What is your best way keeping crappies in cooler in boat, while catching?

[cevans]

In summer time, which is the best way keeping crappies fresh all day?

on ice?

in water even transporting home?

or just throw in cooler dry, then when hitting the road, icing down?

Thanks for the replys.

[Oregon slabman]

I use frozen jugs. I like the 2 qt size that the different cranberry juices come in. The hotter it gets the more I put in the box. I keep several in the freezer so I can alternate them and let them freeze hard before reusing them.

[NIMROD]

I keep mine in aireated livewell till water te,ps get so hot they don't thrive in it . I like block ice or frozen jugs no water in cooler. Good idea to put crushed ice over them if you keep them over a few hours but keep water drained off .

[Ketchn]

when i keep them in the summer ....i use ice blocks i freeze like posted before and add a bit of water to the bottom of the ice chest .
then i typically ice them with crushed ice later when i am on the road home

[Cane Pole]

I use frozen jugs. I like the 2 qt size that the different cranberry juices come in. The hotter it gets the more I put in the box. I keep several in the freezer so I can alternate them and let them freeze hard before reusing them.

Yep. I use cold drink bottles of all sizes in Igloo coolers. Works just fine and is economical. My boat don't have a livewell.

[cevans]

Do you keep water in the coolers with the ice jugs also in them with the fish while fishing, then drain,the water for road trip on the way home? And I see some of you cover with crushed ice for road trip home too.

[Cane Pole]

No water. Just bottles and fish. I also put my Iphone in the cooler (in a zip bag) cause it gets hot and will not work til it cools down. Coolers are handy.

[IkenI]

I tend to fish from a base camp out of my RV so don't have the freezer space I did when I fished from the house. So, instead of jugs I put the fish on crushed ice but leave the drain valve open in the cooler so the water can run out into the bilge. I rarely use the livewells in the hot summer except for a short trip of an hour or less.

[Mosquitopat]

I just put them in a cooler on ice (cubed) Remember, crushed ice is better than cubed ice but it also melts faster

[cevans]

Why no water with the ice?