Fish on Ice

[wutdl4]

Hey,
I was wondering what the proper way to keep a striper before cleaning it at the docks. I typically just put the fish in the cooler on the boat and clean it at the dock when i get back later. I don't have ice in the cooler, I just put the fish in there for someplace to put it. I know it depends on how long out of the water, temp outside. What do you guys usually do? Do you
bleed your stripers? Do you keep them on ice in a cooler and let them die?


My last time out we caught 5 keepers and the first one that was caught was the most discolored than the others when we got back to clean them. Is that discoloration a bad sign.


Thanks for any responses.

wutdl4