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Smoking isn’t a vice when it comes to fish

Trout -- actually, hatchery-raised steelhead released into Rock Lake -- are brined and ready to go into the smoker. (Rich Landers / The Spokesman-Review)

FISHING — I’m a devout non-smoker, but after a day of fishing for hatchery-raised steelhead at Rock Lake (Whitman County) I had to make an exception.

* This story was originally published as a post from the blog "Outdoors Blog." Read all stories from this blog