single egg cure

[steel rollin]

If anyone has any info on how to cure eggs to make singles that are able to stay on a hook, it would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks
Steel

[chromedome]

Here's a two methods:

Try dissolving 1 heaping tbsp. of crystal Drano to 1 quart of water [add food colour, if desired] in a non-metallic bowl. Immerse loose river-water rinsed eggs in the solution. Gently stir occasionly, and periodically test an egg with the point of a hook until the desired consistency is reached. Rinse well with cool water and add scent [herring oil, anise, garlic, etc.] if desired. Store in fridge for up to a month.

Also, you can boil fresh eggs in salted water until opaque, rinse with cold water once the proper texture is achieved. Add colour and/or scent as desired. Keeps for a week or two in the fridge. Best done outside [on a camp stove. etc.], because otherwise your house will end up smelling like a salmon cannery.

(Taken from questoutdoors.net)

[eriesteel]

mix one cup fruit fresh with 1 quart of water. stir well then add 3 tsp of fresh lemon juice. put eggs in mixture for 5 hours. take eggs out and rinse. This is the local secret cure. catches fish 10 to 1 over other methods.

[bigbear]

i;m not sure how mine will do in the long term, but
i rinsed in well water, let them drain and dry for an hour, covered them in a mixture of borax and kool aide and the once they were the way i wanted them i put them in the freezer (the batch i thawed and used this week end worked well, they had been in the freeze about a month)

[steel rollin]

what is fruit fresh?

[EagleCrg]

Steel: Thanks for asking! I was wondering too.:)

[FISH FETISH]

Fruit fresh is a fruit preservative you can buy at most of the larger supermarkets. I used the cure described earlier- boiling single eggs in salted water until they reached the consistency I desired, then froze them in zip-lock bags. Used them for the first time on an Erie trib this past weekend w/ success. I was impressed they worked as well as they did.

[Adrenalinerush]

what is fruit fresh?

Thats funny, I read that as fresh fruit. So I would have been there with apples and oranges trying to cure some eggs! :D

[Ditchrat]

this what we talking about?

http://i1.tinypic.com/v3znv5.jpg

[steel rollin]

Hey ditch,

Those eggs look great! What method did you use for them. You could PM it to me if you want. I would appreciate it. Thanks to everyone for the advise.

Steel

[bigbear]

yummy trout candy!!
hey are those for sale ditch?:p

[Ditchrat]

yummy trout candy!!
hey are those for sale ditch?:p

yep BB they are.

[Stoney]

what is fruit fresh?

This is also labeled as everfresh in some of the supermarkets it is an msg based preservative.

[woolybugger65]

pan down for some info. on egg curing

http://www.lakemichiganangler.com/tips/salmon_eggs/salmon_trout_eggs.htm