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Fishing from shore , bury your bass.
Fishing from boat, bury your a...
Bottom Bouncer has a good trick in that free skating-rink ice. Might not be too practical though unless you have a strong gullet for spit, blood, and crud. Rink ice is a bit nasty and not as hard as real ice. Still, might be better than none if you live close to rink. I'd be more worried about rink ice on my fillet than the flesh eating bacteria touted on another thread. But, B.Bouncer's idea is still better than what most anglers do (cool your carcass in the hot sun...).
If you are non-commercial and you have a small keep, then the live well might do it. Or it might "do it" to know that many boaters, commercials included, don't use ice (and don't gut...). Doesnt' make it "right", but if you eat at a restaurant then....
Few do (?), but I would gut them and ice, bucket up in fresh seawater, or bury (leave head on if without it there is a less-than legal issue).
You can always gut, but sometimes head-on is required. Do not fillet until home.
B.L.
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