Slayer, for the few times that I have landed 25#+ fish on the Adventure
kayak, I have never stowed them below deck as the ensuing clean-up job
inside the stinky hull would be no picnic. I'm a clean freak
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You might never get all the fish slime out of there, and may remember
that day for quite awhile!
If you got one of those big Game Bags and the fish fits, that would work.
http://kayakfishingstuff.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=CrF-kbag
The back tank well would work if you headed for the beach asap.
I first secure the trophy with a cord or gameclip. Set the fish on the belly
next to the pedal drive with head under your thigh so you can keep
pedalling. At a minimum, keep the fish wet and cover with a white plastic
bag or wet gunnysack and get them on ice ASAP.
Some fish can be kept in the water with minimal risk by "hiding" them in a
white bag. My big halibut were usually stringered, then I push the stringer
spike thru the bottom corner of a xlarge white trash compactor bag. Make
sure to tie the open end corners of the bag together to close tightly with
the fish tail inside.
This fish put up quite a battle on 20#, I kinda babied it because of the lack of kelp and obstacles, here are some action pix. All pictures courtesy of Jared Lane (works at Fastlane Kayaks Mission Bay) - thanks man!!
"Secret spot"
