WA Fish Cooks EP 2: Smoked Shad 

Way to go Blake.

I know it's an old video, but I still want to comment. You can put smoked shad twice through meat grinder and mix it with cream cheese and make smoked fish pate. Delicious

One best work out use buffalo fish or tilapia fish carpfish work well thank you tip

138 degrees is perfect.

Smoked Shad is superb!

Never had smoked shad. Mom used to cook it to death to soften the bones. I've learned to fillet the things and end up with long strips of meat. More fun to catch if you ask me.

Looked like you were having a hard time choking it down to me.

Fantastic!

Awesome video, Blake! Shad is not something I've fished for before. It's good to know they're tasty when smoked - I think I'll have to go find some!

Great vids watched them all. Very educational,entertaining,and great editing/filming. Many other fishing channels should look towards what a real fishing channel looks like, congrats you really have something going! Glad i found your channel.

There is a filet technique that gets all the bones out, on YT but it is time consuming. There is also a technique of making a couple dozen little cuts on each side of the fish then pan frying or grilling slow and it lets the heat in and the bones disolve

nice vid! I haven't got a chance to get to the Columbia in a while but next time I do I'll try to catch some shad

Where did u get your baitfor your videos and in your icefishing episode did u buy the auger or can rent them at fish lake? By the way i am a huge fan and have watched all your videos at least 3 to 4 times

warm to hot water helps better dissolve the salt/ sugar

Hey, what was the temperature that you used for your smoker? I was thinking of trying both this wet brine and also try a dry brine(5 cups brown sugar and 1 cup salt spread over the fish and sealed and refrigerated overnight) to compare tastes, I know that baking shad in the oven at 200 degrees for 4 hours dissolves the bone as does pressure cooking it. Thanks.

So now that you r not doing any fishing videos you should do a rod arsenal video with all your rods and some of your tackle.

waaaaaaaw fish

every try it with gizzard shad? that is all we have here in MN and I have wanted to try it with the larger ones that I don't use for bait

Hey there! I live in Issaquah, next to lake samamish, and was wondering if you wanted to give fishing here a shot!? During the spring/summer me and my friends head out to an island and fish at the mouth of a creek (not issaquah creek, f. y. i) and catch all sorts of lake fish, but one you could make a new target for would be pikeminnow. Pikeminnow here would be cool, because its not like the columbia river, and you could teach to anyone who cant get to the columbia. I am willing to meet up and fish/or give info on what i have learned!

I love your videos man! If your ever up by the Skagit shoot me an email, You need to join the snoopy rod classic derby for pink salmon. Its just between a few friends but what a blast. Would make a funny video.

there is a way to remove all the bones and fry the fillets

How would this brine work with trout?

Temp when smoking?

Oh yeah looks good ! ! !