A story on cured eggs vs. borax

I was fishing a coastal Washington river last fall with my Amerman cured eggs. There were a couple other guys fishing close by. I pull out my bright red Amerman eggs that I carefully handled and cured with great detail. The other anglers were in awe of my fabulous looking eggs. Their jaws dropped when they saw what I was using.

Then one of them pulled out his eggs from a mason jar. They were the some of the worst eggs I've ever seen. They were stringy, falling apart, and real messy. I asked what he cured them with. He said just borax.

Well, over the next couple hours, that guy outfished my beautiful Amerman cured eggs 3 to 1! I caught one mesley coho while he put three big Chinook on the bank. Go figure. From that, I learned that the only opinion that counts is the fish. I don't eat cured salmon eggs but they do.

The point is always have more than one cure with you, including one that includes borax.