I used to smoke a lot of trout and salmon, but don't know how well it would work for the warm water fishes. Simple homemade smoker plans are probably on the web and I've used a couple homemade versions, but eventually gravitated to a small commercial smoker. I do like fish soups, but like some of the cioppinno style stews over chowders. I recently was looking up some oriental fish recipes. There are many Thai recipes that used light flavored white fish. Fish makes a nice compliment to coconut milk. Stir fry?