Smoked fish without brine?

[nunk]

I'm wanting to smoke some crappie I might have to after reading this thread

 

[jokensmoken]

I've used BearCarvers recipe on bluegill and bass it was very good...BUT I also tried SmokinAls recipe which is simply to rub the fillets with olive oil and dust them up with seasonings and smoke them right away (I used Cajun) and those were also real good. Doing them Al's way without the brine the fish won't keep as long unfrozen...but that wasn't an issue...I ate them.like Lay's potato chips...couldn't eat just one...
I'm guessing you'd get similar results with the crappie as I did with the gills...be warned that it won't take much time in any brine due to how thin crappie are...first batch of gills I did I left in the brine WAY to long...using bears recipe the gills brined for just over half an hour were great.

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• jokensmoken
• Aug 9, 2017

Here's a plate of gills with a couple bass fillets mixed in.