RE: [Paddlewise] Fish Stories

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The eelpout is a local name for the burbot.  In MN, it is a generally
disrespected fish -- and wrongly so; it is more "appreciated" in other
parts. 

And Craig, keep in mind that the outside temp doesn't matter to the eelpout,
because they are toasty warm at 39 degrees F (4 degrees C for some of you)
swimming around under the ice.  

Regarding redwood, I've never tried it, but do recall a canoe trip down the
St. Croix River from my younger days.  We camped on an island and set up
camp while the pyromaniac in our group took a canoe and handsaw and came
back a while later with a canoe full of firewood.  We had brought steaks in
the cooler along with a portable grate to set over the fire to grill them.
Unfortunately, it turns out that our friend had cut up a dead cedar tree,
and that flavor was totally and completely absorbed into the steaks during
grilling.  As I recall, the kindest description made of the meal was
"interesting".  For those of you that know what a cedar chest or a cedar
closet smells like, well that was our flavor de jour on that trip.  After
that, any time we planned to have steaks on a trip, we always brought along
a small bag of match-light charcoal.

Lars  

-----Original Message-----
>From Craig Jungers

On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 12:07 PM, Lars <llars_at_earthlink.net> wrote:

> I don't know of any carp festivals, but this one is probably just as good:
>

 Whatever an eelprout is my guess is that it should be pretty hardy. The
high temperature for today in
Walker, Minnesota (the home of the Eelprout Festival) will be +5F today and
then plunge to -12F overnight. And it gets worse. Plus snow. None of this
may impress Lars, but it certainly got *my* attention. LOL

>
> Eat the Redwood board.  Serves 4
>

I've tried redwood... it's not as tasty as you'd think.
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