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well that beautiful fish your grandson caught is big enough for me to have bled out (slicing a gil) or you may have done that, its good to do on larger fish because they have more blood and if it sits inside the fish for the day it can change the flavor tramendously......next step for me, is sweetin the fish, i like to use brown sugar while cooking fish is can help on a lot of flavors, good luck
:think: Anyone who has ever fileted out a big rainbow from Klamath Lake will know exactly what I mean... The nice salmon like flesh will have you drolling, you just know it is gonna be delicious. You prepare it with love and care, maybe even set the table and try to impress your family. You pop a bite in your mouth and you have to fight back the urge to puke. You look around the table and everyone is glaring at you and you know they are all thinking you just tried to poison them...
Anyhow that is how the scene played in my kitchen. I have tried every method I can think of to make edible trout from Klamath Lake. Any ideas?
Good help right there.
If all else fails, most everything is awesome brine and smoked :clap: I personally have trouble with the table fair of most trout, including winter steelhead. Usually almost always heads to the smoker. I did see an interesting recipe deep frying with a batter like a white meated fish... I haven't tried it yet though.
Good help right there.
If all else fails, most everything is awesome brine and smoked :clap: I personally have trouble with the table fair of most trout, including winter steelhead. Usually almost always heads to the smoker. I did see an interesting recipe deep frying with a batter like a white meated fish... I haven't tried it yet though.
I deep fry steelhead fillet pieces all the time! Very good!
:think: Anyone who has ever fileted out a big rainbow from Klamath Lake will know exactly what I mean... The nice salmon like flesh will have you drolling, you just know it is gonna be delicious. You prepare it with love and care, maybe even set the table and try to impress your family. You pop a bite in your mouth and you have to fight back the urge to puke. You look around the table and everyone is glaring at you and you know they are all thinking you just tried to poison them...
Anyhow that is how the scene played in my kitchen. I have tried every method I can think of to make edible trout from Klamath Lake. Any ideas?
You can't make them edible! I've tried! Even smoked I can still taste that algae flavor! They are fun to catch....terrible to eat! I would suggest releasing them and heading to Howards prairie if you are after eatin' fish!
I got tired of bland or less than tasteful Trout, a guy in a cleaning station told me to clean the fish...not just gut it but clean it. His theory is that the foul taste is from the slime on the fishes skin, I take great care in cleaning the skin using a dull table knife to scrape the skin and warm water; then a paper towel lightly moistened with olive oil. My Trout taste great every time....I must admit I have never cooked a Trout from Klammath Lake but It works on the fish out of Crane during the Algae blooms in the summer. Give it a try...you won't regret it.
Chuck
I deep fry steelhead fillet pieces all the time! Very good!
I got tired of bland or less than tasteful Trout, a guy in a cleaning station told me to clean the fish...not just gut it but clean it. His theory is that the foul taste is from the slime on the fishes skin, I take great care in cleaning the skin using a dull table knife to scrape the skin and warm water; then a paper towel lightly moistened with olive oil. My Trout taste great every time....I must admit I have never cooked a Trout from Klammath Lake but It works on the fish out of Crane during the Algae blooms in the summer. Give it a try...you won't regret it.
Chuck