Herring Roe Question for prep?

Yesterday I collected a couple pounds of herring roe off the ground during low tide at coyote.  Does anyone have any cureing tips or preparation tips.  The stuff is wet and not really sticking together in clumps.  I'm gonna start by leaving it spread out  in clumps on a metal tray,,,, any suggestions would be greatly appreciated and tried out.  John

John - try the spawn sack method with the Herring Roe.......

My suggestion: make a sack (full of Herring roe) as big as a golf ball and maybe squirt some herring oil into the spawn sack for scent 

http://www.lakemichiganangler.com/tips/salmon_eggs/making_spawn_sacks.htm

thanks joel,
thats a cool link.  I'm very interested in making the roe into a consistency that can be tied on with stretchy thread, cured salmon roe works like this so why not herring?  People have told me borax is what they use but I was thinking that the sturgy might taste that.  I guess I will pretie a bunch of those for san pablo on sunday.  JTF..

Salmon roe stays together because the skein membrane is usually still attached.  I don't think the herring roe has that.

-Allen

I don't think the herring roe has that.

It does if you get the roe out of the fish not collected from the rocks.

Ah yes, right you are Mickfish.

-Allen

hey JYF,
 I have seen the roe on kelp stalks in the ocean around here all my life. Allways thought they would be good for something!
 When I lived in Texas we made a soft bait for catfish ouit of chiken livers and jello. I think you could do the same here but just use gelatin and not jello. Try to find a box of Knox and follow the directions on the back for" knox blox", you may have to try a few times to get the proportions right if you don't like the original formula.
 What you should end up with will stay on a hook ok but the gelatin will dissolve slowly.
 My first try would be blend the eggs, add the gelatin and form to your specs.
 Next time I see some thats my plan!

Anybody here tried eating herring roe?

I have had them quite a few times, got the roe out of the fish never tried loose.
Just brown the sacs a little with a butter and garlic,S/P, pretty tasty shad roe also.

I've been talking to a bunch of people about this and I've added white sugar to the eggs now.  The 24 hour consistency was good yesterday, but not good enough to stay on the hook with just thread.  I've now had the eggs curing outside with sugar for 60 hours and they are looking good, if it wasn't for an overnight rain they would probabley be done.  I will post a pic in a few hours.  BlueKayak, yes, they are good to eat.  I havn't tried them yet, but, the sushi joints in the bay area should probabley be serving it pretty soon.   JTF