Almost had my boat for sale!

[Dink]

I dump my heads in the Vermillion river................My ol man told me last week that it's illegal...........Anyone got info on that??

[Salty]

Originally Posted by Dink

I dump my head in the Vermillion river................My ol man told me last week that it's illegal...........Anyone got info on that??

T.M.I.

[Suthrngntlmn]

Originally Posted by youmyboyblue

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!

Try dumping a bag of fresh coffee grounds in it and leave it a day or so. Truckers use that method to get the smell of chicken blood out of their reefers after a haul.

[huntin fool]

Originally Posted by Dink

I dump my heads in the Vermillion river................My ol man told me last week that it's illegal...........Anyone got info on that??

its frowned upon....
if you meet up with a local on that river, you better run.pirticularly a ole coonass...

[cabwiz2]

Originally Posted by youmyboyblue

How can you forget "all the time"? I promise you this is not happinin to me again.
I think the smell is gone. Went outside this morning and sniffed around the entire boat for a few minutes (looked like a rutting buck) and didn't smell it. Told the wife I needed to go run it to make sure the smell doesn;t come back. Going fishing.

I usually clean fish on Friday or Saturday afternoon. I have no place to dump the crap that is left over so I put them back in the icechest and dump ice on it till Tuesday morning when trash truck comes. Well if I end up drinking a little to much on Saturday night I end up sleeping in on Sunday and putting ice on the fish is usually last thing I think about. I don't try to ,but it happens all to often.

[goldenrod]

Originally Posted by cabwiz2

I usually clean fish on Friday or Saturday afternoon. I have no place to dump the crap that is left over so I put them back in the icechest and dump ice on it till Tuesday morning when trash truck comes. Well if I end up drinking a little to much on Saturday night I end up sleeping in on Sunday and putting ice on the fish is usually last thing I think about. I don't try to ,but it happens all to often.

IVE BEEN THERE AND DONE THAT MYSELF PLENTY OF TIMES.

[coachlaw]

Cody, Arm and Hammer Baking soda. Get a big box and sprinkle the whole thing in there, then close it up. I learned this after Katrina when dealing with the nastiness in the fridges and freezers. Only last week, someone left some formerly live scrimps in an ice chest at my camp. I didn't have a lot of room in the boat and I had emptied the chest earlier that day, so I just stowed it in the camp. It's been darn hot lately. The smell hit me when I opened the door. I busted out the baking soda. This was Monday. I was out there until today. I opened the box before I left and there was only the faintest odor. It'll be gone by Saturday when I get back.

Someone mentioned charcoal. It will do great, but get lump charcoal, not the briquettes. For heaven's sake, not the kind with lighter fluid in it. Put it in a towel and bash it up with a hammer. This exposes more surface area and allows the charcoal to do its work.

[Ray]

I dump fish guts/heads in the water all the time. Never heard about any laws against it. All the old coonasses I know do it too.
Just don't do it next to someone's house or camp.
I have frozen leftovers till trash day, but never fish guts. I try to clean them somewhere else when possible.

[Gerald]

Originally Posted by Ray

I dump fish guts/heads in the water all the time. Never heard about any laws against it. All the old coonasses I know do it too.
Just don't do it next to someone's house or camp.
I have frozen leftovers till trash day, but never fish guts. I try to clean them somewhere else when possible.

The crabs need something to eat too.

[KDM]

wipe the interior down with vanilla extract. Works like a charm

[coachlaw]

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.

[youmyboyblue]

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.

[swamp snorkler]

You now have a ghost trout in your boat.

[Suthrngntlmn]

Originally Posted by youmyboyblue

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.

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

[adamsfence]

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

[dbarham]

arm n hammer and sun lite!

[Asterisk-Rich]

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

[youmyboyblue]

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

[Gottogo49]

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.