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SpanishFly
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 Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2011 7:04 pm Post subject: FAQ on caring for your catch: Ice vs Ice Melt |
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If your down in the cut for a day and you have an icebox (on boat) full of fish do you plug the drain hole to preserve more ice (melted ice) or do you let it drain away to prevent water from "water logging" your fish? Can LM game fish get water logged to a point they would taste different? Please share your experiences to put this dead horse to rest.
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justletmein
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| Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2011 8:22 pm Post subject: |
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I dunno what others will say, but I always figured that a creature that lives in the water would have a hard time getting water logged... I just let them float in the slush.
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FIDO
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| Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2011 9:28 pm Post subject: |
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I think salty ice water is the way to go. Mostly ice though. The idea for me
is to try to cool the most surface area of the fish as possible. However, I
guess for multiple day trips it would be easier to burn up your ice that
way rather than draining it completely
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SaintGunner
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I began trying a new idea last year, I place a bag or two of sealed dry ice in the bottom of my 120qt igloo and then cover with 20-30lbs of regular ice. Had this particular combo down island for 3-4 days this time of year and see very little ice melt. Just keep fish off of the dry ice or you will have frozen fish. Now my cooler is shaded by a platform so that helps some, but for the most part this really works well for me.
If you are referring to fish getting mushy in the ice slush, some of that can be remedied by gutting and gilling the fish. Just make sure to leave the head on. I do this with the above set-up and fillet the fish when I get home, literally do whiting that have been on ice for 96hrs and don't get that mushy fish issue. |
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SpanishFly
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| Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2011 11:17 am Post subject: |
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| Where is the best place to get the dry ice? |
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Chef Lefty
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| Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2011 12:15 pm Post subject: |
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| SpanishFly wrote: | | Where is the best place to get the dry ice? |
I'm not sure if it is the best place, but HEB is pretty convenient.
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justletmein
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| Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2011 2:38 pm Post subject: |
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| SaintGunner wrote: | I began trying a new idea last year, I place a bag or two of sealed dry ice in the bottom of my 120qt igloo and then cover with 20-30lbs of regular ice. Had this particular combo down island for 3-4 days this time of year and see very little ice melt. Just keep fish off of the dry ice or you will have frozen fish. Now my cooler is shaded by a platform so that helps some, but for the most part this really works well for me.
If you are referring to fish getting mushy in the ice slush, some of that can be remedied by gutting and gilling the fish. Just make sure to leave the head on. I do this with the above set-up and fillet the fish when I get home, literally do whiting that have been on ice for 96hrs and don't get that mushy fish issue. |
I did that at PINS once and ended up with a solid block of ice in the bottom half of the cooler and had to chip my sodas out with a shovel. 
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Chef Lefty
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| justletmein wrote: | | SaintGunner wrote: | I began trying a new idea last year, I place a bag or two of sealed dry ice in the bottom of my 120qt igloo and then cover with 20-30lbs of regular ice. Had this particular combo down island for 3-4 days this time of year and see very little ice melt. Just keep fish off of the dry ice or you will have frozen fish. Now my cooler is shaded by a platform so that helps some, but for the most part this really works well for me.
If you are referring to fish getting mushy in the ice slush, some of that can be remedied by gutting and gilling the fish. Just make sure to leave the head on. I do this with the above set-up and fillet the fish when I get home, literally do whiting that have been on ice for 96hrs and don't get that mushy fish issue. |
I did that at PINS once and ended up with a solid block of ice in the bottom half of the cooler and had to chip my sodas out with a shovel. |
Sealed dry ice is the key. With bumps and bounces on the water, it can me most tricky. Bringing a shovel was really good thinking. Props. 
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