Oh Nancy . . .

. . . you were so wrong:

SMOKING A PRIZE CATCH: NOT A TASK FOR THE TIMID
By NANCY HARMON JENKINS
Published: July 22, 1987
LEAD: MOST fishermen know that no fish tastes finer than the one you have caught yourself, whether its a trout from a mountain stream, mackerel off a dock in Maine or a fighting bluefish like those John Hersey catches off Marthas Vineyard and describes in his fine new book Blues.

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Pictured above is half of a Lake Erie Walleye, half of a Sockeye Salmon (just shy of 2 lbs.), and a pair of U10 Scallops all smoked at home.