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<blockquote data-quote="reddevilwoodsman" data-source="post: 266240" data-attributes="member: 6118">I haven't used my livewell except for an occasional tournament for years.&nbsp; I use a cooler filled with ice and actually prefer it to using a livewell.&nbsp; With the laws how they are now, it's illegal to transport fish home in a livewell filled with lake/river water anyway.&nbsp; Most of the places I fish don't have cleaning stations at the ramps either so I'd have to put my fish in a cooler anyway.&nbsp; I tried the ice in bottles thing for a while but found that it works better for me to freeze blocks of ice in a freezer that I have in my quonset where I store my boat and put them in my fish cooler when I hook up my boat to go fishing.&nbsp; I freeze about 5 gallons of water in about one gallon size blocks using dollar store plastic basins.&nbsp; The blocks pop right out of them.&nbsp; I line the bottom the fish cooler with blacks and break a block into smaller chunks with a hammer after I put the ice in the cooler.&nbsp; I also carry another cooler in my truck with more blocks of ice.&nbsp; When I get done fishing and while getting my boat ready for the trip home, I cover the fish in fish cooler with the additional ice until I get home.&nbsp;&nbsp; I clean out my fish cooler with a brush after I clean my fish, tip it upside down to let it dry out and freeze more blocks of ice so that everything is ready to go for my next fishing trip.I don't use high dollar coolers but one thing that I did that really seems to improve cheaper coolers is to drill holes in the inside of the covers and fill them with spray in foam insulation.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="reddevilwoodsman, post: 266240, member: 6118"] I haven't used my livewell except for an occasional tournament for years. I use a cooler filled with ice and actually prefer it to using a livewell. With the laws how they are now, it's illegal to transport fish home in a livewell filled with lake/river water anyway. Most of the places I fish don't have cleaning stations at the ramps either so I'd have to put my fish in a cooler anyway. I tried the ice in bottles thing for a while but found that it works better for me to freeze blocks of ice in a freezer that I have in my quonset where I store my boat and put them in my fish cooler when I hook up my boat to go fishing. I freeze about 5 gallons of water in about one gallon size blocks using dollar store plastic basins. The blocks pop right out of them. I line the bottom the fish cooler with blacks and break a block into smaller chunks with a hammer after I put the ice in the cooler. I also carry another cooler in my truck with more blocks of ice. When I get done fishing and while getting my boat ready for the trip home, I cover the fish in fish cooler with the additional ice until I get home. I clean out my fish cooler with a brush after I clean my fish, tip it upside down to let it dry out and freeze more blocks of ice so that everything is ready to go for my next fishing trip. I don't use high dollar coolers but one thing that I did that really seems to improve cheaper coolers is to drill holes in the inside of the covers and fill them with spray in foam insulation. [/QUOTE]

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