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Fish over night
May 14th, 2008 at 11:05pm
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I almost posted this in the fishing section, but I suppose it is a cooking issue. Here is my question: I usually eat fish 4-5 nights on a 7 night trip, but would like to have fish in the morning. I have never kept fish over night that I caught the night before and eaten it in the morning. I have heard of people doing this. The question is, how do you keep the fish over night? Do you cook everything and then seal it in ziplocks? OR not cook it? I just dont know! I dont want to do one thing and then spend a day curled up heaving my guts out.
  
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Re: Fish over night
Reply #1 - May 14th, 2008 at 11:30pm
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Depends on the temps. If it's cool (low 40's) you can keep it raw. If it's in the low 50's you could keep it cooked (or smoked) and salted.

Best bet is to fish in the morning. It's often a good time to fish.

Thing is the dangerous pathogens thrive on protein and moisture. If it wasn't cool it's not a risk I would take though it is more than likely that no harm will come of it.  One possibility on a cool night is salt and a little lemon juice.

Best just to rise early and wet a line.
  
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Reply #2 - May 14th, 2008 at 11:52pm
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We caught some walleye while rehydrating our dinner for the night.  This is what we did...

We filleted the fish, put their fillets into a ziplock bag and sealed it while evacuating as much air from the bag.  That bag was put into a mesh bag along with a rock.  We tied a line to the bag and threw it into the lake (estimated depth=20-25 ft.)  The other end of the line was tied to a nearby bush.

In the morning we pulled out the bag and found the fillets very cold.  It was a yummy breakfast of walleye.

I would expect that as long as the lake has some depth there is a very cold pool of water nearby.
  
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Re: Fish over night
Reply #3 - May 15th, 2008 at 12:08am
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I usually go paddling in Mid-May, where temps can go from freezing to hot, all in the same day.
I troll as I paddle and if the weather is warm, this is what I do to keep fish cool and edible.
I did it in 2006, and paddled all day in 80 degree temps and the fish was fine for supper that night.
Fillet/gut fish and put in appropriate size zip lock bag. Go to bank and get a couple of the canvas money bags they give customers for change.
I soak bag and secured shut with a Bungee Dealee Bob and put under my seat out of the sun.
About every half-hour, I re- soak the bag.
You would do the same thing overnight, except you wouldn't have to re-soak bag, just soak it good, and hang with food pack or separate,  the bag needs to be free to evaporate to keep the fish cool.
Unless it was during the hottest part of the paddling season, I think this would work just fine.
Others on here put fish in watertight containers and anchor offshore in cold water.
I think in hotter weather, that would be the ticket, but if the night temps are say 60 degrees or less, I think you'd be okay?
Of course, being fish there's no guarantee's and you should do what you feel most comfortable with Wink
  
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Re: Fish over night
Reply #4 - May 15th, 2008 at 12:24am
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I do it every trip now, friend showed this to me.

...very small styrofoam container (holds about 1-2 pops...like a extemely small minnow holder for ice fishing)...catch your sunset walleyes...throw them on a chemical cold pack....they're raring to go down the gullet in the AM.  No more having to get up early and fish.  You sleep late knowing you got fresh ones ready to go.
  
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Reply #5 - May 15th, 2008 at 12:51am
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To add to Wally's comments.  On the trip where we first saw this idea, we all fished in the evening, filleted the fish, put them in the cooler with the first aid ice packs and ate them the next night.  they were still cool on some hi 80's days.   Smiley
  
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Reply #6 - May 15th, 2008 at 1:47am
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Hasn't anyone heard of a stringer?  Yes I know about turtles and otters.  They have both visited my camp at different times to fill their gullet and make off with a walleye but not my whole breakfast stringer.  I still like to get up and catch a few before the rest of the crew rises.  That makes for the freshest breakfast. Wink      

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Re: Fish over night
Reply #7 - May 15th, 2008 at 2:28am
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Thank everyone for the ideas and advice. I'll be up in the Q end of August so I have a mix of fairly warm days and cooler nights, sometimes very cold indeed. I like both the sink method and the chem pack method.

A side note on the sinking, when filtering water to drink I have a 30' hose extension for my purifier. Attached to it is a 2 ounce fishing weight that brings it down. I can get water thats pretty darned cold for adult beverages or a near ice cold gatorade.   It doesn't stay cold for long, but it sure is nice when its really hot out and the route was portage heavy.
  
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Re: Fish over night
Reply #8 - May 15th, 2008 at 12:40pm
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Dr_X wrote on May 15th, 2008 at 1:47am:
Hasn't anyone heard of a stringer?  Yes I know about turtles and otters.  They have both visited my camp at different times to fill their gullet and make off with a walleye but not my whole breakfast stringer.  I still like to get up and catch a few before the rest of the crew rises.  That makes for the freshest breakfast. Wink      
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I agree with the last part of your post, fresh is always the best.
Still leery of the stringer overnight though ?
I remember going down to get that stringer of Waldo's when I tripped with a group and some big snapper had left us nothing but a half-dozen heads  Cry
 I really hate it when THAT happens Grin
  
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Re: Fish over night
Reply #9 - May 15th, 2008 at 5:10pm
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Splice a 20' section of parachute cord onto your stringer. It gives the walleyes enough line to swim away from the turtle/otters. Never had them gone in the AM when I do that.
  
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