[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"learn-glossary-salmon-eggs":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"aliases":6,"body":14,"category":44,"definitionShort":45,"description":20,"disciplineTags":46,"extension":48,"meta":49,"navigation":50,"path":51,"relatedCards":52,"relatedTerms":54,"seo":58,"sourceRef":59,"stem":60,"term":5,"__hash__":61},"learn_glossary\u002Flearn\u002Fglossary\u002Fsalmon-eggs.md","Salmon Eggs",[7,8,9,10,11,12,13],"salmon roe","roe","eggs","single egg","roe sack","spawn sack","egg cluster",{"type":15,"value":16,"toc":40},"minimark",[17,21,37],[18,19,20],"p",{},"Salmon eggs are the migratory angler's universal bait. During and after spawning runs, trout and steelhead key on loose eggs drifting downstream from upstream nests — and a properly drifted egg presentation is the closest thing to a guaranteed eat.",[18,22,23,24,28,29,32,33,36],{},"Three forms cover most water. ",[25,26,27],"strong",{},"Single eggs"," (sold in jars, cured pink or red) hook directly through the membrane and drift one at a time. ",[25,30,31],{},"Roe sacks"," are a small wad of eggs tied into a square of mesh, fished on a snelled egg-loop hook. ",[25,34,35],{},"Cured cluster bait"," is roe still in its natural skein, cut into chunks and either snelled or hooked through the skin.",[18,38,39],{},"Drift them dead, on light leader, with just enough split shot to bump bottom. Don't overweight — eggs ride near bottom naturally and a leaden drift screams \"fake\" to a pressured fish.",{"title":41,"searchDepth":42,"depth":42,"links":43},"",2,[],"lure","Real or cured salmon and trout roe, fished as single eggs, clusters, or roe sacks. The deadliest steelhead and salmon bait — and a top trout bait wherever stream eggs naturally occur.",[47],"bait","md",{},true,"\u002Flearn\u002Fglossary\u002Fsalmon-eggs",[53],"the-egg-loop-knot",[55,56,57],"egg-loop-knot","leader","hookset",{"description":20},null,"learn\u002Fglossary\u002Fsalmon-eggs","-nf0-ih0jzYClbHJbMRK58f-ySstgpgvwaDIh7S_QCU"]