Salted Pilchards

[Hammo2809]

Hey Raider's

Do you have to freeze the pilchards after they have been salted?? I have had mine in salt for a couple of weeks now and all the juices have stopped coming from them. So do I leave them in the bucket in the garage or do i freeze them again???

And if I do re-freeze them can they be thawed out and then frozen again after that??

Thanks for any advise.

Cheers

Edited May 12, 2012 by Hammo34

[finbar12]

Hi Hammo, i would freeze them to keep them fresh and if frozen they will keep longer. I guess u could re-freeze them but they will lose alot of there freshness.

Hope its helpful

[J Hooked]

Hi Hammo

I freeze them and use them as my berley. That's normally after the next outing. For top results it's best to use the freshest bait you can get.

[Benzeenees]

Put them in the freezer. They probably won't freeze if they have a lot of salt in them. But they certainly won't rot!

[Mr.KingSpooled]

Old smelly pilchards are excellent baits to use on yellowtail bait jigs and burleying for yellowtail

I second that salted pillies are the bees knees for yakkas !! They burly well causing a nice slick and also because there alot firmer they hold together alot better when u need to chop up a fillet for the bait jig and they actually STAY on the hook

[Hammo2809]

Hi All...

Thanks heaps to all your advise, I'm going to Avoca in the morning with salted and fresh frozen pillies & hopefully a good report to come home with.

Cheers

[Hammo2809]

Well you wouldn't believe it!!!

I turned up to Avoca at about 5.30am casted out a salted pillie, after waiting quite a while with no action I changed over to a frozen pillie and still nothing not even a bite. I changed location twice to better my chances but to no result.

At about 8.30 I packed up and went over to Terrigal where I'd been on other weekends and there were a few guys leaving with there catches of Salmon. I gave it a go with a fresh one one but not one bite. Bugger!!!

I think I might try Mullet strips this weekend.

Cheers

[eholdn]

Hey Raider's

Do you have to freeze the pilchards after they have been salted?? I have had mine in salt for a couple of weeks now and all the juices have stopped coming from them. So do I leave them in the bucket in the garage or do i freeze them again???

And if I do re-freeze them can they be thawed out and then frozen again after that??

Thanks for any advise.

Cheers

A couple of guys in the fishing club salt their pilchards for a bit of bottom bashing and they salt them for only a few hours and then chuck in the freezer, they had said any more than a few hours and they dry out to much.

Cheers

[bharris]

Make a brine and put them in leave

For a couple of days in the fridge then dry them of and pack in bags tough on the out side and perfict inside still full of juice

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