked nice. 

IN 20 minutes I had 5 takes and 2 fish (both hatch) to the beach on double red procure.  Color does make a difference.

In terms of prep I find that it is critical to air dry the roe before AND after curing it.  Air drying them seem to help lock in the moisture and stop the eggs from bleeding.
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Re: roe
« Reply #8 on: October 23, 2004, 09:07:37 PM »
thanks for the info
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Re: roe
« Reply #9 on: October 23, 2004, 11:09:35 PM »
you can do either.  even on the procure instructions, they give you the option of the dry or brine method.  both are effective, the difference is, the brine method toughens the roe a little bit more (good for fast water) and takes a bit longer to do.
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Re: roe
« Reply #10 on: October 24, 2004, 07:15:32 AM »
I didnt say that I doesnt work, just that everyone uses it.
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Re: roe
« Reply #11 on: October 29, 2004, 08:56:13 AM »
killed a nice chrome chum full of lose juicy eggs and i want to make roe sacks out of it
so i soke it in water or a water salt solution and then ?
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Re: roe
« Reply #12 on: October 29, 2004, 11:51:20 AM »
Procure dry or brine or borax or borax and Kool-aid.  Procure is basically borax with colour.  Some people will brine the roe with equal parts of salt and sugar and then store in borax.  The bottom line with roe is the smell from the "bleeding" roe along with the colour (added or not) does the trick.  Try adding smelly jelly to your lures if your not using roe.

If you haven't done it before, buy procure and follow the instructions (buy pink for your first time).
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Re: roe
« Reply #13 on: October 29, 2004, 12:28:20 PM »
Downsize your avitar
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Re: roe
« Reply #14 on: October 29, 2004, 12:32:27 PM »
Souldn't have been that big :o  I'm working on it!
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