Freeze or Salt Suckers?

[TMF89]

Bringing some up to Canada, should I freeze or salt them?

[Christopher Quast]

Salt them and then throw em in the freezer thats what my buddy does for Devils Lake creek chubs

[TMF89]

The only problem I can see with that is it's a week-long outpost cabin, so I'm not sure how we would keep the ice. Does just salting work?

[matthothand]

I'd bring some crankbaits. Salt the suckers well and invest in a cooler that claims to hold ice for many days. If you freeze them after salting and keep them packed in ice inside a quality cooler until needed you should be gtg. Good luck.

[efgh]

If you salt those suckers, use plenty of salt and let them cure out. shift them around every day for 4 days in the salt. they will keep for more than a week if kept cool.

[slipperybob]

If you salt those suckers, use plenty of salt and let them cure out. shift them around every day for 4 days in the salt. they will keep for more than a week if kept cool.

That's money in the bank!

[dirtking]

I do not believe they will let you bring frozen bait across the border. We salt our minnows - they ask if we have any live or frozen bait - we say no

[Neighbor_guy]

Salt them, then pickle them. I hear it is all in the brine...

[Tom7227]

Dry ice is the key to a cool successful 7 day trip

[andrew chadwick]

Why not just use gulp alive?

[fishinmajishin]

I've taken salted/frozen fatheads on Canadian trips. I buy them by the gallon and then freeze them in smaller quantities...just enough to last 3-4 hrs fishing walleyes. Every time I leave camp, I throw a bag in a small cooler. That way them bulk of them stay better in the big cooler and last all week. What really sucks is handling salted bait when you've been fishing for 4 days and your hands are nicked up...stings just a bit.