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The dog dragged a chain pickerel up to the house that an ice fisherman left on a nearby pond. He chewed the head off, so we didn't have to worry with that. After drinking a few "chimney fires" and "flying hippies" we decided to cook it over the fire. Nice and slow, nice and smokey. My cooking expertise allowed the skin, meat and bones to separate easily. Even with an abundance of mustard this was the worst fish I have ever eaten. I like eating fishy fish, but this was just bad fish. I like mustard too but it didn't help hide the rank flavor of the chain pickerel. And it was good mustard, right from Maine. The leftovers around the fire pit smelled so bad and strong the next day that the dogs wouldn't eat it and I had to pick them up and put them in the garbage. I don't recommend eating chain pickerel at all. In addition, they are reported to be heavily laden with mercury if that sort of thing bothers you, or the thought of having children with birth defects isn't of interest to you. :-X