Ice Fishing Tip of the Day

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[left]what to do when you only have one or two catches on the ice and you dont want to make it an unessisary kill.
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[left]Take the fish home, [/left]
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[left]Clean them soon as posible, rince them a cople times. [/left]
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[left]Put them in a bowl of ice water, If you dont already have some, you can ad fresh drinking water and add ice cubes or stick them in the refridgerator. Ice water speeds up the process.[/left]
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[left]soak them for 20 min in ice water, it will work with regular tap water but once you have used the ice water you will see a greatly noticable diffreance.[/left]
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[left]remove the fish from the water, place them in a zip lock bag or other container that will hold water with a lid. Even cardboard milk cartons work great.[/left]
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[left]fill the containor with enough water to cover the fish completly.[/left]
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[left]When it come time to use your bounty, take your package from the fridge and place it in the sink for thawing. once thawed soak give two more ice water baths 10 minutes each. Use this time to prepair your batter and heat up your cooking medium.[/left]
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[left]using this method, you can add more fish from slow catch days in to the same container untill you have the desired amount to acheive your fish fry.
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[left]another added benifit from using this method is you will be suprized how fresh your catch will taist.
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