There are a bunch of sites on the internet. I usually let my filets soak for only a couple of hours at the most. I only use salt...maybe some onions too. I let dry the filets a good while before putting in the smoker. I let the filets smoke about 1 hour. It's one of those Canadian Tire smokers and there is quite a bit of heat so the trout get cooked too. I don't like a real heavy smoke flavour.