Category Archives: Fish

Five (or Six) Boneless Fillets from a Pike Fish

Sometimes pike and pickerel are shunned from the list of good eating fish because of “all those bones”.  In just a few minutes, I watched longtime fisherman, Paul Kronenwetter, demonstrate…

Smokin’ Game Hash

In an effort to eat more vegetables in the New Year, this hash is chock-full of veggies along with smoked meat.  Serve with an egg for a delicious, healthy brunch…

Simple Landlocked Salmon on the Grill

The Finger Lakes area of New York State is a hot spot in late spring for catching landlocked Atlantic salmon.  This is also a nice time of year to cook…

Results from Brook Trout Nutrition Study Published

It took a few years from start to finish, and now the full nutrition findings of wild caught brook trout from the Adirondack region of New York state are published in The…

Large Mouth Corn and Tomato Salsa

This is a great recipe for late summer when tomatoes and corn are at their peak of ripeness and the bass are biting!  You can make it as an appetizer…

Processing a Large Mouth Bass, plus fish stock

Large mouth bass are a good eating fish and can be found in many clean waterways, including this nice catch from Cayuga Lake.   Make an initial cut behind the gills. I then…

Whole Smoked Land-locked Salmon

This is a great way to prepare a smaller size land-locked salmon or brown trout.  If you smoke it whole, it is much easier to get all off the cooked…

Cleaning a Whole Trout

1. Using a sharp fillet knife, remove the head by cutting at a slight angle from behind the gills towards the base of the head. The head can also be…

Honeyed Trout

It is spring and time to think about fishing!  Trout season starts April 1st in most of New York State and the peepers are in full chorus at night, telling us the bullhead fishing…

BBQ Bullheads and Spring Fishing

Early spring is the best time to catch bullheads, when the peepers start peeping and the ice is just out. The cold water makes for tastier, firmer fleshed fish dinners.  Bullheads are fun…

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