Canada Fishing Info

Set your fishing line for the book on freshwater fish from local chef Lucia Watson. When she’s not running the 22-year-old Uptown Minneapolis restaurant that bears her name, Lucia Watson is, among other things, the “Taste Tempters” columnist for Brainerd-based In-Fisherman magazine, where her recipes have been a reader favorite for 17 years. Now Watson and photographer Chuck Nelson have produced “Cooking Freshwater Fish” (In-Fisherman, $29. In a recent phone conversation, Watson talked about In-Fisherman’s loyal readership, the beauty of Minnesota walleye and the surprising ease of cooking fish. Plus, it’s not one that you can buy, it’s strictly a foraged food, you can only get it if you get it yourself — like grouse — and that’s so neat. A You need a heavy-duty sauté pan, something to start a fire with — like paper and matches, that’s always a good one [laughs] — and you need bacon and some kind of breading, as simple as cornmeal or flour. read more

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