Lake trout recipes

CrappieHunter

Established Member
Joined
May 31, 2025
Posts
127
Likes
57
Points
65
Location
Eastern ND
I gotta a freezer full of lake trout I gotta get rid of before our Duluth trip. Does anyone have any favourite recipes? I've only ever smoked it before, and I want to try something new.
 


KDM

Founding Member
Founding Member
Joined
Apr 20, 2015
Posts
9,850
Likes
2,519
Points
698
Location
Valley City
Thaw, dump copious amounts of peppercorn ranch dressing on the meat, and grill skin side down until the edges of the skin are burnt black. Shovel off the meat from the skin and consume with favorite sides and cold beer. Good Eatin' right there.

If you do this, please take a pic and add to the food porn thread. It will definitely qualify. (Grin)
 

SurvivalAmazon88

★★★★★ Legendary Member
Joined
Jul 25, 2024
Posts
518
Likes
678
Points
250
Location
Berthold, ND
I gotta a freezer full of lake trout I gotta get rid of before our Duluth trip. Does anyone have any favourite recipes? I've only ever smoked it before, and I want to try something new.
Could always keep it simple, bake it with a lemon zest and a light parmesan crust. Fancy it up with a lemon and pepper bechamel.
 

luvcatchingbass

Founding Member
Founding Member
Joined
Dec 1, 2015
Posts
4,088
Likes
974
Points
428
Location
SE ND.
Smoke up batch and share? I would be a willing taste tester:)
Been doing some experiments on salmon from Sak and found a few different seasonings coupled with a sauce at the end on the grill/smoker or oven to be good. Favorite is Meat Church Texas Sugar or Holy Vodoo and some Big Wicks Peper Jelly.
Lake trout are on my bucket list for sure, especially through the ice
 
Last edited:

CrappieHunter

Established Member
Thread starter
Joined
May 31, 2025
Posts
127
Likes
57
Points
65
Location
Eastern ND
Thaw, dump copious amounts of peppercorn ranch dressing on the meat, and grill skin side down until the edges of the skin are burnt black. Shovel off the meat from the skin and consume with favorite sides and cold beer. Good Eatin' right there.

If you do this, please take a pic and add to the food porn thread. It will definitely qualify. (Grin)
That sounds delicious I’ll give it a shot when I have time 😀
 


CrappieHunter

Established Member
Thread starter
Joined
May 31, 2025
Posts
127
Likes
57
Points
65
Location
Eastern ND
I
Smoke up batch and share? I would be a willing taste tester:)
Been doing some experiments on salmon from Sak and found a few different seasonings coupled with a sauce at the end on the grill/smoker or oven to be good. Favorite is Meat Church Texas Sugar or Holy Vodoo and some Big Wicks Peper Jelly.
Lake trout are on my bucket list for sure, especially through the ice
l’ll see, the family loves it so much more matter how big of a batch I make it’s gone in a half hour 😂
 

CrappieHunter

Established Member
Thread starter
Joined
May 31, 2025
Posts
127
Likes
57
Points
65
Location
Eastern ND
Smoke up batch and share? I would be a willing taste tester:)
Been doing some experiments on salmon from Sak and found a few different seasonings coupled with a sauce at the end on the grill/smoker or oven to be good. Favorite is Meat Church Texas Sugar or Holy Vodoo and some Big Wicks Peper Jelly.
Lake trout are on my bucket list for sure, especially through the ice
And yeah some of those sweeter seasonings would be delicious 😋
 

luvcatchingbass

Founding Member
Founding Member
Joined
Dec 1, 2015
Posts
4,088
Likes
974
Points
428
Location
SE ND.
And yeah some of those sweeter seasonings would be delicious 😋
Texas Sugar has a little more heat than you would expect. I wouldn't call it overly hot but it does have a nice kick, the name is deceiving. Holy Voodoo is more of a Cajun kick.
 


