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Title: Freeze or salt
Post by: clhuff on Jun 16, 2016, 01:57 AM

how long can you keep baitfish salted and still be good to use. Or Better to just freeze till ice?

Title: Re: Freeze or salt
Post by: ice dawg on Jun 16, 2016, 09:27 AM

Why not salt and then freeze? I have read that some people salt them and freeze them. Just google salting minnows for instructions.

Title: Re: Freeze or salt
Post by: Spider1 on Jun 16, 2016, 10:29 AM

yup. salt then freeze.

Title: Re: Freeze or salt
Post by: gearheart on Jun 20, 2016, 09:30 PM

pickle them in windshield washer anti-freeze for 10 minutes, then freeze them.  They absorb the alcohol and won't crystallize when frozen.  They are a little stiff and rubbery when thawed but the fish don't mind. They stay on the hook quite well.

Title: Re: Freeze or salt
Post by: Drifter_016 on Jun 20, 2016, 11:30 PM

I vacuum pack and freeze. I will salt them when I thaw them out.

Title: Re: Freeze or salt
Post by: legend on Jun 22, 2016, 09:37 AM

gearheart, do you mean windshield washer fluid....or a mix of that with antifreeze? thanks

Title: Re: Freeze or salt
Post by: ice--cube on Jun 23, 2016, 07:59 PM

Windshield fluid winter mix not summer mix. Winter mix has alcohol which is an anti-freeze

Title: Re: Freeze or salt
Post by: legend on Jun 26, 2016, 06:36 PM

thanks i did not know that, great tip !