Ben 10

I like to salt them in my esky for a couple of hours after i collect them with a $6 bag of pool salt and only enough water to make a slurry.Then I vac pack them with as little water as possible but pleanty of the salt i.e. 1/3rd of the bag is salt. You will find that with time the cockles will brine and turn a little yellow and toughen up BUT the whiting absolutely LOVE them and my hook up rate has improved due to the fact that they cant just suck the cockle off and I believe they like the taste/smell.The cockles never stink they just smell like the brine and I dont even refrigerate them when I go away for a weekend, I just pull them out of the freezer and use what I need for the weekend and if there is any left over in sealed bags still I refreeze them again and they seem to improve even more and the fish go crazy for it! Like anything though much past a year and a half and they may not be quite as appealing but I guess only take what you need during the cockle season to see you through to the next season to avoid this problem. Cheers