Almost had my boat for sale!
 

Walked in the house from work, my wife says my boat stinks I need to clean it. I told her I cleaned it this weekend after fishing. I went outside, took the cover off and the smell hit me. I climbed in opened the fish box and saw a trout at the very back of the fish box I accidentally left. Maggats everywhere, I started gagging and thought of selling it as is. 2 Gallons of bleach and 1 hour scrubbing later I think the smell is gone.

eek, we forgot bait in ours one time and it was nasty smelling, but no maggots so not quite as bad

I cleaned some fish this weekend and put the head and guts in my ice chest, which I was going to dump, but forgot til yesterday when my ice chest fell over in the back of my truck I was gagging after I hopped out and smelled what had been brewing in the heat!

had a trash bag full of trout heads this past monday. trash is supposed to pass on tuesday so i threw them in the trash can and put it at the street. usually, i will go dump them but since i knew the trash men were passing the next morning i threw them in there. well they didnt show up till wed afternoon. My garbage can was full of maggots. it was horrible. I cleaned the can out gagging the whole time and it still smells turrible!

I just went outside and can still smell it. I dumped more bleach and leaving the top open for the night. I have been considering using the fish box for storage and just using an ice chest well this just made up my mind. Will buy an ice chest before this weekend and strap in under my seat. Screw this. If the smell is there in the morning the boat is for sale!

what kinda boat ya got? (besides a stinky one) I'll buy a stinky boat as long as it looks and runs good

The smell will go away after a while. Know from experience. Unfortuantely

Hush up, I'm tryin to work a deal here :D

Just spend some money on cleaning supplies and have your wife clean it for you while your at work tomorrow...cheaper than getting rid of it....:eek:

Ranger bay. I am not selling know matter how bad it stinks. I will seal the lid closed before I sell. Love that boat.

it maybe......not her though trust me!

I just hit with everything we had under the sink. I concotion of comit, bleach, dawn, carpet cleaner and a few other things I didn;t know what they were. I am telling you it smelled terrible. There is also an indention of the fish colored into the box.

How bout filling it up with bleach water for a few days

This is greaaatttt !!!!!!!!!!!!! Love this post

Thats what is happening right now

Once I found a small ice chest in a ditch. I stopped and it was in good condition.....execpt a bad smell. I cleaned it up, but still had an odor.

I weighted it down in big bucket and soaked it in clorax and checked it every week or so. Smell never went away so I threw it a way a couple of months later.

Bet you'll always check that fish box more times than once huh? That's a nasty smell. It'll be burned into your brain forever

I, and a buddy of mine thought his dad had cleaned a few bass and goggle eye we had caught at henderson back in high school. as we got the boat ready for the next trip to calcasieu river I asked him about the fish, he said I'm sure my dad cleaned them, WRONG,FLIPIN OMG, I swear I saw fumes come out of the ice chest, the goggle eye were now 1lb and the bass were 3lb's.

and that is my fear..

:*****:

Blue, let us know how that works out for ya.