A few years ago, I bought some uncured eggs from the tribes (only films I've done that) and cured them up with my go to cure. The eggs ended up having a very different distinct smell to them. Just didn't smell fishy like king or coho eggs that I had cured before. So I ended up not fishing them. My assumption, at the time, was that the eggs weren't bled correctly and that "spoilage" is what was causing the smell.

Fast forward...

Today, while looking for coho, I caught a pretty fresh looking chum hen and decided to keep it. I was curious if the eggs would have the same smell.

Last night, when I put the cure on them, they had a pretty plain smell. This morning though, they have that kinda nasty smell I noticed on the previous chum eggs. This time though, the fish I kept was immediately bled and kept on ice all day. Then cured that night.

Compared side by side with coho eggs cured the same way, they smell dissricly different.

My question... Anyone else notice this?