1 dressed 6-8 lb. rockfish
3 slices bacon
3-4 slices lemon
Salt and pepper

Sprinkle fish with salt and pepper. Stuff fish with Ripe-Olive Stuffing (below). If there is any left over, either put beside fish or put in greased baking dish and heat during last 30 minutes, basting with drippings from fish.

Lay bacon slices across fish and put lemon slices between bacon. Heat oven to 500 degrees. Put a little water in pan with fish and bake 10 minutes at 500 degrees. Then reduce heat to 400 degrees and bake 60- 80 minutes (about 10 minutes per pound). Keep adding water and baste fish 3-4 times during baking.

RIPE OLIVE STUFFING;
1/2 c. butter
1 1/2 c. onion, minced
2 c. diced celery
2 2/3 c. cooked rice
2 c. chopped ripe olives
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. pepper
1/2 tsp. sage
1/2 tsp. thyme

Melt butter in skillet. Add onion and celery; saute until tender and 3-5 minutes. Add rice and rest of ingredients; toss. Use to stuff dressed 6-8 pound fish.