New IBC system in freo

freoboy

oh tank temp has dropped, was 17.6 this AM @ 730 when i woke up, was 20 last night after cooling all day slowly. once its cold, it will take a run of a few days to warm it back up.

i siphoned all the crap out the bottom too. bit of uneaten food etc. gues the yabbies do help keep it nice n clean :dontknow:

chillidude

freoboy wrote:

yeah trout will be here lunchtime :headbang:

are you running trout this winter cd?

Yep - got some nice size SPs to harvest soon then there'll be room for 100 trout in the main FT and the remaining SPs in a couple of the 1000L tanks hooked into the system.

freoboy wrote:

smoked them on the BBQ as per usual. this time we used a smoking box/tray thing from B with chikory (hikory?)

Hickory

freoboy

The trout are here!!!

ive now c ompleted a full year cycle, torut-barra-trout...
would upload a pic or 2 but i can bloody see them inthe ft

freoboy

Just weighed a few, average weight 16grams :shock:

Abd they already started eating

chillidude

Sweeeeeet

earthbound

got a long way to go then to bring them up to edible size... Start feeding em up....

netab32

Yay

Congrats FB on your new additions :headbang:

Just updated myself on your thread... havent been here for a little while :oops:

Looks awesome and those barra pics made me drool :geek:

... Im curious about the smoked fish thing as Ive never tried anything smoked...except 'triple smoked leg ham' from the S/market :wink:

Is it done for the taste, or the keeping qualities of the meat? Does it make the fish taste better than when pan fried?

gnash06

Hot smoking actually cooks the fish :thumbleft:

and in most cases its good eating netab32.
Google it and you will find heaps of recipies and ways to build a smoker, I plan to use my weber to do it

netab32

gnash06 wrote:

:D Hot smoking actually cooks the fish :thumbleft:

and in most cases its good eating netab32.
Google it and you will find heaps of recipies and ways to build a smoker, I plan to use my weber to do it

Thanks Gnash, will do... BTW, what did you mean... in most cases??? :think:

gnash06

It depends on the type of wood shavings (or even pellets) that you use for your smoke.

Trial and error will eventually lead to your fave's....I tried a Jack Daniels type of pellet in my brothers smoker and it tasted like arse....or (more to the point) what I'd imagine arse to taste like :think: