Quote Originally Posted by LOVINFISHING View Post
we keep a stringer on hand but unless we catch a catfish too big to fit in
our fish basket we never take it out of the tackle bag we like to use the floating fish baskets they work well for crappie and bluegill
I always have one on hand for the same reason, I throw gills and crappie in the cooler, but have a stringer in the boat when catfishing in case of a larger fish. Thats about the only time I would use one. When I started off fishing, thats all I knew, also had the metal stringers with the clips on them, those were a pain. Moved on to a floating basket, and now a cooler with ice is the way to go for me.