Cleaning and Preparing Gamefish: Step-by-Step Instructions, from Water to Table - Softcover

BURCH, MONTE

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1493059416 ISBN 13: 9781493059416

Publisher: Lyons Press, 2021

Synopsis

For an angler, it's tough to beat the fresh-caught flavor and satisfaction of a delicious fish dinner savored after a successful day on the water. But to get the most from your catch, it must be handled, cleaned, and prepared properly from the moment of capture. In this long-awaited guide, outdoorsman Monte Burch, with the help of step-by-step instructions and detailed illustrations, explains how to handle all types of gamefish caught in both fresh and salt water, including trout, salmon, bass, walleye, perch, catfish, northern pike, bluefish, redfish, striped bass, and many others.
This handbook covers the skills needed for gutting, scaling, skinning, steaking, and filleting all popular gamefish, as well as the knives, tools, and other equipment needed, and illustrates basic cooking methods. Burch also describes the best techniques for preserving fish, including freezing, drying, pickling, canning, and smoking. Then he shares many of his favorite recipes for frying, baking, poaching, and broiling your fish. Cleaning and Preparing Gamefish is a book all anglers will want to keep close at hand and refer to often. Its usefulness will last a lifetime.

About this title

About the Author

MONTE BURCH has been an outdoor writer for more than four decades and has written more than fifty books, including Field Dressing and Butchering Big Game, The Ultimate Guide to Making Outdoor Gear and Accessories, The Ultimate Guide to Calling and Decoying Waterfowl, and Country Crafts and Skills, as well as hundreds of magazine and newspaper articles. He lives in Humansville, Missouri.

From the Back Cover

For an angler, it's tough to beat the fresh-caught flavor and satisfaction of a delicious fish dinner savored after a successful day on the water. But to get the most from your catch, it must be handled, cleaned, and prepared properly from the moment of capture. In this long-awaited guide, outdoorsman Monte Burch, with the help of step-by-step instructions and detailed illustrations, explains how to handle all types of gamefish caught in both fresh and salt water, including trout, salmon, bass, walleye, perch, catfish, northern pike, bluefish, redfish, striped bass, and many others. This handbook covers the skills needed for gutting, scaling, skinning, steaking, and filleting all popular gamefish, as well as the knives, tools, and other equipment needed, and illustrates basic cooking methods. Burch also describes the best techniques for preserving fish, including freezing, drying, pickling, canning, and smoking. Then he shares many of his favorite recipes for frying, baking, poaching, and broiling your fish. Cleaning and Preparing Gamefish is a book all anglers will want to keep close at hand and refer to often. Its usefulness will last a lifetime.

Edition details

• Publisher: Lyons Press
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1493059416
• ISBN 13: 9781493059416
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 204