Dip Net Fishing for Hooligan | Taste Test + Smoking and Canning
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- Опубликовано: 13 май 2021
- Our first dipnetting trip of the year was a success. Our target fish, Hooligan AKA Smelt, run up Alaskan waters in the Spring months. We head to the shores of Twentymile River to dip net the tasty and multipurpose fish. At the cabin we taste test fried hooligan as well as smoke and can the fish to preserve the harvest.
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These fish are sometimes called oolichan or eulichan and were used by First Nations for oil more than for the flesh, hence the name "candlefish". The oil was so desirable that it was an important trade item.
i also grew up calling them oolichan.
Thats really cool. How would one extract the oil? Is it just by cooking, or what kind of process would need to accur?
@@samanthamcneil2729 Cooking and then pressing like you do olives?
@@samanthamcneil2729 Look up Bizarre Foods: Alaska with Andrew Zimmern. They film the process
I grew up eating these every spring in in BC. Dipped whole in a flour, salt, pepper, and curry mix then fried. So delicious!
When I was a kid we used to eat fried whole smells in cornmeal with a soy dipping sauce. 65 years later I still get cravings.
It's not a smelt
@@jtee4247 Actually, Hooligan are one of five fish within the Smelt family.
Oh my gosh, your dog drooling whilst you stood in front of the smoker talking about the fish… so funny, he was staring SO HARD 😂
My favorite part of your videos is seeing how you two work so well as a team together ❤
Here in Scotland we fry herring in flour & oatmeal, it’s an oily fish too, and the meal mops up the oil & gives a crispy coating
oats like you buy to cook or ground to a flour ?
We get varying grades here for porridge, but the finer “pinmeal” is probably the best. You could simply put a cup of course oats in a blender if needs be.
@@42apprentice ok so like the texture of corn meal?
I'm in Ireland but grew up in San Francisco...mom is from outside Glasgow...
Equivalent to US “steel cut” it uses the whole grain and gives a nuttier taste. Mind you it is quite hard to get fresh herring these days. Back in the day it was a staple.
you guys are always like "we've never tried this" and then go and actually do an amazing job!
I love this too! This is how my husband and I are nice to see others do the same.
In Argentina, one place I grew up, my dad would take us to the port to a restaurant that served whole “pescaditos” (little fish), heads & insides included. They were Sonso fish (Mediterranean Sea Eel), about 2-3” long, completely fried (lightly flour dipped) and served in a huge mound, like a plate of French fries, as an appetizer sprinkled with salt, served with a plate of lemon slices and a small bowl of a garlic aoli on the side as a dipping sauce if you felt like it. My goodness it was so good! Crunchy, salty, lemony. Best weekend treat! Your video reminded me if this.
we eat them like that in Europe (Croatia)
I'm from West Bengal State of India and we Bengalis have a reputation as fish eaters. This is how we usually eat medium and small sized fish, head tail bones and all
A tip that my mother used to say...while eating whole fish of that size, start eating from the tail end, less chance of bones sticking in your throat
Holy cow! What a beautiful life you two are living!
@@donaldmiller8629 words
Living in Wisconsin smelt is super popular like insanely popular here.
So thats awesome you can catch em fresh :D
Fried smelt is a bar delicacy you get during packer games for free ;) lol
Marinette, Wisc. Go Pack Go!!!
New Berlin, WI. Born & raised in Kenosha and smelting was always a big thing growing up
From WI as well. I remember eating fried smelt. I am not sure where we got the fish, we did not catch them ourselves, but likely in Oconto County. I LOVED them. I wish I could have some now. We ate the bones as well, but I don't think we ate the heads. I'm pretty sure I'm not brave enough for that. This was a great video. I really enjoy them all!
It's so funny to me watching them look absolutely disgusted eating the fish, and then going 'It's delicious'! They're such a sweet couple haha
I've said this before, but I'll say it again. I love how you two talk between yourselves. It makes me feel like I'm right there with you. : )
I love how they always treat eachother with complete respect it's really nice to see
Exactly what I feel too, like I am standing right before them and listening
Boy, when Eric gets the hang of it, he really gets the hang of it!
Best RUclips channel out there!
AGREED! ‘Love this channel. I drop everything to stop, grab a drink and enjoy their latest upload.
After working a kitchen in San Diego for a year, it is SO refreshing to see yalls outdoor food prep. Also, it’s ok to walk around with blood on your hands, not contaminating anythin sit down. Lol. I love how much teamwork you guys seem to need, it’s very romantic.
