Easy II
2014-02-09 20:27:30
In my past experience my grandfather and I used to fillet and then salt our herring for the season and store in clean coffee cans in the refrig. Am I not remembering correctly or is this a successful way of storing bait.
Or any others doing this same method still.
Thank you
akfish
2014-02-09 23:31:57
Easy II there are countless theories to the correct way of salting herring. I know guys who put borax with the salt and others who put a little powdered milk also. They claim it brings out the shine in the scales.
I salt mine the night before. I put them in tupperware and completely cover in salt and the next morning drain the juice and add just a little fresh clean saltwater keeps them from getting stinky and nasty. I like them hard enough to help stay on the hook and not "washing out" but not so hard they get deformed and not "roll" good!
Kelper
2014-02-10 00:31:59
I do it the same way as akfish when I'm salting. I've used unsalted, fresh herring too in the spring, and have had very good results.
Salty
2014-02-10 01:54:17
I agree with the previous except that I don't want my herring rolling behind a flasher.