I had a Q on our BB about differing ways to cure eggs for Kings (which we posted about here not too long ago under "egg cureing"), silvers, and steelhead. I will copy and paste it here for those interested in one good egg cure for steelhead fishing. I would be interested in other cures for steelhead (guys don't seem as secretive about that as with King fishing cures). Thanks. ......
Silvers are somewhat like steelhead in that they don't like strong chem cured eggs as well as Kings do. That's part of the reason I use a little less cure on my eggs. I can use them that way for silvers/steelhead if needed, although I have a better steelhead specific egg cure method (below), and I can add more chems and enhancers to the eggs for King fishing. That's what I would suggest for curing up any more eggs you get for further silver river fishing. If you only have eggs already chem cured for Kings, I suggest cutting them in quarter size clusters for silvers, a quick rinse in an almost frozen gallon of distilled water, then soak them for several minutes in Pautzke's Necter red juice, then pad them off. This works pretty well for adjusting King fishing eggs over to steelhead fishing eggs too; just cut the clusters a little smaller to about nickle+ size. -- For people already curing silver caught eggs up for steelhead, I'll suggest one cureup that I use for steelhead egg fishing here now: I precut the skeins into nickle to quarter size clusters out on waxed paper for a light non-iodized salt and sugar sprinkling. Then put them into a large cleaned bowl. I very lightly sprinkle Pro-Glo red coloring crystal powder (NOT the cure), several drops of anise oil, and several drops of shrimp oil to mix around gently but thoroughtly in the bowl of eggs; with gloves on. Leave them in for about a half hour then pour them on paper towells to dry off the excess moisture. Then put them on a new set of paper towells or racks and let them air dry for a few hours to firm them up for driftfishing. Then place them in a bag and gently shake them in a quality borax. Since these don't have chem preservatives, vacuum pack in jars what you don't use in a few days out of the fridge and freeze them. You can use other colors (such as bright orange) and other additives for a variety of steelhead egg cureups. Goodfishing to ya.
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[This message has been edited by Reel Truth (edited 10-31-2000).]