Smoked Trout


 
Wolgast

Wolgast

TVWBB Olympian
Did my first attempt at smoking fish on the wsm yesterday.
My brother gave me a big trout(well i think its a trout anyway
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)a while ago and its been sitting in the freezer since then.

Started of by deboning the fish and put some fine salt on the meat side and let it sit for 2h to let the fish absorb some salt. I should have put it in a brine overnight but this turned out pretty good too.

After the 2h i added some spices/herbs :

Side 1: lemon/sea salt/pepper/parsley/chili flakes.

Side 2: Dill/pink pepper/Sea salt/basil.

Smoked with alder and apple @ 175-190f for 3,5h.
No water just a claysaucer,started off with 10 lit and added around 10-15 unlit during the cook.

Ok time for some pictures.

The beast!

Both sides deboned,this fish was a bit weird as you can se in the picture one side was actually bigger then the other(has nothing to do with my knife skills)
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After the short salt cure i patted both sides dry before adding the other spices.

After 1h on the smoker

Almost done

Resting

Final product


Turned out great but should have brined it in salted water overnight.
And a big thank´s goes to my brother who gave me the fish!

Well thanks for stopping by.
 
Fantastic looking fish Daniel!

It's been a long time since I smoked fish, but any leftovers went into a dip, or as a sub for the tuna in 'tuna salad' for sandwiches.
 
Daniel

Great job with the trout-I'll have to try smoking my next fish instead cooking it on the grill.
Very impressive cook.

Les Stubby
 
Wow Daniel that looks wonderful!

"First attempt" sure don't look like it was, nicely done there Daniel.
 
That fish looks outstanding Daniel. With a trout that size, the brine shown for the salmon in the "Cooking Topics" section should work just fine. Great job!!

@Shane: I've done fish 3 or 4 times now in my WSM. I didn't do anything special (before or after) and I've never had a problem with fish smell or taste with follow-up cooks.
 
Great looking trout. The only thing more fun than cooking and eating trout is going out on the water and catching the trout (or red fish or bass ).
 
Great looking speckle trout u got there Wolgast, Mitchell if fish smells it's no good throw it away.
 
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