Salmon Eggs, what do you do?

[Antlershed]

I never lay my eggs out to dry cause they usually end up absorbing all the juices. What juice is left, I just drain out of the ziploc and then put them in jars, remove the air from the jar, and put in the freezer. I don't use eggs for Steelhead though...only salmon.

[BigGoonTuna]

i've never had any trouble using newspapers for my eggs.  everyone's got their superstitions 

of course, i don't use it much, since i was able to get as much blank newsprint as i wanted until a couple months ago.  the ink we used was soy-based...i always toyed with the idea of trying to use some magenta ink as a coloring agent for my eggs.  kings love all kinds of nasty "unnatural" flavors(sodium sulfite etc).

[MtnMuley]

I agree on Haugens book on egg cures also.  Great info.  Pro Cure had a color out several years ago for guides in Tillamook that was fantastic for me in the central part of the state, but unfortunatly it's no longer produced and I'm out!

[dbllunger]

Pro Cure and use about half of what the directions say.  Absolutely best to cure the roe the day before you use it.  I vacume seal mine fresh, and then thaw, cure and fish.  I prefer pre-cutting to size then curring.  I just mix them in a bowl and set them out to cure.  Setting them out after mixing in the cure until semi dry on the surface only.  Your not drying the eggs just letting them set up then bagging in the fridge.  Deadly on the Silvers, and Kings around the Kenai Peninsula in all streams and rivers.  Seems to really outfish ones that have been cured for days, or cured then vacume sealed to be used later.  Would always have to buy the commercial cured roe form a Carr's for the first day to finally get some fresh roe.  We outfished the commercial 10-1 and even sold some along the river to other people.   

[bankwalker]

brown sugar and salt. i out fish every person i know 10-1 with my brown sugar eggs. and the sweetest thing is if you do it right you will get on average 15 cast per cluster. and im talking really casting hard.

the only fish i have found that wont take my eggs is the damn springers.

ill be killing the kings on the lower green come august 22nd. 8lbs of eggs are in the fridge curing right now.