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Post by hondacat on May 16, 2011 8:29:12 GMT -5
WELL OPENIONS ARE LIKE ---- ----- 'NEVER MIND' OPENIONS ARE OPENIONS I have read on some posts "salt packed herring is like bug repellant to salmon" The internet is full of good information and bad and a combination of both let’s hear about what works for you and how you use it / make it work LETS NOT BASH someone else’s products they sell just because you sell something different Far too much of this going on in recent time fact is this salt has been used for centuries to preserve meat products long before we had refrigeration SALT is the main ingredient in about all brining products The old oil packed herring was packed in a brine 90% kosher salt/water and one table spoon of pure herring oil not 100% oil or it could never have been froze pour some pure herring oil on your herring if you want try the tuna and fake strips share your opinions JUST SKIP THE PRODUCT BASHING ITS REALY POINT LESS AND COUNTER PRODUCTIVE Here is a picture a customer send me using salt packed strips May be the salt only repels the small salmon ? Pour some oil on it if you want I TRIED IT TO ME IT DON’T SEEM WORTH THE TROUBLE IT GETS QUITE MESSY WE HAVE PURE HERRING OIL IN QUARTS IF YOU WANT IT ITS ALL ABOUT THE FUN!! JUST ASK HARRY
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Post by hondacat on May 19, 2011 20:51:47 GMT -5
MORE INFO JUST IN With a lot of talk about herring strips going on I got a hold of the co owners of Erie dearie had an in length discussion about the bait. This is basically what came out of it.
Erie dearie and fish on have merged, one didn't buy they other, they just decided to work together to bring the best quality bait to the great lakes.
The herring is harvested in eastern Canada and shipped down to Mississippi for processing. It is sorted and then some is set aside for whole and some is set aside for strips. The herring that is for strips is initially cut by machine into fillets. Once it is in fillets it is hand cut into the final product which is strips. After it is in strip form before it is package every strip undergoes a curing process which is basically smothering the strips in salt for 36 hours. Then it is packaged, some of it gets packed in salt, some is packed in oil, some in water, and some is vacuum packed. But no matter which version you buy it is saturated in salt to preserve it.
Anyways since fish on and Erie dearie are now working together the strips from now on will be identical. It will continue to be packaged several different ways. Although salt packed is still my favorite since it is very tolerant for temperature, doesn't smell as bad, and isn't as messy. But I do keep a bottle of oil in the boat and add the oil to the package myself as I'm using it.
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