Fish cooler bags for quarters?

[Grady.J]

Anyone ever used those soft sided fish cooler bags for quartered or boned out meat? Looks like they're a good shape for it.

I wouldn't expect them to hold ice for long, but I'm thinking you could keep some block ice or frozen water bottles in a smaller cooler, and throw them in the fish bags with the meat when you get back to the vehicle. Seems like it would be easier to handle and take up less space than packing 100-150qt coolers for meat.

Does anyone have any recommendations for brands?

 

[Dented]

I never considered that, but then, I've never seen soft bags that size before. I'll be interested to hear the replies.

 

[Djacker]

https://rokslide.com/forums/threads/large-soft-cooler-kill-bag.327045/. This was talked about last fall. I hope the link works. Great space saver.

 

[Grady.J]

https://rokslide.com/forums/threads/large-soft-cooler-kill-bag.327045/. This was talked about last fall. I hope the link works. Great space saver.

Perfect thank you! Disappointing to hear they all leak considering they arent cheap, but using frozen water bottles and lining it with a contractor bag should mitigate that. A 60ish qt hard side for camp food and trailhead beverages, and some frozen bottles, and a fish kill bag or two for the drive home should be a pretty manageable setup for size and weight.

 

[geterdone]

I have a few and bring them to just about every hunt. They work great for transport, not any long term warm weather type storage. They take very little space when empty, and will hold ice for 24-48 hours depending on the temperature outside. They do leak, it's not a big issue unless you are placing them in the trunk of a car. They don't leak all the water out, they will hold water but the seams seep water over time. When tuna fishing they will have 10 gallons of slurry with 10 fish and 100lbs of ice in them the next day and a wet spot under the bag. I have WPS and reliable bags. WPS has a better zipper, reliable bags have more room with the flat bottom design for the same advertised dimensions.

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[Chode223]

Perfect thank you! Disappointing to hear they all leak considering they arent cheap, but using frozen water bottles and lining it with a contractor bag should mitigate that. A 60ish qt hard side for camp food and trailhead beverages, and some frozen bottles, and a fish kill bag or two for the drive home should be a pretty manageable setup for size and weight.

I ended up going with an Opah bag. It’s big and a bit bulky, but a lot smaller than comparable cooler(s).

I got the Opah as it doesn’t leak. Have had it in the back of my SUV with some meat in it and was good to go.

It wasn’t cheap, but I’m glad to have it.

 

[Grady.J]

I have a few and bring them to just about every hunt. They work great for transport, not any long term warm weather type storage. They take very little space when empty, and will hold ice for 24-48 hours depending on the temperature outside. They do leak, it's not a big issue unless you are placing them in the trunk of a car. They don't leak all the water out, they will hold water but the seams seep water over time. When tuna fishing they will have 10 gallons of slurry with 10 fish and 100lbs of ice in them the next day and a wet spot under the bag. I have WPS and reliable bags. WPS has a better zipper, reliable bags have more room with the flat bottom design for the same advertised dimensions.

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They would be in the trunk of a car, I hunt out of a subaru, so the space savings is a big reason for looking at these. I think the leakage could be mitigated by not using loose ice, and lining the whole thing with some plastic and keeping it upright? The flat bottom ones look ideal for that. Wouldn't be for long periods, just from the trailhead home, which I suppose could be a day or two depending.

I ended up going with an Opah bag. It’s big and a bit bulky, but a lot smaller than comparable cooler(s).

I got the Opah as it doesn’t leak. Have had it in the back of my SUV with some meat in it and was good to go.

It wasn’t cheap, but I’m glad to have it.

These look awesome, I hadn't found them when I was looking initially. The 4 or 5 size looks like they would work well for a quartered out buck. The price is comparable to some of the others on the market too. Thanks for the heads up!

 

[Jmartin]

Flew my frozen caribou back from Alaska in one. Worked great