There are a lot more experienced anglers & fish fryers on WSF than me, but my advice would be to gut & clean the fish (maybe even fillet it if that is the required end result) thoroughly whilst still at your fishing mark, so make sure you have a decent knife and chopping board with you. It saves you disposing of the heads & guts at home too! I've also heard that sea fish are always best washed in sea (or salt) water.

If you have access to a decent cold box, get hold of plenty of ice packs and freeze them well before you set out. You could use supermarket ice cubes but we found the ice packs stay cold longer. With them in an empty cold box, we sometimes wrap them in tea towels for added insulation until your Fish go in the box. The other option to an ordinary cold box is a 12v one that runs off your vehicle battery. We quite often go over to France and take tubs of frozen stew or bolognaise, and even after a 12 hour journey, they usually remain frozen in an ordinary cold box with Ice packs! Good luck & tight lines! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

 

There are a lot more experienced anglers & fish fryers on WSF than me, but my advice would be to gut & clean the fish (maybe even fillet it if that is the required end result) thoroughly whilst still at your fishing mark, so make sure you have a decent knife and chopping board with you. It saves you disposing of the heads & guts at home too! I've also heard that sea fish are always best washed in sea (or salt) water.

If you have access to a decent cold box, get hold of plenty of ice packs and freeze them well before you set out. You could use supermarket ice cubes but we found the ice packs stay cold longer. With them in an empty cold box, we sometimes wrap them in tea towels for added insulation until your Fish go in the box. The other option to an ordinary cold box is a 12v one that runs off your vehicle battery. We quite often go over to France and take tubs of frozen stew or bolognaise, and even after a 12 hour journey, they usually remain frozen in an ordinary cold box with Ice packs! Good luck & tight lines! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Superb Thank you.

 

Don't keep a fish in the direct sun and if you can in a wet cloth bag and keep it wet.

 

Freeze a couple of bottles of squash and get yourself an insulated bag from the supermarket.
Put the frozen bottles into their own plastic bags so you can have a cold drink that isn't fish flavoured at the end of the day.
If you are using ice packs as well, they will last a lot longer with the extra mass of ice in the bottles soaking up heat - and if you don't catch out, you can either drink or throw out the squash and have minimal weight/bulk to carry home.

 

Whatever way, will be a lot fresher than supermarkets fish mongers. Look after your catch, like your bait, will be well worth the effort, and enjoy.