Thread: Baggies for your fillets

When you get ready to process your catch, you need baggies to store your fillets. What I do (and this is what some of you may do, as well) is that I secured a pouch to the underside of the top of my cooler and put the baggies in there. It's a handy way of keeping them where I can find them when I need them.

Sounds good. Do they get in the way when you need to hose out the cooler?

I also use empty ice bags to put the fish in the cooler. Keeps the cooler clean and then I have a nice clean place for the bags of filets. That is when idocatch fish!

I don't clean fish as everyone can tell but I keep bunch of gallon ziplock bags in the bottom of my tackle box. I use them mainly to put phone , wallet and keys in when it rains. It's a collapsible model and also keep a big trash bag in there to put the whole bag in when raining.

Originally Posted by fshntime

Sounds good. Do they get in the way when you need to hose out the cooler?

I leave the plastic pouch in place and take the few baggies left (since I had to use so many on my catch) out while I hose it down. Then I just put them back.

Originally Posted by fshntime

I also use empty ice bags to put the fish in the cooler. Keeps the cooler clean and then I have a nice clean place for the bags of filets. That is when idocatch fish!

That's a great tip! I'm going to start using the ice bags to put my fish (especially spanish!) in. It'll really cut down on the splatter.

Todd really catches to many fish to put in a empty ice bag.

Originally Posted by Robert(Tato)Piteo

Todd really catches too many fish to put in a empty ice bag.

I know - - I was GOING to say something but I didn't want to be the first!

The Spanish are the worst for messing up the cooler with black streaks that are hard to clean out. After they die, I throw them in the cooler in the ice bag. I probably wouldn't need to do that if guys like Tato wouldn't load me up!

I look for cheap (er) contractors bags and use them to put fish in. Those Spanish will go right through a regular garbage bag. With sheepshead, you can forget it---those spines will go through stainless steel plate.