16.5", 2.25# Tonight's dinner. About 20-30 minutes from pond to pan.
Fillet leaving skin on, then fry/poach in the following:
1 tbsp butter
1 tbsp lemon juice
½ cup white wine vinegar
2 tbsp local honey
Mix lemon juice, vinegar and honey in a container so that it is homogenized.
Melt butter in pan, get it sizzling, place trout fillets skin side down. Cook on relatively high heat (just under what it takes to brown the butter) for a minute, flip. Cook for another minute. Flip back over so the skin side is down. Brush vinegar mixture over the fillets or pour the whole mixture over the fish, cook on high heat (covered) for 4 minutes. Flip over, cook (covered) for another 4 minutes. Remove and serve. Salt and pepper to taste.
I poured the mixture over the fish, it was easier than trying to brush it over the fish. That way there's less spatter on the stove top.
It looks like they gained about 1/2 pound so far since stocked the middle of November. They should really start growing once the water temp hits the middle 40's. I stocked about 40 fish in the pond and I'm feeding Optimal Bass food at the rate of 40#/month. (Two throws, 5 seconds each per day from the Texas Hunter feeder.) Today I caught Hybrid Bluegill and Yellow Perch that were eating the pellets too. I cheated and used Stubby Steve's Original Pellet Lure to catch the two that I caught today. The first one was released.
Fillet leaving skin on, then fry/poach in the following:
1 tbsp butter
1 tbsp lemon juice
½ cup white wine vinegar
2 tbsp local honey
Mix lemon juice, vinegar and honey in a container so that it is homogenized.
Melt butter in pan, get it sizzling, place trout fillets skin side down. Cook on relatively high heat (just under what it takes to brown the butter) for a minute, flip. Cook for another minute. Flip back over so the skin side is down. Brush vinegar mixture over the fillets or pour the whole mixture over the fish, cook on high heat (covered) for 4 minutes. Flip over, cook (covered) for another 4 minutes. Remove and serve. Salt and pepper to taste.
I poured the mixture over the fish, it was easier than trying to brush it over the fish. That way there's less spatter on the stove top.
It looks like they gained about 1/2 pound so far since stocked the middle of November. They should really start growing once the water temp hits the middle 40's. I stocked about 40 fish in the pond and I'm feeding Optimal Bass food at the rate of 40#/month. (Two throws, 5 seconds each per day from the Texas Hunter feeder.) Today I caught Hybrid Bluegill and Yellow Perch that were eating the pellets too. I cheated and used Stubby Steve's Original Pellet Lure to catch the two that I caught today. The first one was released.
