Good day. Got some eggs now what New pic added

Had a good day and landed a few.   Mix of Hos and Kings.   Got one VERY fresh ho hen that did not even start to change color yet.   Trouble is that they were not loose still in skein.   So far just rinsed them and wrapped in news paper and in fridge.   Never cures or used skein before.  Should I use a salt cure or Go get some Borax in the AM. Salt cured my singles last year and they seemed good.  I just plan on snipping off 4 to 5 egg chunks and freezing then tying into sacs.
Thanks Clint

Clint i would go with the borax.
working with skein is messy.
be sur to open up all the spaces between rows and get the cure deep inside.
once cured a bit i cut it into bait sized chunks and cover with fresh borax.
if you get more eggs i suggest a couple layers of plain paper towel between the eggs and newspaper.
i haven't seen it myself but it is said that the ink can lessen their effectiveness.

A fresh Ho, a monster king and a deer from my front yard this AM

That's his egg fish  from the title of the post, I bet.  Nice pics, Clint- that is a pretty good size King. I had a big  one  on the other day for a good spell and walked it up and down and thought I had it pretty well whipped. I started getting its head up and working it towards the bank, but it kept drifting down as I did. Of course, it makes a last run and drops over the 3 foot falls at the tail of the pool.  Say goodbye.  Glad you got a good pic.

Nice job Clint.

I went today and picked up a ripe female king today. She was ready to burst.  Only fished 2 hr and got tired.  

Compress the photo.

Well here are the egg cures I used.  For the skein I water hardened for 20 minutes and used a  2 cups salt and 1 cup sugar brine for 2 hours.   let them dry until tacky and then coated with Borax and bagged into small baggies and then in a canning jar in the freezer.      
for the loose eggs I water hardened for 20 minutes and will soak them in a brine of  2 quarts water 1 cup sugar, 1 cup borax and 2 cups salt until they feel just right (soaking now).  I will then air dry until tacky and coat with Borax and again in little baggies for about 3 dozen sacks and baggies in canning jars in freezer.    Maybe add a little Anise to a batch or 2  

Clint, after looking at that Male on a 19" screen istead of a dumb phone..
MONSTER  Fish !!!  Right on with landing that beast..  Hope it played you well. Would have loved to see it take you on a Fichy ride..

It was one of the biggest I ever caught I am guessing around 30lb.  We all know they look bigger when you hold them out,  but man  I had trouble holding it up.  Took 3 tries to get a picture.   I also took 4 hooks out of it.   It seemed like I took 1 or 2 hooks out of every fish I caught.  I was pretty high up so those fish saw alot of hardware.  Fish just kind of snapped it, didn't really hit hard,  was an egg fly in pink.
Here I am getting a surprise.  I really had to clean my boots when I got home.
 
 

Yea, I hated tailing them for fear of a hook in the hand.  I did get about $5 in hooks though.