I can’t stop watching your videos. They are right up my alley! Thank you😍
always look forward to new videos
edit: look at your boys @39:40 were drooling, those are for sure tasty fish, your boys and tomato plants will thank you
You should try basting with olive oil, garlic, and herbs and grilling them like sardines.....
I saw that, too. So cute!
I am loving these longer videos! I could watch these forever. Thanks for sharing Alaska with us!
School of fish!
Definitely longer videos
I love the longer videos. Thank you so much. I am a city girl at heart but this is my favorite RUclips Channel. Thank you so much. Watching you two brings me a lot of joy in the midst of a season of hardship.
My grandma was full blood swede and lived in Everson and Bellingham WA. My dad said that there were only a few places in the world you could find hooligans. Sweden, Nooksack river and Alaska. I'm sure there's other places. But my dad bragged about how much he loved hooligans
Oh my. Does this bring back memories. 70 years ago the Wisconsin smelt run became available to us in our local general store in Eastern Iowa. The town was population 300. I liked the crispy tails the best. We ate them just like you did. Thank you for sharing all this Alaska goodness with us.
Yes, smelt fries in the springtime! Yum, yum.
You guys have so much fun. Enjoy every moment. You won't regret it. Thank you for taking us along .
Eric giggling when he finally started catching was the best of this entire episode...well, until you started cooking and eating them! I am so inspired! Thank you, for taking us with you on your adventures.
I really enjoyed watching this episode. As a child living in our native village in North coast of BC, Canada, we catch tonnes of them, we call them oolichan. We smoke them, sun dry, salt and also render all that oil and make oolichan grease. When call them candle fish.
I couldn't believe the oil that came out. Maybe you all should try the candles.
As a Southeast Asian, all I can say is: that's how you eat fish!
Might be wrong video!
I grew up eating Smelt, to me they are the best tasting freshwater (the Great Lakes) fish, local grocery stores even have them, frozen of course, they are that popular!
I can remember cleaning trash cans full of them when I was a child. The spine peels right out after you cook them.
I grew up about 15 miles from the mackinaw bridge, miss those days of dipping, sadly all but gone now
Used to gut them, run the finger over the sides to knock some scle back. Flour and fried on the coleman on shore. Don't find them much here on Simcoe anymore.
I love how you two are always trying new things. It nudges me to step out of my comfort zone. Lol Thanks ❤
She's a trooper for getting in there with the fish helping clean em
I'm a fish filleter and have a super good tip for gutting fish! if small like that use a tea spoon and scrape the guts out saves so much time, even bigger fish you can use a table spoon gets all the harder bits out that your fingers can't grip on to :) also awesome catch 💪🐟
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Solid tip! Thanks.
Yep good tip, in Maine we used grapefruit spoons too, and go easy
Thanks for the tip
Bandit is drooling just waiting for his treat.
When Ariel showed us the worms and said "they are pretty hard to see but ... they move ... when they aren't... frozen " as she shifted her eyes ... i was dead 🤣🤣🤣. Love how you two make videos like this one ! Thank you!
Fish worms and parasites can't hurt you can can be eaten raw as well
You guys make work look so easy. You can tell you love each other so much. Makes us wish we were young again and do the 'move' to Alaska and live in such a beautiful place. God is so good!
I love fish heads and cheeks. I had a Japanese roommate in uni, he asked me to keep any and all fish that I would catch, so I would. He taught me how to cook fish in so many different ways, and make it taste good. I also like to travel, so I have tried some CRAZY ass things, I will NEVER refuse food that someone has offered me😁
The first thing I noticed when I was watching people dip net for salmon in a Park in Alaska was that they would immediately cut off the heads and discard them and then complete the cleaning. What a waste on a large fish.
@@carlcarlamos9055 yup, ppl learn one way of doing things and then that’s it for the rest of life.... boring af 🤣
That oil is excellent for the winter time, when it’s COLD out, and you munch on some oily fish, you can feel the calories.
My gosh, you two youngins, y’all really know how to seize the day, every second of it! You days seem to last at least 30 hours. I love that you share chicken time with us. It’s fun watching them snack, squawk, and strut.
Watching them throw random food into the chicken cage and then seeing the chickens come out to eat is one of my favorite parts of many of their videos.
Ariel apologizing to the fish was hilarious! You guys did awesome
Washing them with vinegar really does take away the fishy smell from any fish.....and eating fish head is very delicious , because it's not part of your culture you fine it strange.....😊..love watching you guys! Viewing you from sunny island of Jamaica 🇯🇲 🌅 ❣️...
