Thread: Where to freeze fish for extended stay?

I will be at gulf shores the first week of June. I am staying for a week or longer. Any ideas on a place I can freeze my fillets until I am ready to go home. I will be fishing mostly on the pier and one day on a charter. Thanks

It may be cheaper and more convenient to freeze the fish yourself using regular ice and salt then keep it frozen with dry ice.

your condo's freezer....I have a little upright I will bring, if I have room, or come alone(without the family)

Where are you staying at? If you have space for a deep freezer there's usually some on Craigslist for fairly cheap. You'll end up spending quite a bit trying to ice it down for a long period of time. Another option is to buy a high end cooler and go that route.
Deep Freeze

Id offer to store it for you but I'm in and out of town with work right now.

I checked to see if my hotel had a freezer available and they did not.

This is from Lowes web site.
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You could buy it and possibly arrange a sell to someone local when you leave, recover some of your money back.

Originally Posted by PurpleNGold

Where are you staying at? If you have space for a deep freezer there's usually some on Craigslist for fairly cheap. You'll end up spending quite a bit trying to ice it down for a long period of time. Another option is to buy a high end cooler and go that route.
Deep Freeze

Id offer to store it for you but I'm in and out of town with work right now.

I will be staying in Foley. I will check locally and try to find a small freezer to bring with me.

you could get a Yeti. should only have to ice it about twice during a 7 day period. But then again i guess you could buy a deep freezer for the price one would normally pay for a yeti. ; ;

Yeti or other brands of rotomolded coolers don't necessarily hold ice or keep the contents within it colder any longer than an ordinary cooler can. What they are is more durable and can last long enough to justify the extra cost.

Dually noted DRH, they are very durable and there are a plethora of factors that come in to play when it comes to coolers and how long they can actually hold ice regardless of brand. Unavoidably, though, there are key facts that revolve around the yeti coolers that are undeniable. There are so many variables that will affect ice retention. These variables include, but are not limited to the following: the ice quality, ice quantity, type of ice (crushed, block, cube, dry), outside environment, size of the cooler, direct sunlight, etc. A small amount of ice is not a good indicator of how well your cooler can retain ice due to excess air space within the cooler. Excess air space hurts ice retention. To maximize your ice retention, you need to fill your cooler to the top with ice and anything else you may want to put in your cooler. In the end, a yeti offers over 2″ of polyurethane foam in the walls and lids of their coolers combined with a freezer-style sealing gasket, which is significantly more than most coolers have. If you use enough ice to chill the walls, a yeti will most definitely outperform the competition. i may have been a bit exaggerative in my earlier post, butyou do pay for more than just durability, with a yeti.