TomBettle Posted April 6, 2007 Report Share Posted April 6, 2007 MY 240l Igloo is long and thin. Most of my fish will fit in without having to bend the fillets. I can't remember how long it is, but it's about 120cm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam F Posted April 6, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2007 Used the Icey Tek for the first time today....WOW!! I put a 5lb box of squid in in last night and it was solid this morning, plus the inside of the box was icey.... I put a litre of squash in their on the way out this morning and it was icey slush when we arrived at the mark.... The 56L box took 12 pollock to 12lb, before we had to fillet them down - most of the fish had began to 'stiffen' where they were so cold. After filleting, we managed another 4 fish on top. Easy to wash, no scrubbing, just the deck wash - A1 recommended. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul D Posted April 7, 2007 Report Share Posted April 7, 2007 I await the catch reports ( or were they outside club waters ). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toerag Posted April 19, 2007 Report Share Posted April 19, 2007 MY 240l Igloo is long and thin. Most of my fish will fit in without having to bend the fillets. I can't remember how long it is, but it's about 120cm. I've looked up the igloos, they're not as thin as a fishbox unfortunately, and fishboxes are a perfect fit between my enginebox and gunwhales. I don't have time to fillet my fish when I'm fishing, I'm too busy catching them! I have discovered that 70l 'persboxes' (the non-nesting 'prawn boxes') will stack 2 deep under the gunwhales nicely, and they're useful for the bigger pollack cod & ling. So if anyone has any persboxes they don't want then I'll have them off you..... (picture to follow sometime) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Fox Posted April 19, 2007 Report Share Posted April 19, 2007 Ling? I used to love catching ling (and eating them). How far off do you find them? Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bliss2 Posted April 19, 2007 Report Share Posted April 19, 2007 Ling? I used to love catching ling (and eating them). How far off do you find them? Mike We had 4 Ling on Sat biggest was 26lbs smallest was 12lbs all from Mid-Channel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Fox Posted April 19, 2007 Report Share Posted April 19, 2007 (edited) Thanks chaps! A little far for me for an afternoon then... Apologies for delaying your fueling at Coralls on Friday ! Mike (Frisky) Fox Edited April 19, 2007 by Mike Fox Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newboy Posted April 19, 2007 Report Share Posted April 19, 2007 There are a couple of inshore wrecks off Portland which hold Lings, but they get argetted a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toerag Posted April 20, 2007 Report Share Posted April 20, 2007 OK, the 'persbox' is the one at the front, and you can see how normal boxes stack perfectly alongside the enginebox on the left. Re: Ling - 6 miles off is the nearest to shore that reliably holds ling for me. Old decayed wrecks (pre-WW2) are best for ling in my experience Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam F Posted April 20, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2007 ...where do you stand? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toerag Posted April 23, 2007 Report Share Posted April 23, 2007 ...where do you stand? LOL, I knew someone would ask that! Whilst fishing the boxes are normally stacked either side of the engine box, however weight in the stern of the MI21 really hurts performance, so for the journey home we move the boxes in front of the engine box to improve the trim. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newboy Posted April 23, 2007 Report Share Posted April 23, 2007 Suss your secret on how to catch lots of pollocks....... Maltesers!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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