Trout Fishing

After the cormorants ate all the trout in Holmdel Park Pond, I had given up on it. I still had a real hankering for fresh caught trout cooked on the grill so figured I'd head out after work today. I checked the New Jersey Fish And Game web site and saw that Holmdel Park Pond was stocked on Wednesday with 160 trout. I was going to fish Spring Lake since I work right down the road in West Belmar but I had to go home to walk and feed my puppy, so I figured I'd give Holmdel Pond another try. I mean, cormorants eating 160 trout in a day seems unlikely.

I brought two poles and set one up with power bait and a small split shot and the other I threw spinners. Within 10 minutes the power bait rod was hit. An 11'' rainbow trout. Nice!! Baited up again and had a hit within 10 minutes again. I was casting the other rod and was late on setting the hook and lost it. Oh well.

I moved about 40 yards down and set up with just power bait this time. Again, within 10 minutes another rainbow trout about 11''. Now I am getting really pumped. I fished about another 20 minutes and lost 3 more fish. At least I know there in there now.

Here are my two 11'' rainbow trout. Each caught on Florescent green Power bait.








Here is how I prepared them;
Clean each fish and cut off the head. On a sheet of aluminum foil (1 sheet per trout) put a couple pats of butter. Season trout with lemon pepper on both sides and lay trout on foil. Put a few more pats of butter on trout. Close up foil loosely around the trout. When on the grill the trout grills and steams at the same time.

Grill on medium heat for about 10 to 15 minutes. Check to see if it is done.

When done the skin comes right off the meat. Be careful of bones as they are very small and thin. If you carefully scrape the meat off with a fork you can grab the back bone and pull all the bones off of the meat on the bottom. Enjoy!!

Until next time, Tight Lines!!