I feel like I'm on an adventure every time I watch the videos. So much fun, thank you 💕
“Look at cute he is! *smooch*”. Arielle, you are adorable! What a great haul, friends. Thank you for taking us along with you!
I hope and pray this couple never breaks up... their support of one another is a joy and comfort to watch!,
Love the life you two live! Inspires me to be outside more and enjoy nature! Thanks for the great content.
I miss smelts! They make the best fish "sticks". Enjoy your bounty!
GOD IS GIVEN YOU GUYS SOMETHING IN RETURN FOR PUTTING UP WITH THE COLD WEATHER. MOST AND BEST WAY OF GETTING PLENTY OF FISH EVER SEEN. WHAT A BLESSING
I live in Michigan, and many of the streams that empty into the Great Lakes used to have runs of spawning Smelt in the springtime. It was great fun to go to these streams in the middle of the night and basically do what you did with pretty much the same type of equipment, though the nets had a finer mesh. Often referred to as “Smelt Drinking” as opposed to Smelt Dipping, giving you an idea of how it went. Now with so many invasive species the runs have dwindled severely.. They were about the same size as you guys were getting, very tasty, not oily at all, very mild fish..
It's been 40 years since I've had Smelt. My parents would get them whole, they'd roll them in flour and cornmeal, fry them, and serve them that way. If I recall, the recommendation was to leave them whole as the guts cooked away, but that could have just been my parents being lazy. haha. I remember enjoying them a lot as a kid. Yours made my mouth water. Thanks for taking us along.
It's not a smelt, oolichan is diffrent
I too had them as smelt only mine were about 50 years ago, I am truly sorry but 50 years isn’t long enough to wash awY that memory! 🤣 I do like most other fish though!
A new Alaskan delicacy with every episode! 👍
That was fun guys! Thanks for sharing another Alaska tradition.
I wish that my dad were alive to watch your channel. ❤️ It’s so good.
We grew up fishing for huligan ( or how ever you spell it ) and my parents just packed them tightly into milk cartons, filled it with water and froze them. They didn’t clean them and I don’t remember having to deal with fish guts...memories from childhood is a handy thing.🐟
I hear you, that's how Dad did it too.
We did it the same way with the milk cartons here in Michigan. But we cut off the heads and gutted them. So darn good fried
My parents lived in Alaska for 5yrs., right after they got married. I don't remember them talking about smelt...as we called them when they went to lake Erie and seine them! We would bring home garbage cans full! We cut the heads off, then froze them in milk cartons, and I don't remember if we used what else we used, but I was pretty young then! We always cut the heads off and gutted them, dipping in egg and milk stirred up and fried them using lard. I miss them, as I used to buy them in the grocery store, long after we quit seineing for them, but haven't seen them in the stores her in Ohio for years! I don't remember if we canned or smoked them like we did Salmon. I definitely miss them and would like to try eating the heads! I really miss hearing about the fish stories my parents talked about! They lived outside of Anchorage, dad worked on the railroad, and mom was a nurse in Anchorage!
Your dogs were boring holes in your heads trying to stare you into giving them some of the smelts! So funny!
I love the dynamic of your relationship! Best friends, husband and wife and partners in every aspect!!!!! So nice to see good people still exist in this world! Love your videos
This brings me back to my childhood. In Michigan they would announce when the smelt were running. My dad would take the day off from work and head to the Au Gras River kind smelt dip. We had this 25 gallon galvanized metal tub that he would fill up. When he got home it was clean and taking the heads off. Then divide up into dinner for 7 portions. We usually got 25 to 30 bags.. it was a lent stap.e for us. I love all thing things you done with them. Happy eating
We're gonna need a bigger bucket! LOL!
The oil is packed with omega three. Very good for you, your dogs and your chickens. When you get to eating your canned ones, pour any unused oil into the dog/chicken feed.
Great! And Arielle kissed the fish, Jimmy Houston would be proud!. God Bless, stay safe.
That was really well done.
Your commentaries are simple, polite, creative, informative.
Very good.
Very best to you both.
I'm starting to think that other bird has a crush on one of your chickens.
😂 You make the most informative yet insanely entertaining videos!
Hooligan are really good at gatherings. Even if you set a limit of 3 or 4, that adds up quick. And if folks have been working or playing hard, that is an unreasonable limit. Good show. Nice recipes. Thanks.
This is insane to me. Like GOOD insane. Insanely awesome. Easy catch, easy fry and smoke, super nutritious. I love it. Also the dogs drooling like crazy at the end is hilarious.
Fun to learn that other fish species smell like cucumber. Our Garfish (Northern Europe) also smell like cucumber and they have distink green bones.
