"How-To" The #1 Cure for Coon-Shrimp

[@jero1918]

My 2019 shrimp caught a bunch of lower Columbia sockeye this year. Thanx Duane! ;)

[@FishHuntNorthwest]

Outstanding... Nicely Done!!

[@chuckgregory9480]

Thank you

[@lucasholmgrenmusic]

When Duane talks bait, I listen.

[@fishingthepnwwithdave7833]

Great stuff Duane, just watched you on outdoor GPS. That dark red, is that the purple/red? or red/red?

[@FishHuntNorthwest]

Dave, it's Red... BoaX O Fire looks purple in the jar, but it is Red. The Nectar is Red and the Fire Dye is Red... Thanks for watching..

[@NghiaPham-xi5so]

How long do you boil the shrimp for? Thanks

[@FishHuntNorthwest]

If you get fresh shrimp that has not been blanched/boiled, it's pretty quick and easy. Bring water in a pot to a boil put the shrimp in some type of strainer or colander you can dunk into the boiling water. They only need to be in there for a minute or so or until they turn color much like cooking crab. Pull them out dump them into cold water in the sink or a container with water and ice in it you want to cool them down right away.

[@NghiaPham-xi5so]

@@FishHuntNorthwest Thanks!

[@tmtallman]

thanks for sharing, on the suppliers of shrimp, can you please give us phone # or website. I cannot locate Rays Baits

[@FishHuntNorthwest]

Depending where you are located, typically Sportco in Fife and most Cabela's have Ray's Baits Flash Frozen ready to cure coon-shrimp in 2lb. boxes. You can also contact Columbia Basin Baits facebook.com/columbiabasin.bait/ They sell, I believe 1 lb. bags of frozen uncured coon-shrimp..

[@jorgereyes7110]

Can you blanch any shirimp your self and cure them up?

[@FishHuntNorthwest]

Yes, as far as I know... As long as they are still in the shell, they should blanch and cure fine. Pink Shrimp, Coonshrimp, Coon Striped Shrimp ect. All should work...

[@jorgereyes7110]

​@@FishHuntNorthwestthanks for the info, keep up the good content.

[@yyoohh]

Can I re-use the liquid ?

[@FishHuntNorthwest]

Once the shrimp have absorbed the contents in the cure, the liquid is not as strong with ingredients. The shrimp absorb the salts and sugars and then when you remove the shrimp, you also remove the original amount of contents. Adding more shrimp to the jar into the liquid will result in cured shrimp, although they may not be as tough as the originals. I have used the liquid to cure eggs (roe) for fishing and that works really well. Gives the eggs a completely different scent.

[@yyoohh]

@ good idea using for egg . I’ll copy that , thank you

[@USAFTACP]

How does this brine recipe compare to the fire brine?

[@FishHuntNorthwest]

Fire Brine works also, this process will have a longer storage success. The shrimp will still be fishable a few years from now, if needed. Fire Brine will not last as long...

[@USAFTACP]

​@FishHuntNorthwest thank you for response, tight lines

[@Native_Truth]

All natural refined sugar is the same as “raw cane sugar”? Looking at local super markets and can’t see the brand you’re using in the video…

[@FishHuntNorthwest]

The white refined sugar is easy to find. The natural raw sugar (and there are several different brands) it's typically natural brown and larger size granule..

[@brettwright321]

So I have been using dng frozen but I found alive coon shrimp took and cured them. Well they be okay not blanched and boiled

[@FishHuntNorthwest]

Raw, cured coon-shrimp or prawn do not hold up as well as shrimp that has been blanched. The blanching, toughens the shrimp a lot and they will fish much better...

[@TheTitanJesus]

did this guy really not write down a list of what we need to cure shrimp?

[@FishHuntNorthwest]

On tonights live show, we revisit this recipe and I actually add a kust of ingredients. Yes, I failed to do that last year...

[@FishHuntNorthwest]

Also, just added the entire recipe to the information here on the video...