Best way to store fish fillets in the freezer?
May 20, 2021 07:06:29 #
Hokiefisher
Loc: Charlotte NC
I also use both. Just a matter of preference. Water does require more room. My fridge has a bottom freezer with a big slide shelf. I lay the fish in water on there to freeze first before placing them in my big freezer. Helps with the space problem some.
May 20, 2021 16:10:13 #
May 21, 2021 09:20:07 #
I dry and then vacuum seal the fish. With shrimp, clean, devein them, dry them, put them in a zip-lock bag, and then vacuum seal them. The shells on the shrimp have a tendency to poke holes in the vacuum bags, and then they will freezer burn.
May 21, 2021 11:42:39 #
flyguy wrote:
I dry and then vacuum seal the fish. With shrimp, clean, devein them, dry them, put them in a zip-lock bag, and then vacuum seal them. The shells on the shrimp have a tendency to poke holes in the vacuum bags, and then they will freezer burn.
flyguy-- they have vacuum seal bags that has inner liner bone guards. Don't know bout shrimp. I bought some by mistake. You might try putting your shrimp in a fold over sandwich baggy before you put them in vacuum seal bag.
May 21, 2021 19:32:03 #
FinFisherman wrote:
flyguy-- they have vacuum seal bags that has inner liner bone guards. Don't know bout shrimp. I bought some by mistake. You might try putting your shrimp in a fold over sandwich baggy before you put them in vacuum seal bag.
I will, thank you, FF
May 21, 2021 20:04:46 #
FS Digest wrote:
I’ve been told by multiple fisherman that the best... (show quote)
I’ve done both and only do vacuum seal now. Takes up WAY less space and will keep your fish just as long as anything out there. I’m a firm believer in eating my fish within 6 months from the time I catch it. I strongly prefer fresh over frozen but I only keep enough to eat within 6 months so either way will keep them fine.
May 21, 2021 20:14:43 #
bapabear wrote:
Most people do not realize that fresh fish in many... (show quote)
That’s very true. I learned, a LONG time ago from my fishing buddies in Homer Alaska, that a fish that smells fishy is spoiled. Don’t eat it. Fresh fish smells like the water they came from. The fresh fish we catch in Alaska don’t smell anything like the fresh, fishy smelling, fish from a grocery store. Most folks are not aware that, fresh caught, copper river salmon were actually netted from various rivers around Alaska. Many not even from the Copper River proper. They come from a fish processing facility in Japan called “Copper River Fish Processing”. When fresh “Copper River”sockeye hit the stores in the lower 48 it’s 3 to 5 months after they were netted, flash froze and sent to Japan for processing. The flash freezing helps preserve the red color but the flavor is gone and they smell and taste fishy. I suppose those who don’t know the difference enjoy them but they’re not fresh. “Fresh caught”? Yes but not fresh when the stores get them.
Sep 21, 2023 20:56:38 #
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