09-05-2003, 09:38 PM
How are you guys about cleaning fish before transporting?
I see alot of pics of fish and I know my friends do it too but they bring the fish home uncleaned and whole after they have been in a bag all afternoon in the sun.
Me personally I keep my catch alive in a net until I touch shore. Then I clean it immediatley and pack the fish on ice to keep it fresh( If I keep it at all )
You know how barricuda bend when you put them in the bag on the boat after sitting in the sun all day? ( I call them barricuda boomrangs )[sly] Alot of times that meat is ruined in the bent area.
I have found by keeping them alive as long as possible then packing them on ice keeps the meat the freshiest. Or even putting the fish on ice after catching.
Yep big cooler full of ice in back of truck for after fishing in case I catch some big bass or halibut [cool]
Not a new idea but a good one.[
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I see alot of pics of fish and I know my friends do it too but they bring the fish home uncleaned and whole after they have been in a bag all afternoon in the sun.
Me personally I keep my catch alive in a net until I touch shore. Then I clean it immediatley and pack the fish on ice to keep it fresh( If I keep it at all )
You know how barricuda bend when you put them in the bag on the boat after sitting in the sun all day? ( I call them barricuda boomrangs )[sly] Alot of times that meat is ruined in the bent area.
I have found by keeping them alive as long as possible then packing them on ice keeps the meat the freshiest. Or even putting the fish on ice after catching.
Yep big cooler full of ice in back of truck for after fishing in case I catch some big bass or halibut [cool]
Not a new idea but a good one.[

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