snow2

★★★★★ Legendary Member
Joined
Jul 21, 2022
Posts
1,492
Likes
1,060
Points
368
I gotta a freezer full of lake trout I gotta get rid of before our Duluth trip. Does anyone have any favourite recipes? I've only ever smoked it before, and I want to try something new.
Greasy oily "slicks" we call them on mn lake superior north shore stick with maple wood smoke,brine over night in kosher salt/ brown sugar.... stop @ Russ Kendall ' s smoke house on scenic hwy 61 just south of town (two harbors) best brown sugar smoked lake trout and salmon hands down,family owned business with great insight smoking fish,they have the best smoked cisco's and herring
 

snow2

★★★★★ Legendary Member
Joined
Jul 21, 2022
Posts
1,492
Likes
1,060
Points
368
Otherwise fillet out smaller one's (2 to 5lbs) like a walleye scale leave skin on dang good pan fried over a campfire
 
Last edited:

measure-it

Founding Member
Founding Member
Joined
Jun 29, 2015
Posts
721
Likes
356
Points
245
Location
Bismarck, ND
Brine overnight in fridge: 1c kosher salt, 1c table sugar or 1 1/3c light brown sugar to 1 gallon warm water to disolve...cool down. Fish fillets (skin on) submerged well.
Make a paste of water, Frank's hot sauce to taste, brown sugar& lemon pepper.
Skin side down on med-low heat grill til flakes well. Slide meat off skin & enjoy.
Note: if skin is off the fillets, grill on HD tin foil or pizza stone.
 


1lessdog

★★★★★ Legendary Member
Joined
Oct 29, 2019
Posts
1,820
Likes
964
Points
378
Greasy oily "slicks" we call them on mn lake superior north shore stick with maple wood smoke,brine over night in kosher salt/ brown sugar.... stop @ Russ Kendall ' s smoke house on scenic hwy 61 just south of town (two harbors) best brown sugar smoked lake trout and salmon hands down,family owned business with great insight smoking fish,they have the best smoked cisco's and herring
Yes that place is good. There smoked Dill Cheese was really good also.
 

CrappieHunter

Established Member
Thread starter
Joined
May 31, 2025
Posts
127
Likes
57
Points
65
Location
Eastern ND
Brine overnight in fridge: 1c kosher salt, 1c table sugar or 1 1/3c light brown sugar to 1 gallon warm water to disolve...cool down. Fish fillets (skin on) submerged well.
Make a paste of water, Frank's hot sauce to taste, brown sugar& lemon pepper.
Skin side down on med-low heat grill til flakes well. Slide meat off skin & enjoy.
Note: if skin is off the fillets, grill on HD tin foil or pizza stone
😋 I’ll give that a try, thank you.
 

CrappieHunter

Established Member
Thread starter
Joined
May 31, 2025
Posts
127
Likes
57
Points
65
Location
Eastern ND
Greasy oily "slicks" we call them on mn lake superior north shore stick with maple wood smoke,brine over night in kosher salt/ brown sugar.... stop @ Russ Kendall ' s smoke house on scenic hwy 61 just south of town (two harbors) best brown sugar smoked lake trout and salmon hands down,family owned business with great insight smoking fish,they have the best smoked cisco's and herring
Thanks for the Russ Kendall’s recommendation we stopped there got some smoked salmon and cheese curds, probably the best smoked salmon I’ve ever had 😋
 

1lessdog

★★★★★ Legendary Member
Joined
Oct 29, 2019
Posts
1,820
Likes
964
Points
378
Thanks for the Russ Kendall’s recommendation we stopped there got some smoked salmon and cheese curds, probably the best smoked salmon I’ve ever had 😋
It's tough to beat West Dakota Meats in Bismarck for there smoked Salmon. They have smoke alot of my Salmon thru out the years.
 


Recent Posts

Friends of NDA

Top Posters of the Month

  • This month: 216
  • This month: 192
  • This month: 128
  • This month: 69
  • This month: 69
  • This month: 67
  • This month: 63
  • This month: 55
  • This month: 50
  • This month: 44
Top Bottom