Let me start by saying, the search feature on this website leaves much to be desired!

I know I have seen this before but can't find it now. I had read once that guys keep their fillets fresh by submerging them in deep water. Can someone explain to me the system?

Thanks guys,
Brian

i've read about this , never done it myself , (providing the fish is still alive) i bring in long stringers and mainly put 1 maybe 2 fish to a stringer, tie off at camp with enough rope/stringer so they can get down a little bit) , if you put 2 lakers on a stringer they twist a 12' stringer down to a 2' stringer. as far as saving fillets at the end of a trip , exchange water from lake to lake , then get ice asap.

I do bulk of my walleye fishing at night and would like to keep the fillets for the next days lunch.

Why can't you just keep the fish alive and on a stringer until ready for use? I do this but keep them in some submerged bushes so the turtles or eagles don't get them.

As per during the day I detest dragging fish on a stringer so I find a handy rock, filet my fish, stuff the filets into a ziplock and then keep them out of the sun in a WET canvas bag. The evaporative effect keeps them cool for several hours. Works just fine provided you keep the bag wet.

If you do that the object is to get them in much cooler water than surface temps and below the thermocline. In many lakes were talking at least 20 feet down and bigger windswept lakes maybe as deep as 30 feet this time of year.

I have done this several times and it works very well. I'll never clean fish by headlamp while being eaten alive by mosquitoes again!!!

Bring a basketball net for the anchor and fill it with rocks. Attach a long rope (I use a 50 footer) to the anchor and tie an empty Nalgene bottle to the other end. Clip/tie your stringer to the anchor and drop to the bottom in 30 plus feet of water.

The fish usually survive and even if they die the meat is cool enough that it is definitely still good the next day. No issues with any critters messing with them.

Never thought of doing it with live fish, I was thinking of doing it with filleted fish.

quote Bigbriwi: "Never thought of doing it with live fish, I was thinking of doing it with filleted fish."

I suppose I've never thought of doing it with fillets LOL. No reason why it wouldn't work, just put the fillets in a ziploc and put it in the anchor bag.

My concern with keeping them directly on the bottom was crayfish getting to them. That is why I thought guys suspended them.

Fillet them..put them in a ziplock and find a thick patch of moss in a shaded area..peel up the moss and place them under it..you will be able to feel how much cooler it is under the moss..i have kept meat/fish this way since a i started camping with my dad. It lasts for days.

It's amazing how many great ideas and information is available on these forums. I wish I had these ideas the last time I tried to keep fish on a stringer overnight.