Instead of making a post about Linux solutions (or Linux itself) today, I thought I’d share the fruits of my Friday with you. Friday morning and afternoon was rather uneventful, so I decided to get out of the office early for an emergency fishing trip. I call this trip an emergency trip, since the rivers have recently thawed, and I renewed my Montana fishing license on the day before. Since “all work and no play makes Chris a dull boy”, I was determined to make the most of an otherwise dull day.
Luckily, the Yellowstone and Stillwater rivers are a quick 20 minute drive from my office, so I was able to spend about four hours fishing. With the wind chill at 38 degrees, I was comfortable with a cap and hoodie. The wind was blowing at gusts of 20 MPH, which made casting at times difficult. While we’re on the topic of casting, I’d like to mention that I was using minnow lures, and an assortment of flies tied to a floater. Not exactly the fanciest way to catch trout, but it works!
What you’re looking at are two of the four fish that I caught on Friday. I never thought to take a picture of the third (a 14 inch trout), and the fouth trout for the day was let go (less than 12 inches). The trout on the left is about 15 inches, while the trout on the right is 17 inches. The average size for Rainbow Trout in Montana is right about 13-16 inches, for what that is worth.
Since I never went to culinary school, and my wife is the chef in the house, I will probably cook these beauties using possibly the easiest trout recipe ever:
Easy Trout Recipe
Ingredients:
- trout (duh), cleaned and left whole
- lemons
- black pepper
- cayenne pepper
- olive oil
Directions:
- Coat the trout in oil lightly, while sprinkling black cayenne pepper on the outside of the fish.
- Cut lemons into wedges, and insert one wedge into the trout’s cavity.
- Wrap the trout in aluminum foil, and cook at 375 degrees in the oven for 20 minutes total, flipping the trout in the oven after the first 10 minutes.
- Once cooked, remove the trout from the foil, and gently scrape the fish off of the bones. Enjoy!
Hopefully next my blog post will be about something Linux related- but until then, good luck fishing!
Tags: Montana, Rainbow Trout