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General Angling Topics => DIY Forum => Topic started by: John F on July 20, 2010, 08:41:53 AM
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We all know that ice is the key to keeping your bait and fish fresh. Nothing worst that taking home a nice fish that has been baking under the sun the whole day, heh?!
Well, ice is not the only ingredient. Freshwater also ruins your fish, so the ice that helps your fish, as soon as it melts it starts ruining it (well, technically it's the bacteria, but never mind...). So, here's what I do:
Take all those juice and milk tetrapak constainers and after a quick wash, fill them to the top. Take out about 2 cm of water and frezee it. I have lot's and lot's of this stuff in my dedicated chest freezer. It also helps with social events, etc...
When you go out, take the ice out of the container (just rip it off), put it in your safari/coleman/ etc, and sprinkle a hand of coarse salt on top of the ice. This will do magic to your fish and bait... the ice will drop the temp so much it actually freezes bottles of mineral water!!!! As the ice melts, it doens't flood the cooler box with freshwater but with saltwater, thus keeping the quality of the goods inside...
Try it out next time, I'm sure you'll notice the difference!
Cheers
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Great idea John !
Thanks
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No pun intended ....
Actually salt will speed up the melting process of the ice :-). And salt will definitely not kill all bacteria which can cause food or fish to go bad, although it will definitely be better than no salt at all.
But this trick is for sure the fastest way to cool your six pack if you ever need to. Add ice, cold water and salt and drop your six-pack in there. It will take it down to almost 0 degrees in 12 minutes
http://antoine.frostburg.edu/chem/senese/101/solutions/faq/why-salt-melts-ice.shtml
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shot John!!
The problem we have is we can never get enough ice to fill oneside fish hatch,unless of course bagged ice at great expense!! And the fish we catch dont fit into a safari/colemans etc, and I am not one for filleting on the boat.....oh what to do???? fshg fshg
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You've got a problem shag... a serious one... :sml:
I would say:
i) get a very large coleman/safari (mine is the largest they had... I think it's 85 litre? Takes a bit of space but I also use it for seating); or
ii) freeze about 12-15 milk tetrapak containers and dump all in your fish hatch... 3 hands of coarse salt and you're in business... I also use Nestle's Country Fresh icecream "tupperwares"... they work very well.
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Greg just catch smaller fish man...problem solved
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Greg just catch smaller fish man...problem solved
I would rather give up my first born w;k w;k