freezing down fresh sandeel

[bigsod]

A few mates kindly netted me some sandeels and i packaged them into 12-15 eels per pack and froze them straight away. I was told not to use them for a while and leave them in the freezer for at least a month, whats the optimum time to leave them so there at their prime? and does this apply to mackeral fillets as well?

[paul mason]

The gemeral rule of thumb is about six weeks, but different sea conditions can change this. Sometimes fresh frozen works and other times eels that have been frozen for a year and gone a little off work, it's getting to know what ones to use thats the trick.