First Trout Smoke

[Jed.cook]

I've never liked trout, grilled at least. I finally had some smoked that a buddy did last summer and I was hooked. Very similar to smoked salmon, which is arguably my favorite food, both to cook & to eat.

So a couple days ago I loaded up some fishing gear onto my motorcycle and headed to the mountains. After getting skunked on the river, I found a pretty amazing lake where the fish couldn't get enough of my cheapo spinner lures.

I cleaned and dry brined these guys in about a 6:1 brown sugar:salt mix for about 24 hours before throwing them on the kettle to smoke at around 200*. After about 30 min. I pulled the remaining fins, bones & skin, then back on to smoke for another 20-30 min. or so. The thinner fillets ended up near jerky, but that's still a winner for me.

Removing trout bones is a huge PITA (please let me know if you have any tricks), but it might have just been worth it. This catch was pretty damn delicious. Probably headed back up a couple times next week with the kids and some buddies to pull a few more.



-Jed

[AZ2FL]

Nice catch and beautiful scenery in Colorado!
In Florida I smoke mullet, Spanish mackerel, blue fish and king fish.

Butterfly down the backbone (dorsal fin) and leave belly skin attached.
I leave the backbone in until after it's cooked and then remove when fish has cooled.

I've used a Weber kettle, Big Chief electric smoker and a custom built cabinet smoker for smoking fish. The key is maintaining temp between 180-200.

Link below is for mullet but should apply to trout.

http://www.suncoastnews.com/sports/smoked-mullet-a-fall-and-winter-florida-cracker-treat/article_d8501bd0-efd0-11e7-bb95-d7f03c4103e1.html

Cheers and good luck fishing with your kids.

[AZ2FL]

Smoked mullet


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[Mike Huff]

Thanks for sharing this cook and the story. Wow, just amazing all around. The bike, the mountains, the fish. Really cool. Good for your soul.

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[bbqking01]

Nice, and different. Love good trout/salmon. Seafood. Nice catch/cook. Love both.


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[bamakettles]

Very cool.  I think this wins for the most unique cook and adventure post of the month.  Scenery is amazing!


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[Jed.cook]

Thanks guys. @AZ2FL I can't wait to try that method. Hopefully next week!


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[willian m Pineda]

Damn that looks freking good

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