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Fishing in British Columbia => General Discussion => Topic started by: bigfishy on October 15, 2016, 11:42:42 AM

Title: Bar fishing
Post by: bigfishy on October 15, 2016, 11:42:42 AM

What does everyone use for bait for bar fishing the lower fraser? Salted or boraxed roe? Also what's the difference?

Title: Re: Bar fishing
Post by: Fish Assassin on October 15, 2016, 11:52:06 AM

I find boraxed works better for me.

Title: Re: Bar fishing
Post by: blaydRnr on October 15, 2016, 04:58:35 PM

if your roe is good quality and salted, the skein will be toughened and stay on the hook longer than boraxed roe.

Title: Re: Bar fishing
Post by: Animal Chin on October 15, 2016, 05:22:29 PM

Almost everyone I've encountered uses roe that's been boraxed or cured with the commonly found off the shelf cures (Procure, Pautzke's etc).

Title: Re: Bar fishing
Post by: hrenya on October 15, 2016, 08:44:45 PM

I use both , usually I sprinkle some salt on fresh skeins and cover them with borax if im in a hurry , or I let it sit for a day in a plastic container for a day , drain it and cover wit borax if I have time to make it more rubberish . but fresher stuff works the best :) coho very picky on roe .

Title: Re: Bar fishing
Post by: blaydRnr on October 15, 2016, 08:59:49 PM

just to clarify, i don't recommend using straight salt for curing or you run the risk of burning your roe....i add salt to my cure to toughen the skein or i make a salt brine solution to do a quick cure of my roe then air dry over night.

Title: Re: Bar fishing
Post by: 96XJ on October 16, 2016, 09:32:35 AM

FWIW , my Dad used to use salted roe roe for jack springs early in the season and switched to boraxed roe for fall coho , he always did very well as my dinner plate can attest to