Make your cooler better?

[leaky]

I hope you guys don't think this is a dumb post; but I thought this might help some folks. It's kind of like my idea of a wet hand made ditty bag to carry my catch which keeps em cool by evaporation only a different problem. I've always had a problem with my big cooler keeping ice, to keep my fish and food cool during hot weather for more than a couple of days. Well, my wife had this big sheet of 1" Styrofoam so ---- what I did is make a box (incling a top and bottom) to fit tightly inside my cooler. Walla! I spent 4 days fishing at the Gorge and still had more than 1/2 my ice, and things were a lot colder!!!! What do ya think? Already knew that right?[unimpressed] Well, I was impressed![]

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[mikecromaine]

I HAVE ONE OF THOSE 5 DAY COOLERS KEEPS THE ICE FOR DAYS AND STUFF COLD WITH ONE BLOCK OF ICE BUT YOUR IDEA SOUNDS GREAT THOU
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[ocean]

I spent 3 days at powell a couple of years ago and i put dry ice on the bottom of my cooler then a couple of bags of ice on top and the ice stayed for the 3 days!
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[Theekillerbee]

Nice tip leaky. I always have the ice melting during the last couple days of the archery deer hunt. I'm usually gone a week, so it really stretches the limits....but I'll have to try your trick to see if I can milk a couple more days out of it.
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[kokeking]

well like the old saying"nessitity is the the mother of invention" good idea.
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