Butter Smoked Walleye w/Qview

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erain

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Walleye being the lean white flaky delicate fish that it is and does not lend itself well to general fish smoking such as salmon and trout I decided to try an alternative cook on them. I took a pan and lined it with foil and threw a couple stix(yup a couple) you will have to adjust this as your dietary needs require. put in smoker and melted the butter and took whole fillets and dredged in the butter both sides and laid them flat in the pan. along with the fish i includded a thinly sliced vidalia onion, a sliced lime, some fresh dill, and seasoned with lemon pepper. had smoker on 225 and placed on top shelf until thickest portion flaked.

the raw material


In butter with lime,onion,dill, and lemon pepper


Done, flakes at thickest portion


Plated Butter Smoked Walleye


thks for ckin my Qview
 
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So, where did you buy the fish at..LOL.lol.lol.

that looks awesome..I am jealous. no fish here in the desert. and the ones I caught years ago tasted like mud.so I have to wait till I hit costal regions.
great job erain..
 
What planet are you on? ?
There's NO WAY they have internet technology at Lake of the Woods!
In Fact, I'd be surprised if they had Black and White Radio! ;)

Enjoy your trip Dude !
 
erain
Very fine looking fish smoke, the vidalia onions are a great addition to your recipe. Is this a recipe you would repeat? Reason I ask is, by the looks of it, it is something I want to try.

Fished LOW 4 years in a row from Springsteel, good times and good fishing !!!
 
Nice lookin batch of eyes there E! Good recipe, I have used one just like many times. Have yet to do it in the lang though. Might hafta give it a try.

I don't think there is a better tasting fresh water fish anywhere!
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yessir, i am going to repeat this for sure, only tweaking i want to do is with the lemon pepper. i didnt have any lemons and was too lazy to go get some. next time i use fresh lemon and cracked pepper i think. the butter in the pan kinda keeps them bathed and if you pull as son as flakes will have perfect done fish. kinda been thinkin of a way to make walleye in a smoker for a while now and finally figured to give it a shot. yea the fishing was greeat, caught many fish above the 19.5 slot as well. i think V tryin to get a boat ride outta me. lol

LOW is my favorite lake to fish and i fish it way too often winter and summer. only my first trip up this summer sofar though. goin back for labor day weekend. might even stay over night!!!!
 
wrain
As time get's closer to winter we should try to plan a LOW hard water weekend. I will be just as busy this winter with this move, as I am this summer, but by that time I will be in desperate need of a break.
 
good looking catch bud! sounds like a good mix-maybe 1 day we fish together.
 
Man it's 1:30 am and was just going to bed! after seeing those fish I think I'll go fishing instead. Look great man. Thanks for sharing the pics. I' going to try some trout thst way! Maybe it'll work!Keep up the good work. Bigbob
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That looks great Erain. Haven't tried eyes on the smoker cause I thought they would be too dry. I will try it this way though. Used to go to Mille Lacs about 6-7 times every summer for the great walleye fishing. Never been farther north to fish. Need to get back up there some time.
 
Nice Job Erain,
I have used a similar recipe for grilling I will have to try this on some of these big gills that are waiten for me out in the pond. I never liked smoked less fat freshwater fish much but yours looked great Thanks... We used to cut up pieces of walleyes add a bacon wrap and grill they were even good cold I should try that on the smoker also.
 
Sooo how were they? Looks GREAT! I LOVE walleye...and had always rejected them for smoking because of the reasons ya mentioned. Plus..with a light beer batter, I figgered they were Heaven already! But yummmm...I'll have to try this!
 
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