boneless trout

[bojack]

need some help; saw the tail end (no pun intended) of a cooking show where they were stuffing trout and cooking them but the trout were boneless and the trout were all intack. how do you de-bone a trout and leave it all in -tack? it was gutted and the head still attached. thanks.

[WebFreeman]

I think it's called butterflying. Never done it, but would like to. Of course, you need to actually go fishing to do it. Here is one link:

http://www.fivemilelake.com/cooktrout.htm

Here is another. It's a pdf w/ links to videos inside it. Pretty detailed.

http://www.wvu.edu/~agexten/aquaculture/troutproc.pdf

[bojack]

thank you~~great link. looks pretty easy the way they do it. think i'll make me a board and give it a try next outing.

[Kansas Fly Fisher]

I like that! I'm going to have to make me one of the boards and give it a try. Thanks for posting.

John

[Thom]

We fix the butterfly trout with the stove top dressing also as suggested int the link. I prefer corn bread dressing. For a nice addition buy a few small cocktail shrimp and some crab meat. Bearly cook them about 1-2 minutes in butter, celery and onions and add it to the dressing. Ymmmmm

Never any left over dressing at our home when prepared this way.