Whole Smoked Lake Trout

Whole Smoked Lake Trout

This is a whole smoked trout — gutted and head off, but not cut into fillets. You get the fish in one piece, hardwood-smoked until it is fully cooked.

The trout is wild-caught from Lake Michigan by Odawa commercial net fishermen in northern Michigan. It comes in fresh, then we clean it, smoke it, and freeze it.

Lift the meat off the bone and eat it as is. Put it on a board. Flake it onto eggs or potatoes. This is the plain smoked fish: no red pepper, no lemon.