smoking catfish?

[bigcountry1009]

I'd like to smoke some catfish fillets. How do I go about it?

[Alblancher]

Are you planning on a cold smoke or a hot smoke at 225?  If you want to do a cold smoke I would soak them in a brine with cure 1 or Tenderquick.  You can then take 8 - 12 hrs with smoke under 120 degrees    If you want to put them on the hot smoker I would make a brine with whatever seasonings you would like,  let soak in fridge for maybe 4 - 6 hrs then put them in the 225 smoker.    Shoudn't take anymore then an hour or so.   Once on the smoker i would baste with butter and maybe some hotsauce and garlic

[bigcountry1009]

Sounds easy enough. I'll be hot smoking them. I've got some really nice fillets from our friday trip.  Gonna get a little hickory ready and give it a shot.

[Misplaced Texan]

John smoked 2 small tuna steaks for me to make Smoked Tuna Dip from on Friday.  they took 1.5 hours but I thought they were a little done.

Gail