Never had fish sticks. Not real big on fish aside from smoked salmon. My parents loved fish. Grew up on the coast of MA, 50 miles South of Boston so fish was a big thing. Everyone in the family loved clams too but I couldn’t stand them. When we went to Ho Jo’s, I might get the clam strips which is just the neck. Couldn’t stand the bellies. The only sea food we ate that I liked was lobster. My dad and his uncle were lobstermen but my dad only did it for 10 years or so and way before I was born. His uncle did it for over 50 years. We had lobster 2-3 times a month and the guy up the road gave us a pretty good price since we had lobstermen in the family.
All those guys went out alone and my dad couldn’t really swim. These days lobstermen go out as a two man team.
The fish ma cooked was always breaded and fried. Everything at Ho Jo’s was breaded and deep fried. Lobster is very high in cholesterol. Needless to say, both my parents had heart or circulation issues.
I like fried whole belly clams.