Hey I have a question that I have been meaning to ask, Do the red mesh or cheese cloth sacks that you can put your roe in work well?? please tell me the advantages and dis-advantages, Please.

I use mesh all the time on loose eggs, and sometimes on skein. The bags do hold together nice, and you will get way more life out of a bag than skein. You can cast a bag dozens of times before replacing it. The mesh comes in many colors: white, blue, red, orange, cerise, and chartreuse. You can change the size of bags from smaller than a dime to as big as a golf ball. The fish do seem to get the mesh hung up in their teeth, and I think it helps a little bit on some garden slug hook sets. When we fish in very cold water (i.e 34 degrees) we down size our bags o about 5 eggs, fish them on a size 8 hook, and float the frog water with tiny floats. It's tought to pull this off with skein.

The drawback is that it is messy, and time consuming. You are basically adding one more step after the curing process. Hope this helps you out.

I've seen guys coon steelies on just a few coho eggs in a sack. This was on a small river that was running low and clear. I've only used them a couple times but had the same luck. If I had the time to wrap up a buch of sacks every time I fished I'd do it. But I don't. So I don't.

It seems like you can get more drifts out of a sack and yes Hawk, I've seen them be deadly for running through froggy water. I guess you'd also get more out of your eggs because you're only using a few with each sack.

Bruce