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05-22-2011, 08:44 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2010
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Coolers
Guys - I need to get a coller to use for storing ice / drinks / and the occasional fish i keep. Likely may keep eels in there when i travel to islands, etc. I have a 4 door wrangler and it will be kept in the trunk.
Curious what brand coolers you guys use and what size. Any recommendations are appreciated.
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05-22-2011, 08:53 PM
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Pete K.
Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 2,953
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when you occassionally keep fish, is it a 28
incher to eat, or a trophy 40+ pounder? that will have a lot to do
with size... I have a 100 quart coleman which fits upper 30# fish if you curve them... Thing I hate about large coolers is the amount of ice you need to simply
cover the bottom!
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05-22-2011, 09:09 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ivanputski
when you occassionally keep fish, is it a 28
incher to eat, or a trophy 40+ pounder? that will have a lot to do
with size... I have a 100 quart coleman which fits upper 30# fish if you curve them... Thing I hate about large coolers is the amount of ice you need to simply
cover the bottom!
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Smaller fish to eat usually.... if I'm fortunate to break 30 (ha, even 20!) she's going right back in the h2o! |
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05-22-2011, 09:29 PM
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Pete K.
Join Date: Jun 2007
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Get a cooler that will hold the fish you plan to store in it. Huge coolers take 20 bucks of ice just to coat the bottom, and the top of the fish is still exposed! I like to cover a fish I am going to eat with ice. I would not go over 100 quart in size. you can get them for 60 bucks on sale. maybe less.
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05-23-2011, 07:53 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Newport, RI
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The wholesale clubs usually have good deals on decent coolers of varying sizes. If you are rich and want to get the most bad ass cooler ever made, check out Yetti coolers. They will be the last cooler you ever own.
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05-23-2011, 11:19 AM
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Jiggin' Leper Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: 61° 30′ 0″ N, 23° 46′ 0″ E
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I have a 90-something quart Igloo that I use once a year, for a 36 hour tournament in June. Because the weigh-in is at the end of the 36 hour period, I have to keep a fish iced. I find that two 5 lb bags of ice keep the fish in great shape for that length of time. It's not the ice that preserves the fish--it's the temperature inside the cooler. Once the lid is snapped shut, it's as cold, or colder, inside that cooler after an hour or so as your refrigerator. Lots of that ice hasn't even melted by the time of the weigh-in.
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05-24-2011, 08:14 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Newtown, CT
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ivanputski
Get a cooler that will hold the fish you plan to store in it. Huge coolers take 20 bucks of ice just to coat the bottom, and the top of the fish is still exposed! I like to cover a fish I am going to eat with ice. I would not go over 100 quart in size. you can get them for 60 bucks on sale. maybe less.
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Are you kidding? Find anothr ice house, I pay $10 to FILL a 162 quart igloo. |
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05-24-2011, 09:14 AM
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Too old to give a....
Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 2,505
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Or get a small freezer and make your own blocks, pays for itself in no time.
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May fortune favor the foolish....
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