Egg and Shrimp Cures suggestions

[JJB11B]

I fish mostly on the Columbia River. I used to buy the Columbia river bait company shrimp but the last few bottles I got had very low quality shrimp. I.E. Soft, heads missing or falling off. I bought 3 of them this year. I think I am going to buy some plain bait shrimp and try making a few colors. Is anyone willing to share their recipe? I looked through the pre made bottles at a local store today. What do you guys think of scenting the brine instead of scenting individual shrimp when you're fishing?

PT. 2 Caught a hen Coho. I got two fair sized thingys (cant spell scanes at the moment) of eggs. These I just set out for an hour or two in the shop then cut into chunks and tossed them in a bag of 20 Mule team borax. The next eggs I get I want to "Cure" and color. Any Suggestions would be great!

[2labs]

Koolaid.

[JJB11B]

Koolaid.

Really? which color and how?

[fish vacuum]

You can add a little raspberry jello to your borax for extra color and sweetness. There is a school of thought that steelhead prefer basic boraxed eggs, and salmon prefer eggs done with chem cures.

[JJB11B]

One more question. I've not used eggs very much so I am learning. If these eggs turn out too soft or fall apart on my egg loops, what do you guys use to hold your eggs besides the loop? is there some sort of tubular guaze or something I can put them in?

[bowhunterwa87]

Pink pautzke cure ..its dynomite!!!

[h2ofowlr]

Play around with a few cure options and see what works best!

[JJB11B]

Is there any products I should stay away from?

[HUNTINCOUPLE]

One more question. I've not used eggs very much so I am learning. If these eggs turn out too soft or fall apart on my egg loops, what do you guys use to hold your eggs besides the loop? is there some sort of tubular guaze or something I can put them in?

You can tye up spawn saks. Atlas Mikes has a nice little kit with directions on how to. Or get some panty hose and stretchy thread and go to town tying up saks of different sizes.

[fowl smacker]

My 2 favorite sure by far are Fire cure and Nates (in that order).  I usually don't add anything to those as they're both great.  They'll catch the heck out of salmon AND steelhead.  A simple 3 2 1 borax, sugar, salt cure works well also.  If your eggs are really sloppy and falling apart you can always tie them in a spawn sac.  Good luck.  There's nothing like the feel of a fish eating your eggs.

[fish vacuum]

Craft stores carry small mesh material in a variety of colors. Pick some up in red or orange, put your sloppy eggs in, then tie into a sack with light mono.
Shaking your egg clusters in a bag of borax should have them ready to fish, unless you're keeping fish that are close to spawning.

[RadSav]

Depends on whether you are planning for spring/summer fish, coastal/tidal fish or fall/winter fish, upriver fish.  One is sweet the other is salty.  Of course you can generic cure with Borax and color (I like Pro-Cure color).  Then you can add honey, crawfish oil, sand shrimp oil, anise or salt later depending on season.  They won't milk as well as curing for each season from the start, but it does allow flexibility.

[JJB11B]

Thank you guys, I mainly plan on using them around Mcnary Dam or over around Ice Harbor Dam for steelhead, sometimes when the shrimp aren't doing the trick eggs seem to be the ticket. I just want to have some options

[HUNTINCOUPLE]

If you don't already? Put schrimp and eggs in the loop........

[RadSav]

If you don't already? Put schrimp and eggs in the loop........

Deep red Shrimp cocktail with Sue Bee used to be our #1 springer medicine boondoggling the central valley rivers in Oregon.