GoingFishing Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 (edited) Gday raiders. I have a stripey which i wacked in the freezer as i ran out of time and had to go to a family gathering after one of my recent trips. Has anyone tried unfreezing, filletin, salting then freezing again? Any tips welcome Edited March 18, 2019 by GoingFishing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noelm Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 I prefer to just keep whole and cut baits off as I need them, a decent Stripey will be enough for a Snapper trip, but I guess you could fillet it when only half defrosted to salt it, mind you, I have never been a huge fan of salted bait. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 Thjnk it might be too soft after de-frosting. Would have been better to cut off the fillets, into the fridge in a good quality plastic bag, and once home to add salt for a day or 2 before freezing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 1 hour ago, noelm said: I prefer to just keep whole and cut baits off as I need them, a decent Stripey will be enough for a Snapper trip, but I guess you could fillet it when only half defrosted to salt it, mind you, I have never been a huge fan of salted bait. I have been salting fillets of yakka, tailor, trevally, small tuna, mullet, mackerel for about 50 years, in to the freezer and thaw before heading out fishing. Some fillets more than 12 months old, still catch fish on them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noelm Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 Salted bait works, never said it didn't, but (in my opinion) fresh, or frozen beats salted any day, Stripey will not go soft once thawed, unlike (say) Slimies, fresh Stripey is my preferred Snapper bait, just cut bait sized bits off as you go and use the extra flesh left as bits of burley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingie chaser Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 (edited) Imo keep it whole, will turn to mush if you try to open it up. Still be ok for a troll or drift bait wouldn't it? Edited March 18, 2019 by kingie chaser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoingFishing Posted March 18, 2019 Author Share Posted March 18, 2019 My concern is that if left unsalted it will turn to mush when i come to use it as strip baits later, this happens with bonito and slimeys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noelm Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 Stripey will stay firm when defrosted, Slimies go mushy, my mate uses Slimies almost exclusively for bait (because they are easy to catch and free) he fillets them, puts them in old Chinese containers with some coarse salt and freezes straight away, they never really get salted as such, but are firm when defrosted, and stack nice and neat in his bait freezer in the rectangular containers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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