Back in late 70's while attending Southwest State U in Mn had annual smelt fishing/fry at the dorms in the spring. Brings back fond memories!
Best of both worlds for me! An adventure and gourmet cooking from two of the most amazing people!
Love it!
Poor puppies standing there drooling at the end lol till dad gave them the bits lol 😂
The original fish sticks. I’m so hungry now.
I have been making corn tortillas for 40 years. One tip I would give you is that if you add a little white flour with your corn flour (about 1/8 of a cup for every cup of corn flour is my guess we don’t Measure anything) your tortillas will come out softer and will bend without braking.
Thank you. I've been making flour tortillas for years but had a harder time with the corn masa ones. They did exactly what you said. They were cracking. Tasty right off the griddle but did not hold fillings so I usually only use them in enchilada or casseroles(totally not real Mexican food but the family loves the casseroles lol. Like a tex-mex lasagna lol. )
I am so going to give it a try later thank you for sharing your tips, I find so many better cooking tips and hints on RUclips comments than any fancy cooking sites!
Have a great day!
@@Emeraldwitch30
That’s great that you make flour tortillas. I could never get the hang of them. They always turned out hard and liked like the state of Idaho (where I live).🤣
@@debbieherrera1605 well I got lucky. 8 grew up here in MI in apple country and a friend from schools grandma was delighted to teach me. But her recipe isn't quite what she said 100% Mexican lol it was flour/a bit of baking powder/salt/real lard and she used a bit of butter in the lard for flavor and hot scalded milk.
I also, since I got old, found an electric tortillas squisher! It heats up and only works with flour tortillas. You make the dough and get the round balls and squish them with the hot machine just for a few seconds. Then I put them on the griddle to lightly brown them.
It also does well hand rolling but they are more amoeba shaped when I hand roll.
I use the squisher not plugged in for corn tortillas.
3 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/3 cup lard with 2 tablespoons butter
One cup scalded milk with one teaspoon salt mixed in.
Rub the fats into the flour/baking powder until its fine little granules
Then slowly add the hot milk(I tried both hot hot milk and just warm it works both ways but if cold its harder to mix) till it forms a shaggy dough.
Knead it till it comes together into a nice stiff springy dough. Put in bowl and cover, I just put a plate or another bowl inverted over it. Let it rest for about 1/2 to an hour and then knead a touch more and devide into 8 to 10 balls.
Then roll and cook. But I find hot hot so that the tortillas cook quickly helps keep them tender.
I hope this helps.
I know in my searches that a blogger called "homesick Texan " has a recipe quite close to this so if you do better with visual learning she has great step by steps with photos.
YOU GUYS REALLY KNOW HOW TO USE EVERYTHING TO THE LAST DROP.
Bo with the fish hanging in his mouth is too cute!
We used to dip for them on the Cowlitz River back in the 60s and 70s, fried smelt is really good.
In Longview?
@@MrPanzerblitz Yep. We lived in Whatcom County, so it was a weekend trip for us.
Just found you yesterday and love you guys and your channel! SUBSCRIBED after my first taste and this is my first real time episode notification! Thanks for sharing your journey with the world. All the best!
You really really have to go back and catch up watching all their vids. Much better than watching a movie.
@@dinahquillen9380 That's all I've been doing yesterday and today. They are quite the couple! Love the B-rolls, especially during eating the bacon and sausage video. Can't stop watching. Great stuff.
@@dinahquillen9380 so true !!
As a kid back in the 70's I used to go with my father and his friends to Lake Michigan each year to catch these at night using line nets. Smelt was the name we had for them. They'd bring some cookers and wood and we'd deep fry them with a beer batter as we caught them right there on the beach. So many people there and the smells were a amazing. It was fun to try the different ways people would cook them. Enjoyed this video!
Hi Ariel & Eric...this is one of my favorite videos. You are both inspiring me to visit Alaska!!!
I don’t live off the grid but I enjoy your content and I do a lot of things that you do as far as canning my own vegetables harvesting animals one available etc. love it
I’m not sure I’d be as brave as you and eat them! But you look like you had fun and the chickens were impressed by their tasty snack!
They’re smelt. Not that odd to eat them 😂
We have a similar fish here, the capelin. They roll up onto the beach to spawn. My favorite way to preserve them is salt and sun dry them on a flake with balsam fir branches,then roast them in the oven whole. Very common to pick them up on the beach after they've spawned and use them for fertilizer. It amazes me how similar Alaska is to Newfoundland and Labrador.
