I retired this year and am well into my third punch card. No way my wife and I can eat that much fish, so my friends and neighbors have been very happy this year as I’ve given away probably 2/3 what I’ve kept. I usually give away deboned fillets, but do I have a couple people who’ll take whole gilled and gutted fish if I’m feeling lazy.

I had one lady who I always give deboned fillets to comment that pulling pin bones seemed like it would be a fun zen like experience. I assured it was far from a zen experience, especially if you time it wrong and the fish hasn’t relaxed, and it then quickly becomes an expletive laced slog.

Most people will occasionally reciprocate with cakes, breads etc, but it is certainly not expected.