Preserving/freezing fish-vacume pack

[colonelmeyer]

I've noticed when I leave enough of any kind of liquid in the sealer bags that it gets vacuumed towards the seal area. When this happens over time the meat near the liquid in the bag starts to get a bit of freezer burn, sometimes, and at times has even messed up my seal. So I got smart and started sealing with no liquid and as minimal residual blood as I could and that seems to have stopped my problem. I never thought of the paper towl, but I bet that would work good for keeping the juices out of the seal.

[striperjoe]

I must add to my above post that I waste a few paper towels and actually
pat the fish dry and then seal. It seal great.