Lanceor,
I very much appreciate your help. I tried what you said, coc qasmoke - wait 31 days, and i even started a new game (vanilla save post helgen) unfortunately still getting the damn critter moth/fish/whatever psc CTD its only in a certain area that I know of so far (exterior part of House of Horrors quest) but I figure if it crashes there its going to ctd somewhere else.