 Avoid netting your trophy if possible.
Avoid letting your trophy flop around in the boat or on the shore.
Avoid gutting or cutting your trophy.
Take a good color photo of your trophy if possible while alive.
Measure your trophy from the tip of the tail to the tip of the nose. Measure the girth in the widest area around the belly.
Examine the fish for the best show side.
Immediately after catching your trophy, wrap it in a clean wet towel (no newspaper) with its fins smoothed against its body. Seal in a plastic bag and freeze.For fish roughly 3# or heavier: Place it in another garbage bag or two and knot the ends up. Get all the air out. You want to ensure zero leaks. FYI, during shipping it doesn't matter if the fish thaws out a bit as long as it stays cold. Lay some newspapers on the bottom of a box a bit bigger than the fish. Then, start stuffing crumbled up newspapers and pack the box tight (You want to get rid of all the air voids). Tape up the box, it's now ready to ship. Ship on Monday only. For fish 3# or less: If you're shipping a single bluegill or a couple of small fish, add three or four of the small blue freezer packs you can buy at Walmart, ect. and place on top and around the fish. Then, Ship it second day on Monday only. If it's super hot and it's smaller fish I would pay extra for before 10 am delivery. NOTE: You could also buy a plastic cooler and follow the above procedures and duct tape it shut very well. Do not use ice as it will unthaw and make a mess. You can also wrap the frozen fish in towel with a lot of Aluminum foil and this will also help keep the cold trapped inside around fish. If you are unable to freeze your trophy, immediately place fish flat in a cooler of ice with the show side up - DO NOT PUT ANYTHING ON TOP OF THE FISH! Freeze fish as soon as possible.
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