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[The_Roe_Man]

Fisher and I spent a couple hours fishing the incoming tide today using roe below the port mann.  Had a couple bites but nothing came of them , maybe coarse fish.

[Hung]

My son and I drove along River roads on both North Arm & South Arm and did not see anyone fishing!  Water visibility was really poor.  We fished near Alex Fraser bridge between 6 and 8pm and caught only 2 bullheads.  Those little critters swallowed the whole 1/0 hook!  Wasted several of my roe sacs!

QUESION:  I just made some roe sacs this afternoon, per Marco's instruction, but I don't have anise oil to store them in.  Should I use Borax???

[Pink Poacher]

Just store them in the fridge.

[blaydRnr]

does the anise oil actually help to cure and preserve the roe? or is it more just for scent?

[funfisher]

I have used some olive oil in the past and it seemed to work well in preserving the roe.  Put the sacs in a small glass jar and fill with the oil.  Just try it out and see.

[Fish Assassin]

Anise oil is usually used as an attractant. Pure anise oil is expensive; $7.00 for 25 ml.

[blaydRnr]

wow that's pretty steep.  but wouldn't you need to cure the roe anyway?  how can oil alone, keep the eggs from going mushy?

[Fish Assassin]

You generally cure the roe and then add the scent

[Hiker]

Don't fill up the jar with anise oil. Anise oil is just attractant. I use glicerin oil (which is not cheap neither but much cheaper though - about $9 for 500ml).
Get them in health stores/pharmacies.

[Matuka Jack]

FA, Where do you buy your Anise Oil from?

[Matuka Jack]

Thanks Doc

[Fish Assassin]

London Drugs if you want the pure anise oil. You may have to order them several days in advance. Use a small amount because it is concentrated. I squeeze a couple of drops into a plastic bag where I keep my homemade plastic worms to keep them from sticking together.

[blaydRnr]

i don't want to sound ignorant, but if you're gonna go to all that trouble to give your roe the scent of anise, wouldn't it be a lot cheaper to go with the gibbs artificial eggs?    i realize its a totally different ball game,  but since the eggs have already been cured and its scent have been altered (and maybe even dyed in the process), what's left of it's natural complexity?...texture?
 

[Rodney]

Natural bait will generally be more successful than artificial bait. It would be hard to produce artificials that have similar texture and scent to naturals. Never disregard the artificials of course, sometimes they will work just as good as naturals in rivers.

[blaydRnr]

You have to pay attention to the details my friend...even the slightest ones make the biggest difference.

you've got a good point and of course, success stems from the attention of details.  i was just asking because of the phenomenal cost of the anise oil.

last year, i was using the gibbs (anise scented) aritificial roe and found that the white springs went  'nuts' over them.  i couldn't even 'hope' for a coho to bite because of the springs aggressiveness towards the scent.  my biggest fear is that if i use the oil to 'scent' my cured roe, that it would end up being an expensive way to catch an already aggressive species.