Cleaning Fish & Storing Fish

thatjohnkid · Post by **thatjohnkid** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 11:04 am

Hi guys,

I'm going to be going fishing for my first time in the ocean not on a party boat this Thursday/Friday. I've been searching around on here and Google looking for articles/pictures/video's of how to clean common fish you find on piers. Also how should I go about storing my fish to I get home? I have a 50qt cooler thats bout it right now. Still getting together all the gear I need for later this week.

Thanks

thatjohnkid · Post by **thatjohnkid** » Tue May 01, 2007 2:37 pm

So I should just slit the belly of the fish, get all that poop out and throw it back into the water?

Is it ok just to throw a fish inside a cooler in a plastic bag (heard letting fish sit in water for awhile is a bad thing) and then taking care of it when I get home later.

Sorry for all the questions I've been posting on the board, I don't have any experienced fisherman to ask these questions to. Most of the fishing I did back home we didn't keep the fish or if we did there was a livewell on the boat.

thatjohnkid · Post by **thatjohnkid** » Tue May 01, 2007 3:20 pm

Ahh ok thanks for the clarification, I'll try and clean it out and everything while I'm there, if not I'll just throw the fish in the cooler if there biting like crazy

thatjohnkid · Post by **thatjohnkid** » Mon May 07, 2007 5:13 pm

Thanks for the tip robalo