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how long can you keep fish on ice before cleaning them?
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05/14/12 10:08 PM
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Tawakoni4Life
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Re: how long can you keep fish on ice before cleaning them?
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05/14/12 10:59 PM
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Mo
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Many variables,
We catch spec trout in La, ice them as we catch them, leave them on ice till filleted , bagged and returned immeidately to fresh ice, draining water adding more fish and ice each day. I have left them like this for 4 days, but prefer to leave them no more than 2.
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Re: how long can you keep fish on ice before cleaning them?
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05/15/12 12:32 AM
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The Rodfather
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I usually just ice them over night and then fillet them the next day, so far so good.
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Re: how long can you keep fish on ice before cleaning them?
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05/15/12 11:59 AM
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Holzer
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Re: how long can you keep fish on ice before cleaning them?
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05/15/12 12:34 PM
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Jimbo
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The longest I've kept them is overnight, and like mentioned above if the gills are pale and not bright red or the eye is clouded over I would not keep them.
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Re: how long can you keep fish on ice before cleaning them?
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05/15/12 12:46 PM
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ChuChu1
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24 hours max, and keep the water drained off. IF I need to keep them longer, I gut and gill them then ice them down and put a layer of rock salt on top of the ice. This lowers the temp of the ice and will actually lightly freeze them. Again keep the water drained off.
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Re: how long can you keep fish on ice before cleaning them?
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05/15/12 03:14 PM
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Mo
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I misread the OP, The whole trout thing was based on cleaning them right away, icing them for transport back to Texas. Back in the day , We would fish western OK in float tubes all weekend , fish would go in ice alive and all be cleaned on Sunday evening when we got back to Texas. No telling how many possesion and transport laws We broke back then.  So 48 hours on ice before cleaning is the most I've done. MO
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Re: how long can you keep fish on ice before cleaning them?
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05/15/12 06:48 PM
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Billybassman
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Overnight is about the longest i would push it.
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Re: how long can you keep fish on ice before cleaning them?
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05/15/12 06:52 PM
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Captjohn
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Around 24 hours is what we use as a max time. But a slurry of saltwater and ice. Seem to work well.
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Re: how long can you keep fish on ice before cleaning them?
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05/16/12 02:08 AM
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Abigail Vinson
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Re: how long can you keep fish on ice before cleaning them?
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05/16/12 05:15 PM
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blackskeeter
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As long as the gills are pink to red you are ok. If they are white then they are no good. Thats the old rule that i learned when i was young and it hasnt failed me yet. I have kept fish on ice for two days or so.
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