el_cheapo
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turbotodd said:Agree with CN and Johnny on this. Pull them from water, throw 'em on ice. They taste a lot better that way-especially trout for some reason. Or that was my experience anyway. Haven't done it yet with crappie but I assume they're probably similarly better tasting when iced immediately after removing from the water. I like crushed ice better but I don't always have access, so cubes work just fine.
I just use a cooler and strap it down so it doesn't slide all over the place. Remove cooler and pull it out when you're done fishing. I use an older cooler. Blood and guts don't bother it but I do keep it clean, enough that the GF doesn't gripe when I throw a few cold ones in the ice before we go fishing. Once I get a couple fish, though, the drinks come out obviously.
Gators aren't just in Florida either. We have a few here too and same deal, on certain waters if you're dragging a stringer of fish around, you are gator hunting. Heard of a guy with a 14' tin boat hanging a few catfish on a rope stringer and gator found them-and turned the boat over trying to get the fish off of the stringer.
Good lord, I hope he wore his brown pants.