Borax laundry soap first, maybe add some sugar in with it, but why sugar? Do you think fish have a sweet tooth?

 

Sugar will toughen the eggs membrane.

I copied this post from a thread in another forum. Not sure if you have used this site.

just FYI, I broke down and got amato's books on egg cures. There are many to choose from; but the author and his closest friends (who collectively catch a LOT of fish) do agree on one cure that has outfished all others combined. I don't remember the ratios (I will edit and insert when I get back home) but the ingredents are: sodium bromide, pure anise oil (not the stuff from the bakery aisle) and sugar. Its a skein cure, not a single egg cure. For singles, it seems like a lot less is used, and you must watch them a lot closer than with skein, which is a shake and bake type approach.

For many of the different cures, they explain "why" each ingredient is important and what its function is. Like, sugars in one form or another harden membranes, while salts of various types are used to extract moisture. Replacing that moisture with liquid scents and liquid dyes allows it to be re-absorbed, and the tough membranes control the milking......

Interesting stuff. Out of the 20 or so cures, many endorsements are given to commercial, ready made cures. there are a ton of em out there.

http://steelheadsite.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3712&highlight=egg+cures


I've used sugar to cure my skeins but only with equal amounts of salt, sugar and borax. I added knox geletin as well. It was probably my most productive cure.

 

but why sugar? Do you think fish have a sweet tooth?

Yes actualy they love to eat sweet tasting eggs

 

Yes actualy they love to eat sweet tasting eggs

Pulled this off another website about curing steelhead eggs

Sugar - I have had luck using extra sugar or salt on cures depending on the condition of the fish in the river. If they are just in from the ocean, they seem to like cures that are sweet. Ive heard of people adding honey and brown sugar to their cures.

 

There are quite a few ways you can do it, but i found out this way does me well..

If the eggs are in the skein take a spoon and pull them off of the skein, if there loose thats better..

Ingredients::
1) Start with 1 gallon of water (river water preferrably)
2) 1 cup of uniodized salt
3) 1/2 cup of sugar
4) 1/2 package of Orange Jello..

Mix all ingredients in the water till dissolved and pour eggs in stir again and let soak for 8-12 hrs stirring occasionally..After soaking rinse drain and let drip dry .. And spoon into storage jar's and refridgerate.. They will keep up to 1 yr or so depending on how you protect them from getting freezer burnt....

When rinseing USE RIVER WATER OR POND WATER.. Dont use tap water.....