Matt,

Here is the curing technique I use. I'm a young guy too and so I'm new at all this stuff, but my eggs are turning out pretty good.

Take eggs out of fish and put them between paper towels and put them into refrigerator. Let them stay overnight in the fridge.

The next day take the egg skeins out and cut them into bait sized pieces. Take newspaper and lay it out on a table. Cover the newspaper with borax. Take the bait sized gobs of eggs and roll them in borax. Then leave the eggs on the newspaper and dump some fresh borax over the top of the eggs.

Let them sit for about 8 hours (some guys say until a crust forms on the top) and then go roll them over. Dump more fresh borax onto the top of the eggs. Let them sit for another 8 hours (usually the next morning) and they are done. I always put them in a ziploc bag that has borax in it and put the eggs in the freezer.

This is what I've used and I've caught a lot of silvers on them this year. If you ever make it out to Sequim I would be happy to go fishing with you around here. If you put in the time you WILL eventually get fish.

~ Dr Pepper