keeping your catch cool?

[viva_che1363]

just curious what you all use to keep your catch cool on your way home from river fishing?
 currently i only fish off the bank in rivers and i usually gut and clean my fish and put them on a stringer, then for the drive home i put them in one of those hot/cold insluated bags from the grocery store and pick up some ice to toss in there with them.

[deerhunter_98520]

I keep mine cool with sunglasses   

A cooler with ice works good

[fish vacuum]

I always have an ice chest in the car or truck with a couple of frozen jugs in it.

[3nails]

 I slice the gills and after they have bleed out (5-10 min.) I immediately put them in an ice chest and surround them with crushed ice. Cools them down faster than blocks.

[Kc_Kracker]

bleed, gut, ice, no exceptions 

[Bullkllr]

bleed, gut, ice, no exceptions 

 

i usually gut and clean my fish and put them on a stringer,

Dead fish on a stringer is never a good idea. Accelerates bacterial growth. Better to somehow keep cool and out of the water (ice as soon as possible).