
Reminiscent of the turkey bombing by WKRP in Cincinnati.
Rotting fish has a special odor. Growing up on an island, we boys would camp out in pup tents in front of our houses in summer. One fun prank was to go down to the waterline and (very carefully) retrieve a giant dead carp (laying in the sun for days) and lay it in front of someone's tent. Then hit it with a hammer a bunch of times, and run.
The stench would wake sleeping boys, and the fun was whether they could get out of the tent before puking.