Smoked Yellow Perch

[crazymoon]

I love to ice fish for yellow perch

I brought home a batch yesterday

I filleted them up

Got my brine ingredients ready and soaked them overnight

I air dried in the house for an hour to form a pellicle on the fillets

Into the smoker with no chips for an hour at 140ish. I bumped the temp up to 160* and added a pan of apple chips. 2 hours later they were done and tasty.

Bagged up and put in the fridge for snacking. Thanks for looking ! CM

 

[Rafter H BBQ]

Oh man CM, that all looks phenomenal my friend! I really enjoy perch and could do some serious damage to those with a couple cold ones! You need my address?

Seriously, nice job on those!

 

[culpepersmoke]

Those with a couple crackers and a cold and I’m all in.

 

[KBFlyer]

Nice job.
I would be interested in your brine ingredients for smoking them as we catch a lot of them and walleye and northern pike. Should work for them as well.

 

[Brokenhandle]

Nice catch and even nicer smoke! Looks great CM!

Ryan

 

[crazymoon]

Nice job.
I would be interested in your brine ingredients for smoking them as we catch a lot of them and walleye and northern pike. Should work for them as well.

KBF, Here you go,I like this one very much, may have to adjust volume for amount of fish. I leave in the brine overnight and then drain rinse,air dry and smoke:
1 quart water
4 Tbs. non-iodized salt
1/2 cup white sugar
3 ounces of rum
1 ounce lemon juice
3 sections garlic
3 Tbs. pickling spice
1/4 tsp. lemon pepper
3 bay leaves

 

[Steve H]

That is some mighty fine perch! Love them through the ice and breaded and fried.

 

[uncle eddie]

That looks like a good time (fishing) and an awesome looking snack!

 

[jcam222]

Man I love fried perch so much I don't know if I could smoke them. Thats a BEAUTIFUL mess of perch!

 

[indaswamp]

Oh Man! Nice job there crazy! Been a while since I have smoked any fish...but no perch like that down here. Got me craving!

 

[Fueling Around]

Nice catch of perch.
Never had anything in the perch or pike family smoked.
I was wondering if the rum was for the cook or the brine.

 

[JLeonard]

I was wondering if the rum was for the cook or the brine.

I had the same thought. And yeah, I could prob make a good portion of your fish disappear.

Jim

 

[radioguy]

Love those yellow perch. I grew up in Cleveland and used to catch those off the break wall or row boat E 9th street pier. Then they shut that fishery down due to mercury. Still like to get them up by Lake Erie Islands. Always had them fried never smoked...will have to try that. Great post.

RG

 

[Gonna Smoke]

I love to fish(not sure about the ice part) and eat fish. That looks fantastic and I'm sure tastes better than it looks...

 

[chopsaw]

Looks great , but I'd be frying them up also .
Either way I bet they wouldn't last long .

 

[normanaj]

Great catch!

 

[crazymoon]

Looks great , but I'd be frying them up also .
Either way I bet they wouldn't last long .

CS, I also bake fillets with Shore Lunch seasoning, deep fry them with batter or crumb mix and my favorite is a casserole with butter, Panko Seasoning and a hint of garlic. Possibilities are endless, I've caught my limit the last 3 times out with another week of good weather coming up . :)

 

[SmokinEdge]

Nice passel of fish there CM. The filets look great. We used to go a lot on the ice for perch it was a big group and we would spend the day then filet and have a big fish fry. Was a ton of fun, haven’t been the last several years though. I’ve never smoked them but I’d bet they are delicious. Nice work.

 

[Winterrider]

Those look awesome @crazymoon , I might have to go target some of them. They' ve been getting some 13" in my area, i personally have not come across them. Gotta bookmark recipe, thanks for posting.

 

[civilsmoker]

Oh man those looks tasty! My son comment just two days ago that he holes fishing this is year is better than last, ie catching yellow perk. We love yellow perch and those would hit the spot.