Cooler or Fish Bag?

[phatdaddy]

I took an old igloo cooler that would fit down in the floor box and cut the top inch or so off until the hatch would close and just used that as an insert. At the end of the day, just lift it out to transport fish and easy t o clean.

Not the best at holding ice, but worked great for a day trip.

Bags are great for larger fish, but I think they take a lot of ice and crushed ice works the best, to pack around the fish

If going king fishing, which are usually long and skinny, I take two or three bags of ice, throw them in the hold and just lay the bags on the fish as caught, also gut and bleed before going in the box

I usually only go out for 3 or4 hours, so that might make a big difference also.