Trout anyone cook em?

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oteps

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I don't like them. Rainbow trout mostly. Hot smoked some. Still didn't like em. Put in cast iron pan after smoking and they were a little better. Fun to catch. But if they swallow the hook I keep them. Dont want to just let them die.
 
Fished a reservoir a couple of weeks ago that gets stocked pretty heavily and caught quite a few that had wintered over, 18 - 19+” and I think they smoked pretty nice. I agree that trout aren’t hardly ever good eating if you just cook them.
 
Bigger ones that have been in cold water seem best. With any fish it’s important to not over cook them. If my wife wasn’t such a terrific cook, I’d watch a bunch of YouTube trout/fish cooking videos and try stuff like you say. If you can cut a decent grade with a hoe or dozer, you can definitely learn to do a good job on fish.
 
In the south, we fry everything. I like to use a dry batter. Xfine ground corn meal with spices thrown in ,garlic powder,Onion Powder, S&P,etc.
Then add some corn starch, bout a tablespoon for every cup of batter you make. Blend that well

crack an egg in a bowl and mix with 1/4 cup of water. soak filets in this, then coat with dry mix. I use a gallon ziplock. Put dry mix in the bag, then drop soaked pieces in,seal and shake.

Hardest part of frying is keeping oil temp steady. I usually let it get to 365*-370*, so when u drop the fish in, it can drop and steady out at 345*-350*.

I use peanut oil to deep fry,avacado oil for pan frying.
 
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