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Trout is a perfect fish for the grill and tastes great with a little smoke from wood. Whether you want to cook up individual fillets or the whole fish, it's a pretty simple process, and you can add a variety of flavors or experiment with different recipes. There are a few tricks that will help you create the perfect grilled trout and keep your fish from falling apart while it's cooking.
There are many grilling tools that you can buy, but when it comes to keeping your trout intact, what you really need is a carefully chosen spatula. If you enjoy grilling fish, a sizable spatula that is very thin will be a valuable addition to your backyard cooking toolkit.
You can also use a grilling basket or fish basket to hold the fish together while you cook it. These work well and literally help you get a handle on your fish. more
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Before you eat your freshly caught trout, you’ll need to clean it. “Cleaning” is a fisherman’s term for removing entrails and inedible parts from a fish. This also keeps stored fish from spoiling. Cut your trout for cleaning by slitting its belly and severing its gills. Remove the entrails, head, and fins by pulling these parts free or cutting them off of the fish. Fillet and skin the fish so the meat is deboned and ready cook. more
If the pond surface freezes for an extended period of time, it is
not necessary to break the ice to feed the trout. At water
temperatures below 40 o F, trout can survive for a month
or two without feed.
It is unlikely but if the pond is static (no inflow and outflow),
it may be necessary to break and remove the ice. With a static
pond, most of the oxygen in the water is resulting from contact
with the air during the winter. If the pond surface is completely
frozen for an extended period, this can act as a barrier to
replentishing the oxygen in the water. This is especially true if
there is snow covering the ice. Most trout ponds have constantly
flowing water so this is usually not an issue. [links]
Spring Mortality
Rainbow trout will typically live about 5 years. With trout that
are two years old and older, some mortality is usually experienced
in late winter or the spring. This is caused by what is commonly
called ‘egg block’ and results from the female trout being unable
to release their eggs. There is no cure or way to prevent this from
happening, except to request sterile (triploid) trout from your
supplier. You can expect to pay a higher price for these trout, but
if you plan to keep the trout longer than 2 years, it may be worth
the additional cost. Ask your supplier for more information about
pricing and availability.
Estoy de Acuerdo / I agree here
Trout will generally do well during the Winter months with very
little care, although there are a few things to be aware of: here
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Saving all that precious meat does come with some perils, as most fish—whether frozen whole or as fillets—are especially prone to going bad in the freezer. But with some care, and by following these tips on how to freeze fish, anglers are guaranteed a wonderful meal of nearly fresh fish months down the road.
When packaging your fish for the freezer, sort the fillets into meal-sized portions. This way you only thaw as much as you plan to eat in one sitting. Never refreeze previously frozen fish. more
For anglers in some parts of the country, it’s salmon season (or nearly so). That means it’s time to reap Mother Nature’s bounty and put up a bunch of fish. Those of us who don’t live in salmon country aren’t so lucky, but there are still plenty of opportunities to catch some fish before fall. I’ve been adding catfish to my freezer lately, and I’ve seen several limits of walleye on my social-media feed from friends who have figured out the late-summer bite.