Preserving Spawn

[steeliebob]

Over the years I have tried everything to preserve spawn. I freeze some, I use pro-cure and refrigerate it, I also use a combination of salt and sugar and refridgerate it. I am looking to try to get a firmer egg out of the batch. The pro- cure probably results in the best natural egg and seems to be working real well. Does anyone have any good recipies for curing spawn??? I usually cure about 25-30 pounds of it so I have a little to experiment with.

[Priority1]

Google Borax Spawn. Most of the cures involve borax.

[steeliebob]

I will check it out. I tried the Borax a couple of times and was not impressed mabey I did it wrong.

[Rob]

I treat all loose spawn in river water. I have not had much luck with anything else.

[steeliebob]

I will try that with a batch of steelhead spawn.

[smoknz]

I tried an air dry method that worked pretty well. Pat dry with paper towel, then spread out on wax paper lined with paper towel and put it in the refrigerator for 5 hours or so, more if you want them tackier, and then freeze. After they are frozen I vacuum seal them.