Cleaning and Preparing Gamefish; Step-by-Step Instructions, from Water to Table

by Monte Burch

• ISBN13: 9781585744862
• ISBN10: 1585744867
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Trade Book
• Copyright: 2003-04-01
• Publisher: Lyons Press

Summary

For an angler, it's tough to beat the fresh-caught flavour and satisfaction of a delicious fish dinner savoured 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.

Author Biography

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.

Table of Contents

Introduction	vii
Chapter 1-Catch and Release or Catch and Keep	1	(20)
Chapter 2-Nutrition and Safety	21	(12)
Chapter 3-Tools	33	(20)
Chapter 4-Dressing Freshwater Fish	53	(40)
Chapter 5-Dressing Saltwater Fish and Shellfish	93	(14)
Chapter 6-Dressing Turtles, Frogs, Eels, Crawfish, Freshwater Shellfish, and Alligators	107	(8)
Chapter 7-Preserving Fish	115	(18)
Chapter 8-Cooking Fish	133	(20)
Chapter 9-Recipes	153	(24)
Sources	177