Every time they brought fish up in the net I think the smile on my face got bigger and bigger
Smelts in east coast Canada are something I recall fondly. They are a school fish that swim up all the rivers to spawn. You can jig them, or scoop them. Sometimes you can wade out into the river and scoop them up by the bucketful. To eat them, we lop off the heads and tails slit them and use your thumb to clean them out, maybe 30 seconds. Then we roll them in flour like you did and fry them. A real annual treat. We don't eat the backbone, but any other bones are inconsequential. A few feeds once a year... Thanks for sharing...
Yup, save the heads and tails for bait
My Friday RUclips entertainment! 👍🏽
Greetings from Congo/Africa, you guys are amazing...living a natural and purposeful life.
This episode is all about hooligans fish. And that ring in Ariel finger looks pretty awesome.
That looked like tons of fun! Bo seems to be having more fun now that it isn't freezing out, too.
A beautiful diversion for a crappy day. Made my spirits soar, especially seeing Bandit and Bo, and those mean ole carnivores.😆 Oh my, that was an awesome shot of Bandit! I hope Bo got a fried fish to, they looked scrumptious. LOVED the ending.
The chickens proving that they really are descended from carnivorous dinosaurs. 😉
This really has become a “Must Watch” series. I was reminded out of nowhere of times when I lived in the Sultanate of Oman (76-86)
And at spring tides when rock oysters were revealed I would tap the shells open with a screwdriver and add a splash of Tabasco and eat them fresh off the rocks. Totally delish!!!
This is such an entertaining vlog - always interesting and entertaining 😀😀👍👍🇬🇧
Love your videos.
When I was a young boy in Northern Michigan we would catch Smelt 5 gallons a scoop.
Then we'd go home and assembly line them up. A pair of scissors and some Drake's Deep Fry Mix.
Deep fry them up in peanut oil and eat them up like fish sticks.
I LOVE SMELT!!!!!
Oh my goodness this is my exact memories too! The smelt dipping and the big tables covered with plastic and newspaper cleaning smelt with scissors!
And Drakes mix for deep fried fish is a must! One aunty used to make hushpuppies too.
My neighbor(who was my parents best friends growing up and I bought mom and dads house) used to can them in hot sauce and mustard or lightly smoked in an oil(or water and they made their own oil)
They were better than sardines(I know most people don't like sardines but I crave those little stinky tins of fish).
A jar of smoked smelt with a sleeve of salt tines and real butter. Best campfire snack ever.
@@Emeraldwitch30 Amen to you!
how far north?
@@Tipp_Of_The_Mitt up around the Cadillac, Baldwin area.
@@RubenFletcher mack bridge area here
The greatest testament to how good those smoked fish were was directly reflected by the dog on the right drooling like a waterfall... ROFL!
🤣😄 Your dogs are some comical. The watching back and forth, as you talk...lol
Love the content, I watch religiously.. such a dream, you two together demonstrate a realistic approach to what it takes to leave the city and go rogue , I love it. Thank you for sharing your journey :)
You guys are awesome. Every since I seen your first video 3 years ago I been thinking about moving to Alaska. I’ve visited a couple times and y’all make me wanna pull the trigger.
My favorite part of deep frying small fish. Crunchy fried heads. Crunch crunch 😋
Watching the dogs drool over the smoked ones was hilarious hahaha they wanted them so bad
I’m always camp cook because I’m not really sure that anyone else will be as clean with the food prep. But you have my respect; you really do take care of your fish! Love smoked hooligan, good job on your catch! Hope 2021 gives you much good fishing. BTW, so cute seeing Bo happily wag his tail when he was the first catch at the start of the vid
Thank you so much for sharing and taking time out of your busy schedule to share y'all adventures 🍀🍀🥰🥰😏😏😏
I am living my dream of living in Alaska through you 🥰
I love you guys 🤗
That rooster of yours is positively majestic!
1. Ariel you should consider getting a silicone ring 💍 when going on these adventures.
2. Poor Bandit was drooling 🤤 wanting a peice if the hooligan.
3. That bird friend needs a name. She sounds like the mom from Charlie Brown 🤣
I noticed the stone and the mount and was thinking hmmm... that's ok but not for doing things with.
Same for in the garden
You never dissapoint with your video's love everyone you do.. thank you always different and interesting..
Great video. I love smoked fish canned in marinara sauce, served on flatbread or hot, buttered toast.
You could use the smoked fish in a kedgeree dish too, if you're looking for recipe inspiration.
You never fail to astound me how hard you both work, how resilient you are, and how open you are to trying new things 💖
I love your Fur Babies. They have such beautiful personalities.