If the chub is over ~6 inches long, I filet them fresh, add a generous amount of salt (I have some powder salt that works great) and vacuum seal the filets. The day before I fish, using some shears, I cut the filets (although the filets are at zero degrees they are not stiff because of the salt) into the size of chunk that I want to fish with and put the chunks in reusable storage tubs (see attached, that I buy from the Dollar Store) and put the tubs back in the freezer. In the morning, I take the tubs out of the freezer and put them in a cooler with Blue Ice. I keep the tubs in the cooler while I fish and at the end of the day, if I have bait leftover I put the tubs back in the freezer for my next trip.
If the chubs are under ~6 inches I vacuum seal them, with or without salt, and freeze them. The morning that I got fishing I take the vacuum sealed bags out of the freezer and put the bags in my cooler with Blue Ice. I remove the whole chubs, one at a time, and either fish them whole or as cut bait.
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If the chubs are under ~6 inches I vacuum seal them, with or without salt, and freeze them. The morning that I got fishing I take the vacuum sealed bags out of the freezer and put the bags in my cooler with Blue Ice. I remove the whole chubs, one at a time, and either fish them whole or as cut bait.