Baked Walleye

1 Walleye; (3 to 4 pounds), dressed
1/2 ts Salt
1/8 ts Pepper
5 Strips bacon
2 tb Water
16 oz Canned plum tomatoes; cut into bite-size pieces
1 Clove garlic; minced
1 md Onion; sliced and separated into rings
1 tb Butter
1 ds Ground red pepper
1 md Lemon; thinly sliced

Rub the fish with salt and pepper. In a roasting pan, lay the fish atop bacon strips. Add the water. Bake in a 400 degrees oven for 10 minutes.

Drain tomatoes, reserving juice. In a skillet, cook tomatoes, garlic, and onion in butter till onion is just tender. Add the red pepper and reserved tomato juice. Bring to boiling; pour over fish in pan.

Reduce the oven to 325 degrees . Lay the lemon slices over the fish to cover. Bake, uncovered, for 40 to 45 minutes or till the fish flakes.

Makes 6 servings.

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