Tag: Fishing

Tuna adventure ends with delicious Albacore Poke

Tuna adventure ends with delicious Albacore Poke

Ever since I became and avid fisherman not long after moving to Oregon, I’ve dreamed of fishing for albacore tuna. But the hefty cost, time commitment and other things conspired to keep it an unrealized dream for nearly 10 years. Finally, the past week during my two-week staycation, my spouse and my mother gave me […]

September 2, 2015 | 3 Comments More
Rainbow Trout Poached in White Wine with Olive and Garlic Dressing: From Mt. Hebo Lake to the Dinner Table

Rainbow Trout Poached in White Wine with Olive and Garlic Dressing: From Mt. Hebo Lake to the Dinner Table

I love fishing for trout in Oregon and go out every chance I get. Our freezer is always well stocked with vacuum packed rainbow trout, labeled with the date and lake where the fish were caught. Part of the fun is also figuring out different ways of cooking the trout.Tonight for dinner, I decided to poach the trout in some white wine, skin them, and then serve them covered in a dressing of chopped olives, garlic, herbs and olive oil. It was delicious, judging from the empty plates and smiles at the dinner table.

April 1, 2011 | 1 Comment More
Trout à la Chateau Cuisine — Truites aux Morilles (Trout with Morel Mushrooms)

Trout à la Chateau Cuisine — Truites aux Morilles (Trout with Morel Mushrooms)

Fishing is one of those activities that I’ve come to relish for several reasons. It gets me out in the mountains, streams, rivers and lakes, to the ocean, on the beach to surf fish, or on the many jetties that dot the coast to catch rockfish. It reminds me that nature is constant and, at […]

December 10, 2009 | 2 Comments More
Lingcod — A Fish So Ugly Only Its Mother Would Love It...Unless You're a Seafood Lover

Lingcod — A Fish So Ugly Only Its Mother Would Love It…Unless You’re a Seafood Lover

Being a Buddhist, I don’t believe in killing animals for the sake of sport. But that has its drawbacks when you’re angling on the wave-soaked rocks of Garibaldi’s north jetty. I’m thinking back to the first time that I took my partner, Charles Price, jetty fishing with me. I was happy to rig his line […]

October 25, 2009 | 4 Comments More
Fresh from the Ocean...to a Table near You: Rockfish en papillote

Fresh from the Ocean…to a Table near You: Rockfish en papillote

  The one thing that I quickly learned from Oregon natives after moving here is you can’t let the weather deter you. The weather in Salem or Portland can be nice and sunny, but by the time you get to the coast an hour to the west, it can be blustery and rainy. You just […]

September 8, 2009 | 6 Comments More
When the Going Gets Tough in Oregon, the Tough Go Trout Fishing...Guess What's for Dinner?

When the Going Gets Tough in Oregon, the Tough Go Trout Fishing…Guess What’s for Dinner?

  Most people work all day at a stressful job in an office and then, to blow off steam, go work out at a windowless indoor gym somewhere. In Oregon, you can still go to an indoor gym, but why do that when there’s so much more you can do outdoors?   Right around the end […]

August 31, 2009 | 5 Comments More