"dsi1" > wrote in message
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>> All you need is practice. If you cook fish often enough, you'll get a
> sense of how long it takes - I'm sure you can't get this from book
> learning since it depends on what kind of fish you're using, cooking
> temperature and method and size of the pieces. Too many variables. Most of
> the time, folks overcook fish. The truth is that I know what it takes to
> cook ahi or mahimahi but would feel a little lost on cooking a whole
> trout.

I always bake whole trout, in foil, in the oven. I place a lump of butter
and some lemon slices inside it. Any fresh herbs are nice too. If you bake
it slow, timing isn't terrible important