Synopses & Reviews
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.
Synopsis
An essential guide for fresh- and saltwater anglers.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 177) and index.
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 (page 185),
The Ultimate Guide to Making Outdoor Gear and Accessories (page 113),
The Ultimate Guide to Calling and Decoying Waterfowl (page 190), and
Country Crafts and Skills (page 37), as well as hundreds of magazine and newspaper articles. He lives in Humansville, Missouri.