i give a feller a mess of fish once, (uncleaned) and when he returned the cooler a few days later, he said they fried the fish up and they was good, but the small silver fish in the cooler was strong tasting. the small silver fish he was refering to was some shad that had been left in the cooler with the fish. I dint have the heart to tell him what he eat, so i let it pass...