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Surejam
Alrighty... I have never tried using eggs to catch salmon or steelhead but I want to try. I know you can buy them at a lot of places but I also know that people cure their own and those probably work better than some of the storebought eggs.
SO........
Is there anyone that would either tell me what the best eggs are to use and where to get them? Or sell or trade me some of your home cured eggs (if you think yours are better than storebought ) which I would rather try.
Also, a little direction as to how to fish them properly.......:think:
Surejam
I cure most of my own eggs. Using procure and firecure. But I have tried Amerman eggs and I must say they are pretty good. Also I hear good things about Xtreme Northwest eggs.
I like to drift a small chunk of eggs under my corkie. Just tie your hook up using a baitloop and then throw on a corkie and put a small chunk of eggs in the baitloop. Or you could run them under a float.
What ever you do, don't buy Guide's Choice eggs... They are basically catfish bait..
I've had really good success with Amerman's in the past.. though Joe's isn't in business anymore so not sure where you buy them.
If you want good eggs, catch and cure your own. For steelhead, use borax, sugar, salt, and knox gelatin... and bait dye if you prefer. I think natural colored eggs are best for steelhead.
I just cured me up some fresh winter steely eggs last night.:dance:
I also threw in a small amount of Orange sugar free Jello for a bit of color and "rubberyness."
The test seems to be a bit controlled. I bet if we all pee in a tank full of smolts they would die too but people pee in the river all the time and I am sure that smolts are not dying because of it. We will see how that study ends but I think they should spend their money on other studies!
Just double check and make sure the cures don't have Sodium Sulfite in them. From the recent ODFW testing, it appears to be the culprit in killing off smelts.
Just double check and make sure the cures don't have Sodium Sulfite in them. From the recent ODFW testing, it appears to be the culprit in killing off smelts.