How long....

[mnfathead]

How long can you keep a catch of fresh fish in the fridger before eating or freezing??? Caught tonight, hoping to keep in fridge till Sat. is that too long?

[Redlantern]

It seems a bit too long to me. I'd freeze them and not risk losing them.

[pushbutton]

I agree with Eric, I usually freeze within two days....three max! This has no scientific validity to it other than they just don't feel right after that amount of time

[pushbutton]

Just found a web site on food shelf life, and if you believe everything you read on the internet......it said 1 to 2 days. Seriously though, they do start to get funky after a few days. I don't eat a lot of fish, but do not think you are compromising the taste a whole lot if you freeze them, especially if you are frying them. Almost any fish you will buy in the stores simply has to have been frozen before we get it.

[Fish On]

i think they would be ok as long as there FULLY submerged in water that keeps the bacterias out

[TruthWalleyes]

i think they would be ok as long as there FULLY submerged in water that keeps the bacterias out

Submersion in water does not keep the bacteria away

[Harmonica Bear]

We ate fish the Wednesday after Saturday the opener, they were just fine. They ere cleaned ASAP (still kickin), in sealed bags, and on ice the whole time. I personally, probably wouldn't want to go more than that. They were fine tho, texture and tast-wise.

[reinhard1]

here is my take on keeping fish fresh. two days in a tupper ware container in the coldest place in the fridge if you are not going to have them that day. never keep them in plastic bags in the fridge for that length of time. fastest way to get bacteria. better yet if you are not going to eat them within a day, freeze them.

fish that you buy in stores in service cases or packaged fresh were never frozen. fish were delivered fresh daily along with frozen products. if they were frozen and now fresh they have to be labeled "previously frozen". when i was still working fish could be kept no longer than two days packaged fresh in the seafood case. fish are then usualy "marked down" for quick sale at that time. i never buy marked down fish, pork, or poultry products. that's just me.

frozen fish properly wrapped or vacume packed are just fine. a problem some people may have is keeping fish in the freezer too long. make sure you lable and DATE your fish in your freezer. good luck.

[Leaky]

On our annual Bro-in-law fishing trip (coming up), we start fishing on Thursday night and clean fish till Saturday night. We keep it in covered tupperware bowls in water - in the fridge. Big fish fry on Sunday before we head out. Never have had an issue. Have done the same up at Voyaguers, only there it's plastic bags and on ice in the cooler.

I'm one of those guys that would rather give away fresh fish away to someone who will eat it that day or the next than to freeze it. But thats just me. I'll eat frozen fish, but its just not the same.

Seasoned flour, egg wash, seasoned bread crumbs. Oil at 350. Flip em when they are brown. A little salt & pepper when done and out of the pan. Now thats good eats!

[Redlantern]

Reinhard, I see you left beef out of the list of markdown items you won't buy. My ex father in law owns a meat market/grocery store. I remember he used to load us up on what he called dark steaks. Not the bright pretty looking cuts that people are looking for but a day or two old and more tender(ripe). I miss eating them.

[reinhard1]

beef is on my list for buying when marked down. i've got the timing down at the store i go to for that [cub]. i remember when i was working the markdowns have to be pulled, unwrapped, re-wrapped and re-priced. so it takes awhile. best time for some good cuts to be marked down is the day after a sale ends. the cuts that are left over the next day that were on sale normaly get marked lower so they sell before that days date.

meats, fish, and poultry have a strict code date that merchants have to abide by. in the case of fresh packed beef and pork there was a three day code date to comply with. so in the cub i worked for the beef and pork was out there for two days and the third day it was marked down. ground beef had only a two date code date. and only would be out there for one day and then marked down. pork had three day also.

a lot of pork and chicken comes in pre-packaged and has been for quite some time. you go by whatever date is on the package. in the case of the fresh beef and pork, a longer code date could be applied but the shorter code dates have been set by government or by stores themselves, such as was the case in our cub franshise. they did have the freshest meat around. i seen beef marked down as fresh as the day it was cut, just to comply with the two day and out policy.

the fresh fish was shipped fresh. we then wrapped it and it also had a two day and mark down policy. good luck.