Thread: Keeping fish: livewell or on ice?

I use a livewell when the water temp is cooler. When it gets hot during the summer they go directly to the ice. Gatorade bottles will be going into my freezer, Thanks for the tip Gabowman.....

I alway have a cooler full of ice for my catch, although when the temps are as hot as they are now, ice won't last all day, I don't have a livewell so I use a basket, but would use a livewell if I had it.

Gotta go with the ice in the cooler

Fatman

Ice!

Ice only for me when it's hot. Purchase a good cooler and the ice will last alot longer. When it's cooler outside I use my livewel.

Ice

I like the ice right away, keeps them fresh and easy to fillet. Also a nice tip for your fish basket even if you have a floating lid. Take one of those long floating noodles that your kids or grandkids use in the pool or lake and run a rope though the hollow part in the middle cut it to size and wrap it around the neck of your basket tie the ends together and it will never sink.

Works like a champ and is cheap.

Junie

I am a bank fisherman so my method of choice is a cooler full of ice. I believe stringers and the wire baskets do more harm as far as freshness than good. Give me a cooler anyday plus you can sit on it.