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[Bently]

Dion, a picture may help explain.

Charge him for it Dion     

[DionJL]

Charge him for it Dion     

I should, I'm poor right now.

[Matt]

Like this, but closer to the head if you want to use the whole shrimp.  After I took this pic, I snipped off the first segment at the head for a slightly smaller presentation  IIRC.

[Steelhead Fever]

Yo thx everyone for all the info on the shrimp set up.
I used shrimp before, im gonna try again I never had much luck in the chilliwack with them.
Question... Last time I died them with rasberry jello powder turned them bright red, I wanna try a pink colour like strawberry jello powder.
Should I be using the pro cure? powder instead of jell o? would it make any diffrence, what do you guys use?
Thx.
Kinda sucks that the river is high n blown rite now but we got time to get ready for 1st cast when the water gets a lil better.
Good luck guys.

[bigblue]

Like this, but closer to the head if you want to use the whole shrimp.  After I took this pic, I snipped off the first segment at the head for a slightly smaller presentation  IIRC.

Great pic Matt.
As some smart guy once said, "Seeing once is better than a hundred words"
Next time I do my cure, I will try with the tail on as in your photo.
I think it looks more natural this way.

[bigblue]

Question... Last time I died them with rasberry jello powder turned them bright red, I wanna try a pink colour like strawberry jello powder.
Should I be using the pro cure? powder instead of jell o? would it make any diffrence, what do you guys use?
Thx.
Kinda sucks that the river is high n blown rite now but we got time to get ready for 1st cast when the water gets a lil better.
Good luck guys.

I use pro cure for both my roe and shrimp and it works well.
For shrimp, you don't need to use much, just enough to dye the color.
I shell the frozen shrimp and put it into a zip-lock bag together with coarse salt, brown sugar and some pro-cure.
Shake it up and let it sit for a few hours, drain it, and it's good to use.
One bottle of pro cure will last a long time under normal use.

[Matt]

I don't feel the need to cure or borax shrimp.  I just throw day's worth of frozen shrimp from a shrimp ring into a ziploc, sprinkle maybe 1/2 a tsp of krill-scented Fire Cure into the bag a put the sealed bag on the dash while driving out to the river.  Once there, through a paper towel in the bag to suck up the moisture so my hands stay clean and maybe add a squirt of shrimp oil.  The cure is there for the dye and the scent, not preserving or toughening the bait.

[DionJL]

Adding rock salt will help toughen your bait. Do not use borax.

[milo]

I read sometime back (can't find the article now) that steelhead have "sweet tooth" and adding brown sugar with salt during prawn/shrimp curing will improve their effectiveness. Anyone tried this?

I find they like pancakes with maple syrup much better...hard to keep the bait on the hook, though. 

[Dave]

I find they like pancakes with maple syrup much better...hard to keep the bait on the hook, though. 

Good to see you back Milo, we have some fishing to do. Try brining some with Dion's rock salt... add in some Heinz ketchup - gotta be Heinz though.  Leaves a good colour, sweet tasting and you don't need a bait rag - just lick your fingers

[bigblue]

I find they like pancakes with maple syrup much better...hard to keep the bait on the hook, though. 

Seriously, if you google "steelhead prawn cure sugar" you will find many articles about adding some sugar to sweeten it up.

Below is some of many links which mentions adding sugar to cure shrimp or egg for steelhead fishing:

http://www.fisheyesoup.com/article_details/550.html

http://www.wildriversfishing.com/article6.html

http://www.steelheaduniversity.com/egg_cure.html

http://www.pautzke.com/fireblog_read.php?read=1

I wanted to get some feedback on the subject.

[milo]

Seriously, if you google "steelhead prawn cure sugar" you will find many articles about adding some sugar to sweeten it up.

Below is some of many links which mentions adding sugar to cure shrimp or egg for steelhead fishing:

http://www.fisheyesoup.com/article_details/550.html

http://www.wildriversfishing.com/article6.html

http://www.steelheaduniversity.com/egg_cure.html

http://www.pautzke.com/fireblog_read.php?read=1

I wanted to get some feedback on the subject.

I know it was a legit question...just couldn't resist being a goof.
Sorry. 

Good to see you back Milo, we have some fishing to do.

Thanks Dave...we'll get in touch soon indeed.

[Matt]

Remember you're only using Procure/Pautzkes cure to dye the bait.  You can fish a cooked shrimp from a shrimp ring without doing anything to it first, just thaw and put on the hook.  You don't need salt to toughen the bait, I don't use it, but it might keep your bait on the hook a little longer.  You could always just buy some Procure bait dye, but most of us already have Procure roe cure (premixed combination of cure and dye) at home already.  Pautzke's Fire Cure already have krill scent as well, which can't hurt.  Shrimp are cheap and rebaiting every dozen casts is find with me, salting the shrimp wouild draw moisture out of the shrimp and they might make it last a couple more casts.

[DionJL]

how about the procure with borax
 and how much brown sugar and salt do u use?

I think you are thinking of the coloured borax made by Pro-Cure. Don't use that, it's just borax with dye.

I don't measure anything, I just add until it looks right. Experiment with it; that's how I figured it out.

[Floater]

I never add any sugar or any other artificial flavourings to cured shrimp. They are already scented enough you wana keep it as natural as possible. Im sure steelhead know exactly what a shrimp smells like and zoom in on it once they get a sniff.