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05-06-2012, 11:23 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: CT
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Freezing eels?
Had a couple decent sized eels die in my jug yesterday, Wanted to freeze them so I can make them into riggies in a couple weeks. What's the best way to freeze them? Could I just throw them in a tupperware container filled with water and chuck them in the freezer? Sorry if this has been covered before, did a search and came up with nothing.
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05-06-2012, 11:35 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Sturbridge MA
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I have froze them without without water and it worked ok. I bet freezing them in water would be better. When i rig them i try to do it before freezing them because it is easier for me. And after they are rigged i freeze them, they still looked pretty good the other day when i gave a couple of last years riggies to my neighbor.
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05-06-2012, 11:41 AM
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Very Grumpy bay man
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Rhode Island
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My old surf partner RI Rockhound, freezes his eels all season and rigs as he needs them. They work either way.
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05-06-2012, 11:48 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: CT
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Thanks fellas, guess I'll throw them in water and freeze them
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05-06-2012, 12:41 PM
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Annisquam Assassin
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Peabody, MA
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I've always heard that you should also cover them with water, table or Kosher salt, the later being better. I guess it creates a brine that helps to preserve and also keep them from getting freezer burn. I was also reading that you can store at room temp in the same brine.
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05-06-2012, 12:44 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2004
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Rob Rockcrawler
I have froze them without without water and it worked ok. I bet freezing them in water would be better. .
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That is what I do. I do freeze the riggies in water and take a couple out that I'm going to use. Those I just throw into a plastic bag. |
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05-06-2012, 01:16 PM
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Pete K.
Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 2,953
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I usually rig dead eels, but I also use them the same exact way I use live eels... single hook in the head, no rigging...
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05-06-2012, 01:57 PM
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Frank Capone
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Hamden, Connecticut
Posts: 2,229
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Freezing fish in water "generally" preserves them better than air freezing. I've also wiped the slime off them, wrapped them in saran wrap, then put the individual eels in a ziplock bag.
Honestly, I don't think it matters much to the bass, but at the same time I think fresher is better.
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05-06-2012, 08:37 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Buxton, Maine
Posts: 1,727
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Ryan try makin a brine an just soakin them in it but be carefull as to freezin an wrap them tight to prevent freezer burn. Plus freezin in a brine doesn't work as they rot in it in the freezer. Ron
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05-06-2012, 09:44 PM
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Great White Scup Hunter
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: In the Corner...
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I fish dead eels all the time... Toss them in the freezer... If your going to use them in a day or two then just ziplock them and toss in fridge.... No salt or brine.... The stinkier the better...
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05-06-2012, 11:08 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Monmouth University, NJ
Posts: 188
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i brine everything, skins, dead eels etc. with the exception of riggies which i just freeze in a ziplock bag dont want the brine "eating" my hooks
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05-07-2012, 05:37 AM
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Also known as OAK
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Westlery, RI
Posts: 10,408
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Quote:
Originally Posted by piemma
My old surf partner RI Rockhound, freezes his eels all season and rigs as he needs them. They work either way.
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Ziplocs for short term...
Folgers plastic coffee fan for longer storage.... coil them up. fill with water and freeze the whole thing.... |
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05-07-2012, 06:43 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Chasing fat girls in the dark
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don't let the wife catch you, but the cryovac food save worked pissa. No freezer burn.  |
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05-07-2012, 10:53 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Cumberland,RI
Posts: 8,555
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You can just freeze them in a ziplock , thaw in cold water to rig them , refreeze them , fish them , refreeze them. They are tough as hell.
One year I froze eels ever the winter , thawed and rigged them in the spring. Fished them all season long (you just tie on a frozen riggie and toss it in the ocean , it will thaw quickly). In November that year I fished one on one of my last days out and caught fish on it. I then took it , put it in a ziplock abd refroze it over the winter again! The following spring I caught a bass near Quonny on Memorial Day with it!
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Saltheart
Custom Crafted Rods by Saltheart
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05-07-2012, 03:57 PM
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xxx
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Playin' in the Dark
Posts: 2,407
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zip lock works for me. two of my biggest bass on riggies (38.5 and 41 lbs) came on the same riggie almost a year apart. it sat in the freezer in a zip lock in between. second fish was hooked on the rear hook and did a number on it, otherwise it would have gone back in the freezer.
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05-07-2012, 05:39 PM
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Chris Blouin
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Warren, RI
Posts: 3,330
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Don't put em in a brine if you plan on making riggies with them, makes em to stif and rigid and they lose their action. Even if you crack the vertebra they still don't swim as nice.
I cover my riggies with water and freeze em.
Unrigged eels I freeze in two or 3 packs just remove the air.
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