06-23-2003, 01:06 AM
[cool]Whatever floats your donut, Leaky. If it works...it works.
My personal preference, especially in the warm waters of Arizona, is to have a wire basket. The fish can stay alive and swimming, and do not die and begin to degrade in the warm waters. When I hit the beach, they are still flopping...until I dump them into my ice chest. Then they thump and bump all the way home.
I have used different mesh bags. But unless I put in a spreader ring (more weight) the fish cannot swim and usually expire before I am ready to go ashore. However, if you are only going to keep a few for the next meal, and will not be staying long, then there should be no reason why it can't work just fine. I often only keep a few of the last fish I catch, for just that reason.
If you wanna catch crawdads with your bag, leave a couple of fish in it, tie on a rope and drop it to the bottom in a few feet of water. AFter a few minutes, you should be able to have several 'dads clinging to the bag, trying to share your fish with you. Put a net under the bag and you can scoop the bugs as they let go and head back down.
Just wonderin' Leaky. Do you use a nice white towel...or a bright beach towel...or one that Bud has used for a quilt? Might make a difference.
TubeDude
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My personal preference, especially in the warm waters of Arizona, is to have a wire basket. The fish can stay alive and swimming, and do not die and begin to degrade in the warm waters. When I hit the beach, they are still flopping...until I dump them into my ice chest. Then they thump and bump all the way home.
I have used different mesh bags. But unless I put in a spreader ring (more weight) the fish cannot swim and usually expire before I am ready to go ashore. However, if you are only going to keep a few for the next meal, and will not be staying long, then there should be no reason why it can't work just fine. I often only keep a few of the last fish I catch, for just that reason.
If you wanna catch crawdads with your bag, leave a couple of fish in it, tie on a rope and drop it to the bottom in a few feet of water. AFter a few minutes, you should be able to have several 'dads clinging to the bag, trying to share your fish with you. Put a net under the bag and you can scoop the bugs as they let go and head back down.
Just wonderin' Leaky. Do you use a nice white towel...or a bright beach towel...or one that Bud has used for a quilt? Might make a difference.
TubeDude
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