Nates

 

Lot's of stuff available now versus just 10 years back. If you would have asked me 15 years back or further I would have said Amerman's or Nate's, but now wow some of the liquid cures are pretty on point and simple to use versus the powder shaker cures.

 

Nates. Use less than you think you need and add a little sugar. Sugar brings out the color. Mix in large bowl then into baggies and fridge to cure. Turn occasionally and when the juice is absorbed back into the eggs, freeze. When frozen, vacuum pack. Don’t vacuum pack soft eggs.

 

I guess I am old but for upriver non tide water I use beau mac, if I am fishing tide water I use a sloppy cure like pro cure last supper. But that said I do my own cure 80% of the time.

 

Best all around over the counter cure is Pro-Glow, it's pretty simple as less is more... But homemade cures will edge out over the counter cures for sure.

Keith

 

If I had to choose just one it would be Fire Cure. I have tried them all and always have 4-6 different cures in my arsenal and Fire almost always gets more bites.

 

Fire cure 🔥

 

2nd Pautzke Fire Cure

 

Fire cure, or Ammermans. Both have done me very well over the years.

 

A cure for salmon or steelhead?. Coastal fish or valley fish? Coastal fish have a sweet tooth and crave salt.. Fwiw, they're 2 completely different cures

 

Borax and jello

 

Last Supper

 

I’ve used Fire Cure but you gotta be careful, it’s pretty hot, not just the name. I used it on my herring one year at B-10 and caught a lot of fish. Next year there was no fire. Coincidence.

 

Pro Glow is my most consistent all around cure over the counter. I always have pro glow eggs in the cooler wether fishing tidewater, upriver, tributary springers it will catch them all. I always dry pro glow eggs with a fan, this step is important because it makes a firmer egg that holds up to fishing.

A side note, I never found pro glow to be very effective for coho just Chinook.

 

Too many variables. However.....
Pautzke Fire Cure is my #1, for Salmon in the mid-Columbia, Modified at times for specific circumstances.
Borax O Fire by same Pautzke for Steelhead,again modified at times for circumstance. Basic Borax + jello or sugar a close second.
When it comes to salmon I NEVER bring less than two different cures, usually 3. It can be the difference between limits and a blank.

 

X5 on the Pautzkes

X2 on the ProGlow

X2 on the ProCure

I have used all of them in that order as a base to which add other things

Nate was a jerk to me, so I took him out of the scientific review process.

 

Beau Mac pautzkie upriver. Nates at the coast.

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Tillamook Anglers has been doing our Food bank program for 10 years and curing and selling the eggs with Pautzke Fire cure. We have had no complaints and hundreds of repeat customers.

 

red food coloring, rock salt, and borax

 

This...... when Mr nate , Mr ammerman, owners of procure, firecure blah blah blah die off, who gets the royalties of the sales? And does the "official" recipe go to the grave with them. It would if I was in there shoes. Why count on a cure made by someone else knowing it may not be around in 20 years?. + homemade cures like this are better anyway imo

 

JVDM2: Correct. Back in the day we caught enough fish on home made we didn’t need commercial products. Pinch of Sodium Sulfite, sea salt, sugar, dye. When eggs were done curing, coat ‘em with that good pink borax (or whatever it was) from the guide shop. Scents came in later. The only scent I ever found that might make a difference was Grenadine. We didn’t have the selection of stinky stuff there is today.

 

Don’t forget about Anise. Pure Anise oil if used properly is probably the “best” overall scent there is. Been around forever. 100% natural. I believe the more natural the better it is. Salmon need to be enticed into biting. To be clear I’m talking River and Tidewater Bobber or back bouncing Salmon. And there are a lot of days when it seems just about anything will get bit. Then there are the “days” when if you’re not fishing a particular type of cure you will not get bit. Those are the days when you see the difference between a good egg cure and a “great” egg cure. And a bigger part of that is knowing and recognizing when you might need to “add” a little something to the game. Sounds simple but that’s the difference between winners and losers. I have seen it first hand many times.😀🇺🇸🇺🇸

 

SK50.... That’s the way it is. Add a “little” something. Easy to overdo it. Fish smell pretty good, probably better than a dog.

 

Ultimate Egg Cure. But it's not made anymore so Pro Glow for me.

 

I haven't seen Ammerman's in years. GI-Joes is the last place I remember purchasing it. Where can I purchase Amerman's steelhead cure? It used to be in my top 3.
Lately it's been hard to pass on the liquid cures. So easy!

 

I haven't seen Ammerman's in years. GI-Joes is the last place I remember purchasing it. Where can I purchase Amerman's steelhead cure? It used to be in my top 3.
Lately it's been hard to pass on the liquid cures. So easy!

Ammermans web site. Lives in Monmouth. Both Salmon and aSteelhead cures. Eggs as well.🇺🇸🇺🇸