What kind of smaller fish are you talking about. My dad taught me years ago if we were only catching small BG is to do a quick filet of the fish yes a small piece of meat and get a pot of boiling water going. Get a rolling boil and drop the fillet in until it turns white. Once you got the pile of meat cooked drain and you could even pat gently with a paper towel and put it in a bowl and refrigerate. Then mix up some cocktail sauce ( ketchup and horseradish) and dip like shrimp. We called it poor mans shrimp. No salt or pepper just O'l natural... Actually quite good...and I still make it to this day
