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Title: On board fish cleaning station
Post by: snocohunter on May 31, 2011, 08:17:17 AM: After cleaning a few stringers of trout at Rufus this last weekend, bent over on the bank, I've decided to outfit my fishing partner's boat with an on board cleaning station. Figure it will be nice for salmon/steelhead/etc as well.

Anyone have suggestions? I thought about building one since i have access to some cutting board material, but if anyone knows of an out of the box option that would be okay too. Something that attaches to the gunnel would be ideal. Thanks for the input.
Title: Re: On board fish cleaning station
Post by: h20hunter on May 31, 2011, 08:29:45 AM: This might be overkill but you get the idea. A guy could fab something that clamps onto a gunnel without to much problems.

http://www.cabelas.com/product/Magma-Cutting-Boards/737732.uts?Ntk=AllProducts&searchPath=%2Fcatalog%2Fsearch.cmd%3Fform_state%3DsearchForm%26N%3D0%26fsch%3Dtrue%26Ntk%3DAllProducts%26Ntt%3Dfish%2Bcleaning%26WTz_l%3DHeader%253BSearch-All%2BProducts&Ntt=fish+cleaning&WTz_l=Header%3BSearch-All+Products (http://www.cabelas.com/product/Magma-Cutting-Boards/737732.uts?Ntk=AllProducts&searchPath=%2Fcatalog%2Fsearch.cmd%3Fform_state%3DsearchForm%26N%3D0%26fsch%3Dtrue%26Ntk%3DAllProducts%26Ntt%3Dfish%2Bcleaning%26WTz_l%3DHeader%253BSearch-All%2BProducts&Ntt=fish+cleaning&WTz_l=Header%3BSearch-All+Products)
Title: Re: On board fish cleaning station
Post by: longknife on May 31, 2011, 03:16:59 PM: If you go that route, go with the large one. I have the smaller one, and its good for cutting bait, but could never cut a salmon on it.
Also, a drilled hole works wonders on the board, take a nail, and you can pin the tail, or install a clamp with teeth.
Title: Re: On board fish cleaning station
Post by: jackmaster on May 31, 2011, 03:25:28 PM: Quote from: snocohunter on May 31, 2011, 08:17:17 AM
After cleaning a few stringers of trout at Rufus this last weekend, bent over on the bank, I've decided to outfit my fishing partner's boat with an on board cleaning station. Figure it will be nice for salmon/steelhead/etc as well.

Anyone have suggestions? I thought about building one since i have access to some cutting board material, but if anyone knows of an out of the box option that would be okay too. Something that attaches to the gunnel would be ideal. Thanks for the input.
just make sure when you make it, make it with a 1 1/4 inch side walls so your fish dont slip off into the abyss
Title: Re: On board fish cleaning station
Post by: twinners on May 31, 2011, 04:30:00 PM: We built a couple using the older metal trays they use in meat depts. in grocery stores. Most are going to plastic so they can be hard to find but they are about 10 inches wide and 4 feet long. We would bend them right down the middle into a V shape, put a strip of thin metal on each end to sturdy it up and keep the fish from sliding out. Then just a couple metal pieces acting as hooks to hang on the outside of the boat. The open ends allow the water and "stuff" to be washed right out of the tray.