Up at 5 am,pull from the brine,let dry for 4 hours. Into the smoker they went. Going with 3 pans. The fly hatch is on now, that is what they are eating.
Step 1 and 2 are completed
Got me my fresh fish this morning. I like to snap the neck to bleed out as you know. Well I snapped the first one a bit to much and took the head right. LOL So had to keep him in the net in the water. Also had to net the 2nd one with the other fish in the net still.LOL Hey Terry look,double header. LMAO.
Home,cleaned and in to the brine. Apple juice,brown sugar,salt and a whole bottle of syrup. Put 2 plates on top to hold the meat down in the brine. Both fish are in the brine. CO-Workers will be happy happy next week.
Oh,I am going to go with 2 lt of water and 2 lt of apple juice. 2 cups of sugar and 2/3 cup of salt. I got the smoke down to what I like. Just want to mix up the mix..
Doing it with dry,I found it was always quick to pellicle . I have seen where they let it go for 36 hours after removing from the brine. Almost like jerky before hitting the smoker. I,ll let you know how I make out. Have yet to do a wet brine, as my dry mix has served me well so far.