Favorite trout recipies ?

[gaddy]

Whats your favorite ? I have had them on the grill, smoked, stuffed with lemon and butter then wrapped in foil on the fire, fried in bacon grease and stuffed on a stick over a camp fire. Got a limit of stocked yesterday and wondered what every one else does with them. What's your go to ?? Do you scale and flower, dip and bread, fillet or whole ??

[Kc_Kracker]

If its cold water / river trout i cook them just like salmon on a grill. if its lake trout i cook them on a cedar plank, and when its done i throw it in the trash and eat the plank 

[WapitiTalk1]

if its lake trout i cook them on a cedar plank, and when its done i throw it in the trash and eat the plank 

 

[JeffRaines]

If its cold water / river trout i cook them just like salmon on a grill. if its lake trout i cook them on a cedar plank, and when its done i throw it in the trash and eat the plank 

Honestly, I don’t see the appeal of trout other than brookies. I love to fish for them and catch them all, but as food it’s brook trout or no trout. There’s no comparison.

[WapitiTalk1]

If its cold water / river trout i cook them just like salmon on a grill. if its lake trout i cook them on a cedar plank, and when its done i throw it in the trash and eat the plank 

Honestly, I don’t see the appeal of trout other than brookies. I love to fish for them and catch them all, but as food it’s brook trout or no trout. There’s no comparison.

I would agree in this part of the country...but, in cold water/native fisheries like in my home range (NW Montana) many trout species are excellent table fare. Honestly, I will not keep a W WA planted trout for the purpose of cooking it. I’ve thrown them in the smoker and they’re somewhat tolerable tho 

[Stein]

I usually cut them in half, freeze them in gallon ziploc bags, thaw them out in saltwater and they magically turn into crab.

[Twispriver]

We like to take the acclimated trout from the eastern Washington lakes, the ones that were planted last year as fry, and split them up the middle along the spine from the inside and lay them open and flat. They are kind of triangle shaped - season the meat side with Johnnys and garlic bread or flour with an egg wash and pan fry in hot oil flipping once - peel out the bones and eat for breakfast right on the lake shore. The put and take trout on the west side are good for garden fertilizer.

[JeffRaines]

If its cold water / river trout i cook them just like salmon on a grill. if its lake trout i cook them on a cedar plank, and when its done i throw it in the trash and eat the plank 

Honestly, I don’t see the appeal of trout other than brookies. I love to fish for them and catch them all, but as food it’s brook trout or no trout. There’s no comparison.

I would agree in this part of the country...but, in cold water/native fisheries like in my home range (NW Montana) many trout species are excellent table fare. Honestly, I will not keep a W WA planted trout for the purpose of cooking it. I’ve thrown them in the smoker and they’re somewhat tolerable tho 

Im heading to Montana this summer so if I get a chance I'll bonk one and give it a go.

[Blacklab]

Basic cast iron pan fry flour, salt, pepper, garlic and peanut oil

[Axle]

In this state? - catch them, then throw them back. If there isn't fresh water shrimp for them to eat, they are not worth feeding to dogs. 
I have no idea why fresh water shrimp have not been introduced into these waters. It sure would help.

[Alchase]

I have caught hundreds of trout that taste just fine.
Fried in cast iron with Johnney's seasoning or butterflied on the grill with Johnney's and a little butter.

[vandeman17]

triploids I only smoke, the rest are just fine cooked on bbq, tented in foil and rubbed down with lemon, garlic and parm cheese

[MLHSN]

My favorite way is still over a campfire. Slide a switch underneath skin behind the backbone. Use a couple green twigs to spread it out. Coat the inside with butter or oil to keep from drying out. A little lemon, garlic, salt, and pepper. Then smoke it over open flame campfire. High Lake trout that have been feeding on copepods or scuds always taste better then lowland lakes, IMO.

[DOUBLELUNG]

For me, the faster they grow on wild food (not counting triploids) the better they taste.  I used to fish some incredibly productive lakes in Wyoming where rainbows stocked at 35/lb in the fall were 2-3 lbs after a year and 4-5 lbs after 2 years.  Cooked them like salmon and they were deep orange fleshed and delicious.  I also like stream trout pan fried or cooked over coals.

[Birdgetter]

My favorite way is still over a campfire. Slide a switch underneath skin behind the backbone. Use a couple green twigs to spread it out. Coat the inside with butter or oil to keep from drying out. A little lemon, garlic, salt, and pepper. Then smoke it over open flame campfire. High Lake trout that have been feeding on copepods or scuds always taste better then lowland lakes, IMO.

Rarely ever keep fish but if I'm backpacking they sure taste great just like this cooked in some tinfoil!