Headed to the White - Trout recipe needed

[Richard]

What is your favorite trout recipe?

[Tim Eubanks]

Smoke 'em!

[EMTyak]

Catch and release. Lol

[Danimal]

Smear butter on them, stuff a lemon slice and some green onion in the belly cavity, then sprinkle them with your favorite all purpose seasoning and throw em on the grill. If you want to get fancy do the above and wrap them in bacon before grilling. Dan-o

[okieboater]

Prepare as Dan-o suggested. Or similiarly to what ever you have along. Onions and lemon with black pepper work really well.

Before you prep the fish have a fire that has burned down to a good bed of coals.

Take the prepared fish and double wrap in foil and lay on the coals after about 5 minutes turn em over for another 5 minutes. Cook time depends on fire strength and size of fish. but you can carefully un wrap the top side after the 5 minutes per side and check for doneness. Use a fork to test. Done when the meat starts falling apart or however you like em. if you wrap in bacon might take a bit longer to cook.

save some lemon or lime juice to squeeze on just before you eat

Richard I know you do not drink wine, but if there are wine drinkers along I pour a liberal amount white or rose works best into the envelope of aluminum foil and let that steam the fish as well. If you want you can just open up the top of the foil and let the wine alcohol cook off a bit. I used to hike the High Uinta Wilderness area just east of Park City Utah and catch the semi wild trout (IE had been stocked a year or so ago and got rid of all the hog food pellets) and the meat was a perfect orange pink and delicious. Most of the trout I used to catch on the White River still had the hatchery white meat, still good but not gourmet quality like the High Uintas Lakes have. Man, I sure miss that area.

I have also taken my hiking stove, some olive oil and butter along. Just clean the trout. Heat up the olive oil with butter the oil to taste. Pepper the trout and cook till nice and crusty. Will not take long and this is fast and delicious. I would sometimes take along some sliced almonds - toast them in some butter and use as a sauce over the pan fried trout. Man oh man -- good stuff.

[painterbob]

you have to catch one to fry one! since when do you fish?

[Richard]

you have to catch one to fry one! since when do you fish?

I . . . uh . . . well . . . ummm . . .
PB! did you have to . . . uh . . .

[okieboater]

PB, looks like a future fishing bud for you!!!!

[Deuce]

Not to worry. The little pink fish can be readily caught by the non-angler with ten bucks worth of tackle. Elaboration happily provided if desired. Otherwise Deuce will keep it to himself.

[robkanraft]

Paddlers, if tossing a fishing pole into your boat is part of your trip, don’t forget to have a valid fishing license and a trout stamp or the price of trout can go waaay up! Seen that happen to well intentioned folks (who wern't frequent fishers) who just plain forgot until asked to produce. :shock:

[Jamie2031]

Clean the fish, mix up some stove top regular herb stuffing. I like to use a little less water than the box says. You want it to be mushy enough, but not too much. Place the stuffing inside the trout, wrap it in aluminum foil and place over some hot coals until the fish flakes.

[Richard]

Elaboration happily provided if desired. Otherwise Deuce will keep it to himself.

Please provide. I leave early in the morning.

[buffalofloat]

havert tryed it but one way that suppose to be good two spoons miracle whip spread inside before cooking

[Deuce]

Elaboration happily provided if desired. Otherwise Deuce will keep it to himself.

Please provide. I leave early in the morning.

Any rod and reel will do, but the most fun will be an ultralight spinning rig. Spool it with 4 lb mono. Get some bell sinkers, small hooks (bream hooks will be fine), and two or three different colors of Berkley Power Bait (okay, more like twenty bucks ). Tie the bell sinker on with an improved clinch knot (simple knot you likely already know, but if not click here http://animatedknots.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;) leaving a tag end of a foot or so depending on water depth. Tie a hook onto the tag end with another improved clinch knot. Chunk it into the river and be ready. The sinker will bounce on the bottom while the bait floats in the water column above it. There are lots of great ways to catch trout, but this is the simplest and most cost effective. It's also the most efficient but is best used by the angler who intends to eat his catch since the fish often end up gut hooked. Good luck Richard. I'd give anything to be joining you.

[Jim Krueger]

I agree with Deuce, Richard, live bait, so to speak will constantly catch fish. The ultra-light rod&spinning reel is the most fun for me, and pretty trouble-free.The 'Power Bait' is in a small jar, and the most tidy on a trip but a few worms from the compost pile at home, and or some whole-kernneled corn in combination will do very well too. Marlo and I have also had good luck with the same type of rod&reels but with 1/4 oz. artificial baits, like multi-colored spinners when we've fished the Spring River after Rec. School each year.
The recipies all sound pretty good, I personally like any of them with salt&pepper, butter or bacon grease, and lemon&onions. :) My friend Wally mentioned in the past that the outfitters he had been on the White R. with would cook a pound of bacon, then make BLTs for the fishermen, while they were waiting for the potatoes&onions to cook, then to cook the Trout in the grease that was left. Julia Child might even go along with some this.
I hope you have a pleasant float!

Best Regards
Jim