keeping pinks fresh

wow thanks for all the replies, Adam i was actually thinking of using that coleman cooler and convert it into a kayak cart, stay tuned thanks again guys. "PINK IS THE NEW BLUE"

At Sportco they have a Silver Horde KatchKooler II Bag - 40" x 16" for $29.97 http://www.sportco.com/store/pc/Silver-Horde-Katchkooler-II-Bag-40-X-16--466p54870.htm. Along with some blue ice packs work great. Don't forget to boink and bleed your Pink before tossing them in the cooler. I have also seen large plastic game bags there. Using them in the cooler saves on clean up.

Sometimes they put them on special for $19.99


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I strap a cooler containing a garbage bag with a couple inches of ice cubes in the rear well of my 13' Trident for smaller fish.  I have insulated the area under the front hatch of the kayak with foam, to provide an area for bigger fish.  I put several of those flat ice bottles made for the lids of coolers in the hatch, with a great big garbage bag on top of them.  I can put three or four fish in the three foot range in the front hatch.  Because the hatch cover is black, I cover it with a white towel which I keep wet, to help keep the front hatch cold. 



Sometime I'll do a posting in the kayak rigging sub-forum which describes how I insulated my front hatch.

When I catch a fish, I put it on a stringer and either bleed it by cutting its gills, or gut it.  After leaving it in the water for five or ten minutes to bleed out, I stick it in the cooler or the front hatch.