The orange pelagic bag  we use in boat for kings and tuna has a liner that looks more fragile. They also fold up real small and it can stowed forward. Our’s ( purchased it as xmas present for wife) is 3 years old … still perfect. Has had lots kings, some big sized mahi-mahi and a few yellowfin in it.

I confess, if only catching a few snaps or gurnard in boat for dinner, or skippys for bait, throw them in the chilly bin with the ice and beers.  Unless catching really big snaps those fish don’t tend to take up too much room. 

But when catching  decent mahis, or a 20 kg -30kg king, larger tuna (albies and yellowfin) or a big puka in a smaller trailer boat or other similar small craft, I like a relatively clear cockpit without need for a bigger chilly bin that takes up way more room.

The big chilly bins placed under rocket launcher can be handy to stand on mind you … to spot marlin. The downside is if filled with beer they can also lead to excessive drinking, as well as cramping your cockpit space.. And more likely to do your back in lifting out.

Although I used to think you couldn’t beat an old wet sack kept out of sun, if just catching snapper over few hours in morning or evening.

Kayak fishers ( the smartest of all fishers) mainly use fish bags.

My yellow dry bag still works all good and gets taken on the snapper missions.

Have a seperate kingi bag now which is much bigger and better for walking out kingfish. Really easy to carry actually as it is well balanced, even with a 20kg'ish fish.  

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Rather than carrying out whole fish why don't you fillet them on the rocks, the fillets can be rinsed in saltwater, stored in a large ziplock bag and packed in a 20 liter coolie bag. Saves a big slog carrying out a whole kingiy or a pile or snapper. Average fillet recovery is about 40% so your carrying a whole heap of weight you don't need to every time you carry a whole fish out.