Possible Clues:

• The stinking fish was making one so bitter
• Stinking fish was sticking in one's gullet
• The rotten fish is sticking in one's gullet
• Malodorous fish is irritating
• Fish with smell getting up one's nose
• Causing annoyance
• The fish has gone bad. That's making one feel bad
• Smelly fish is getting up one's nose
• Smelly fish getting up one's nose?
• Row with Heather is vexing