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READERS COMMENTS
Could you not place the fish (skin down)directly on the hot bed of coals? I've heard it works great for steak.
Posted: Dec 31, 2011 StuBrew
Not very LNT
Also, I'm missing the key steps between catching the fish and having it nicely de-boned and fileted
Posted: Oct 01, 2010 Chris
i know how to bake i fish using clay soi0 or mud.l you must wrap the fish with foil or banana leaves.after you marinade it then.cover it with mud the cook it trail chef style.thank you.
Posted: Sep 09, 2010 jaren
I also use the flat-rock technique to bake Bannock bread...works great!
Posted: Sep 07, 2010 Lance Babcock
Dollar to a donut she bought that filet at Whole Foods.
Posted: Jul 12, 2010 Jon J.
Well, first of all, if you don't know how your going to cook the fish before you catch one. Your an idiot. 1. On a rock-stir the rock in the coal, smell gone. 2. on a stick-burn the stick as firewood.
I use a skillet, and we are talking "awesome"
Posted: Feb 21, 2010 Brian1969
I always wanted to eat Rockfish. My chance.
Posted: Feb 11, 2010 Don
A few years ago we set a flat rock on our mini stove, heated it up, wrapped our fish in alum foil and cooked it on the rock. No mess, no flatlander fire ring, and no burnt fingers reaching in the fire.
Posted: Jan 15, 2010 Ryan
Good vid! Something I've never done. Larry made a gr8 point about the wet rocks. In the least, they'll crack. I'm interested to know what you do with the rock once you're done eating, as it'll have absorbed the smells of the food. Do you bury it?
~Steve,
www.crudeanalysiz.com
Posted: Jan 12, 2010 Steve
Cooking on a stick is great for many meats, etc. although, one of the ways people have always known their fish is cooked is when it falls apart. So, you may loose a good chunk of your yummy fish if you cook it on a stick. But if that's all you got, then by all means go with it :)
Posted: Jan 11, 2010 Kelly
Using an even thinner rock, and cooking/baking/frying the fish with the skin still, on facing downwards is a much better idea. Turning the fish over just increase the chance of dropping pieces of it into the fire. When the top of the fish is cooked the fat from the fish (at least if it a trout) will have made the skin nice and crispy, and it will not stick to the rock. Use the right wood and you get a nice smoky flavor as well :)
Posted: Jan 06, 2010 HWM
Just don't use a river rock...they get all explody
Posted: Dec 16, 2009 Fat Head Carl
Who needs a rock!? Just poke the gutted fish onto a stick and cook over the fire...I do this with every fish I catch while on the trail. Works great.
Posted: Oct 29, 2009 Kevin
You could not have found a better "chef" than this lady... she makes things "feel" real and extreemly dooable.
Posted: Oct 15, 2009 Kerry Lee
Avoid using rocks from wet or damp locations. Any rock with absorbed moisture can explode when placed on hot coals or in a fire.
Let's eat!
Posted: Oct 06, 2009 Larry Hilton
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