How To Fillet A Brook Trout

Holding the trout with the belly exposed to you cut a slit in the skin with the tip of your knife.

How to fillet a brook trout. Then trim out rib bones. 2011-06-14 Brook trout seem to be especially active during times that insects are hatching such as when midges hatch in the spring. Insert your knife into the meat about a half inch 127 cm away from the tail.

Get rid of those pesky pin bones. 2014-05-05 Instructions Place the dry ingredients in a bowl or dish and mix well. 2013-04-16 Place the trout fillets in the hot oil and turn the heat up to medium-high.

Fillet the trout by making a vertical cut immediately behind the gills then turning your knife horizontally and following the line of the spine all the way to the tail. Drizzle each trout with about 12 teaspoon melted butter. The fish must be flipped carefully.

Turn the trout over and repeat on the other side. Lay your fillets on a flat surface with the skin facing downward. Then dont cut the skin at the tail but flip the fillet over and skin the fillet.

2019-06-22 Brook Trout CATCH and COOK Using a sharp fillet knife remove the head by cutting at a slight angle right behind the gills. 2017-03-30 Skin the trout. Hold the knife at an angle to the skin while gripping the tail firmly then cut the meat free of the skin.

This can require some force especially when youre cutting the backbone. I will show you how to cook and clean a brook trout. 2016-06-30 I take a sharp fillet knife start at the gills with knife handle next to the back and fillet along the spine to the tail.