I always put fish leavings in the freezer for use as crab bait. I just recently found out that using game fish carcasses as crab bait was illegal in Texas. Talk about a stupid law. Now I have to throw it all away.

thanks for the ideas, guys. I did bleach for 2 nights and Mr.Clean for one night and the smell is gone as best as I can tell. I haven't closed the lid for a night yet though. I still cant get the indention of the fish out. I think it is now part of my boat.

http://www.saltycajun.com/forum/atta...1&d=1276291221

You now have a ghost trout in your boat.

At least now you'll never scratch and go home empty handed.

If it is illegal to put fish guts in the water then anyone who has cleaned fish at cal point is a outlaw

arm n hammer and sun lite!

thats amazing that it left an imprint of the fish in the locker

What's amazing was the smell. Smell Reminded me of a bigun in college

Here's what I did with the refrigerators and the freezer after Rita. After the whole bleach routine, I spread a whole bag of charcoal briquets all over in the frig and let is sit for a couple of weeks. We stayed in Arkansas with family. It still had a lingering odor but it was much, much better. The plastic in an ice chest holds odors more than the metal in a frig. Briquets are easy enough to try. Activated carbon would probably be better.