Fish in smoker ?

Anyone ever cook fish they catch in a smoker?
I want to try it but seems like they'd stick to the steel grate or fall through.
Thanks

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I've cook both salmon and striper with my smoker. It is pointless trying to cook on the rack because the fish will fall apart when you try to take it off the rack.
What I do is I take foil and fold the edges up all the way around. I lay my fillets in the foil take olive oil and cover the fish both sides. Sprinkle some Tony's Creole
seasoning to your liking. The more seasoning the more bite (heat) it will have.If you are cooking a lot of fish don't try to do it on just one piece of foil. It will be hard to handle when placing on rack.
I just slide the rack out and use a spatula to remove the fish to my platter or plate. The striper will cook faster than the salmon and falls apart easily.. Does with me anyway.
Wife and the grand kids love it. We do the salmon quite often with some fried okra.

I remember not long ago reading a thread about smoked crappie. I haven’t tried it but it sounded really good.


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Salmon is the only fish I've had good luck smoking. I brush olive oil on my racks and lay the fish skin side down on rack. Never had a problem with sticking or falling apart. I brine overnight and air dry until a pellicle forms then place in smoker.

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Originally Posted by SeaRay

Salmon is the only fish I've had good luck smoking. I brush olive oil on my racks and lay the fish skin side down on rack. Never had a problem with sticking or falling apart. I brine overnight and air dry until a pellicle forms then place in smoker.

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I do the same thing with salmon and striper and never have a problem with sticking or falling apart. I think the key is forming the pellicle.

This is one of two ways i only eat catfish, the other is fish cakes like a crab cake. I got some grates to lay over the racks that prevent the fish from falling apart, i didnt have a problem with sticking to rack. I also smoke sturgeon if im home in mn and get one i can keep, otherwise my cousin always gives me smoke sturgeon.

This is rainbow I did couple weeks ago
http://i67.tinypic.com/24q1das.jpg

That looks good gaspumper. What heat degree and how long did that fish cook?

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Originally Posted by gabowman

That looks good gaspumper. What heat degree and how long did that fish cook?

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X2!


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I smoked them in a Bradley smoker. Used a dry rub 3 parts brown sugar 1 part pickling salt,In a plastic container layer fish with dry rub in between each layer, put in the frig over night and stirred a couple of times,in the morning rinsed each piece and patted dry,arrange on smoker rack let get tacky,turned smoker on till temperature reached 120 degree,then put fish in smoker 60 minutes, No Smoke at 120 degrees,
160 minutes Smoke at 120 degrees (I used 4 apple and 4 cherry bisquets alternating)
100 minutes No Smoke at 140 degrees
60 minutes No Smoke at 160 degrees
Brush with warm maple syrup
60 minutes No Smoke at 160 degrees