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Other Activities => Fishing => Topic started by: YoterHunter on August 18, 2011, 01:14:43 PM

Title: humpy slime
Post by: YoterHunter on August 18, 2011, 01:14:43 PM: i remember awhile ago this subject was brought up about removing the slime from humpys. can some of you refresh my memory. thanks.
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Post by: CP on August 18, 2011, 01:22:53 PM: Use the backside of your knife, scrape the sea lice off while you are at it.
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Post by: singleshot12 on August 18, 2011, 01:25:35 PM: vinegar vinegar vinegar and some more vinegar!!!
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Post by: YoterHunter on August 18, 2011, 01:27:42 PM: are you using a rag . or are you poring it on and rensing off.
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Post by: singleshot12 on August 18, 2011, 01:41:22 PM: Spray with a spray bottle, let sit for several minutes and rinse in cold water till slime is gone.
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Post by: KDume on August 18, 2011, 02:29:50 PM: My dad and I got eight this morning. We clean them and put them on ice right after we get the lines back in the water and we never have any slim to deal with.
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Post by: jackmaster on August 18, 2011, 02:57:49 PM: wipe them down with the little nickle news paper works every time
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Post by: FC on August 18, 2011, 03:11:29 PM: Just skin the fillets?
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Post by: YoterHunter on August 18, 2011, 08:05:29 PM: thanks folks. the fish i just put in the bryn.wernt really slimy. but have had some in the past years .i have 14 fallets that will be done around 9;pm.
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Post by: klindstr on August 18, 2011, 09:06:25 PM: Nail them to a plank and hit with the pressure washer. Just be careful, it can make a mess :dunno:
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Post by: grandpawrichard on August 18, 2011, 09:20:25 PM: I ALWAYS use a pump spray bottle with vinegar in it to spray on my humpies, then I take a dull bread knife and quickly scrape off the fish. Then I hose them down and start to fillet my catch.
All Humpies have the slime, even if you clean them right on the river. That slime is introduce to the meat of the fish if you don't get rid of it before you fillet the fish. You will be amazed at how much better and milder the humpy will taste if you get rid of the slime before you fillet.
I'm well into my 2nd. punch card on Humps, plus I have a couple of silvers to my record this year. :)

Dick
Title: Re: humpy slime
Post by: lokidog on August 18, 2011, 09:33:01 PM: I take my salmon and lay them out in the grass, grab the hose and spray the scales off. This also eliminates the bulk of any slime, the rest can be rinsed off when cleaning the filets.

I like to scale my fish as I hate getting scales in my mouth when eating smoked pinks or grilled other salmon. The cool thing about using the hose is that it does not bruise the meat either.