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

Burch, Monte

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1585744867 ISBN 13: 9781585744862

Publisher: The Lyons Press, 2003

Synopsis

For anglers, it's tough to beat the fresh-caught flavour and satisfaction of a delicious fish dinner savoured 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 guide for anglers, Monte Burch, using step-by-step instructions and detailed illustrations, explains how to handle all types of game fish caught in both fresh and salt water, including trout, salmon, bass, walleye, perch, catfish, northern pike, bluefish, redfish, striped bass, and many others. The handbook demonstrates the techniques required for gutting, scaling, skinning, steaking and filleting all popular game fish, and offers practical advice on choosing the methods that work best with the species you have caught. Burch also covers the knives, tools and other equipment needed for preparing fish, and illustrates basic cooking methods. He covers all the major methods of preserving fish, such as freezing (in water or vacuum wrapped), drying, pickling, canning and smoking. Then he shares many of his favourite recipes gleaned from a lifetime of experience in the outdoors, for frying, baking, poaching and broiling your fish.

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, and 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: The Lyons Press
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1585744867
• ISBN 13: 9781585744862
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 208