08-05-2012, 01:38 PM
Twin,
When I was a young sprout such as yourself, (yes your young, lucky you) I used to eat my fish streamside all the time.
Simple method. I carried a shaker bottle of lemon/pepper that I mixed a little salt and Paparika and some Cummin into with me.
I would gut the fish, then after rinsing, shake some seasoning mix into the cavity and set aside for a few miniutes while I found a green stick like kids use for marshmellows and got my fire going.
Then I would push the stick into the fish's mouth and through the gut cavity and use a bread wire tie to attach the tail to the stick.
Prop the stick over the fire and cook till done, turning once. It's like fresh smoked fish and all your carrying is a piece of wire and the shaker of seasoning.
Eat the fish like a hotdog on a stick.
If your real hungry, carry a little Bisquick and make a thick batter to wrap around the stick so I had a fresh biscuit with my fish. Add some powered milk to the Busquick to make up for the lack of milk, then just add water. You can also wrap the bisquik mix around the fish and cook it that way, like trout in a blanket. If your batter is the right thickness it will wrap around the stick and the stickyness will hold it all on the stick.
If you have a fry pan then your really living and can do a whole shore lunch. Bring some bacon, it will be fine if cold when you pack it, pack it in a qt baggie which you put inside a gallon baggie lined with packing foam (the soft stuff that comes in sheets) it's like a super light mini cooler that is flexible.
Dice up a potatoe into real small pieces so it cooks fast or nuke it at home so it is cooked already and only needs heating, throw the potatoe in with the bacon. When 2/3 cooked put the fish in, season and cook till done. A can of Van Camps beans and you have enough food to spend the night.
I was thinking of you guys yesterday as I stood on Beaver Creek catching 4 to 8 Cutts from every pool on an Elk Haired Caddis, thinking of how you would have loved to be there with your fly rods landing a fish every 30 seconds. I caught like 30 in 2 hours.
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When I was a young sprout such as yourself, (yes your young, lucky you) I used to eat my fish streamside all the time.
Simple method. I carried a shaker bottle of lemon/pepper that I mixed a little salt and Paparika and some Cummin into with me.
I would gut the fish, then after rinsing, shake some seasoning mix into the cavity and set aside for a few miniutes while I found a green stick like kids use for marshmellows and got my fire going.
Then I would push the stick into the fish's mouth and through the gut cavity and use a bread wire tie to attach the tail to the stick.
Prop the stick over the fire and cook till done, turning once. It's like fresh smoked fish and all your carrying is a piece of wire and the shaker of seasoning.
Eat the fish like a hotdog on a stick.
If your real hungry, carry a little Bisquick and make a thick batter to wrap around the stick so I had a fresh biscuit with my fish. Add some powered milk to the Busquick to make up for the lack of milk, then just add water. You can also wrap the bisquik mix around the fish and cook it that way, like trout in a blanket. If your batter is the right thickness it will wrap around the stick and the stickyness will hold it all on the stick.
If you have a fry pan then your really living and can do a whole shore lunch. Bring some bacon, it will be fine if cold when you pack it, pack it in a qt baggie which you put inside a gallon baggie lined with packing foam (the soft stuff that comes in sheets) it's like a super light mini cooler that is flexible.
Dice up a potatoe into real small pieces so it cooks fast or nuke it at home so it is cooked already and only needs heating, throw the potatoe in with the bacon. When 2/3 cooked put the fish in, season and cook till done. A can of Van Camps beans and you have enough food to spend the night.
I was thinking of you guys yesterday as I stood on Beaver Creek catching 4 to 8 Cutts from every pool on an Elk Haired Caddis, thinking of how you would have loved to be there with your fly rods landing a fish every 30 seconds. I caught like 30 in 2 hours.
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