Thanks for the response as hot as the weather has been putting them on ice and then cleaning is what we have done in the past was wondering about cleaning or gutting them and putting them on ice. I am blessed again with a catfish specialest that is my neighbor he can clean a cat as fast as anyone we have seen but that is what he does "Catfish!!!!! Thanks will check with Game and fish read the regulation was not clear as what was legal thanks again!!!!