- Jan 2, 2020
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Well the Fiancee had a Friday off and went with a co-worker to do a little Kokanee fishing, she ended up bringing 18 of them the little guys home! Perfect opportunity to try smoking fish for the first time. After cleaning all the slimy buggers they got dropped in a marinade of Lawrys Teriyaki Pineapple sauce, brown sugar, maple syrup, and water that had been heated to mix then cooled down. Fish went in overnight (around 12hrs) before smoking. Dug out a Little Chief I had lying around and had never used before. Surprisingly it worked so I loaded the pan up with Hickory chips and put the fish in. It was cold and the wind kept the temps from rising to where I wanted. After 4hrs we were sitting at 90*. I let them go another 2hrs and still only got to 110* so off they came and into the oven for a quick bake to get them up to temp. First batch I ran 4 pots of chips. Second batch went in with 3 pots of chips for exactly 4hrs then off to the oven for the bake. They are fantastic! Huge hit with my fishing friends and the Fiancee even liked them. We picked a couple fillets clean before we even got to sealing them up!