Making ice

[Spiderpig]

Upgraded the fishing freezer today, got myself a 700L westinghouse.

Just wondering what innovative ways you guys make you ice?

I'm not really interested in purchased re-freezable ice packs. I usually take about 80 - 100kg of ice for drinks and fish.

[shaungonemad]

I just got a couple of heavy plastic containers about ten litre capacity when they are frozen pop them out and stack them in the freezer they last heaps longer than bought stuff.

[Schulzy]

Ice cream containers for ice ice and milk/soft drink bottles for drinks and mixing with your slurry lasts longer and saves time

[jtpython]

I have been using a plastic heat sealer bag holds about 5 litres then use the sealer on the crevac machine seal it and bob's ur uncle nice thick bag frozen ice blocks
JT

[Noelm]

I just use plastic buckets, nothing flash, but I have three square ones that are a nice size.

[Chimo]

3 litre milk bottles filled with sea water freeze slower but last lots longer. Also use 5 litre pool acid containers with sea water. Last well.

[Noelm]

I guess I might add, I have made some salt water ice as a test (from sea water) and regardless of the science of it all, it lasts just the same as tap water ice! The advantage being, if you are a slurry person, it does not dilute the salt slurry.

[Spiderpig]

I have been using milk bottles (sh!tloads of them), seawater is a good idea. They don't last long, but they're not in short supply either. I like the fact that you can easily cut them apart too.

I like the sound of these bags JT, where do you get them?. I think one of the biggest problems with making ice is water floating around the freezer and sticking everything together. This would possibly stop this.

[jtpython]

Pacfood Brisbane I also get my Crevac pre cut bags from them these I got by mistake thinking they were crevac bags but they are a 300mm x 400mm 100 micron Vac Pouch I can drop ya 50 or so to give a try out if u like mate I think I got 500 for 98$
JT
http://www.pacfood.com.au/vacuum.html

[jtpython]

I use to make in Alloy backs of street lights but yes same thing they'd stick together in freezer so I started putting in shopping bags but this works quiet good. If I could paste pics I could show u the end results
JT

[Dan5]

Mate those stainless steel hot food trays are the shit........They are cheap as to buy and the ice just pops out as the sides are tapered and the corners have a radius.......I freeze the big ones and cut it to size with the power saw so they fit perfectly in the esky.........nice big slabs 65mm thick.Dan

[Volvo]

Pac Plus Brisbane I also get my Crevac pre cut bags from them these I got by mistake thinking they were crevac bags but they are a 300mm x 400mm 100 micron Vac Pouch I can drop ya 50 or so to give a try out if u like mate I think I got 500 for 98$
JT

First off you mind uploading some pics of these bags and where you purchased them from please mate..
Secondly i used to make my own ice in old ice cream containers or whatever small tubs i had but found after breaking the ice to spread around my fish the thumping of the boat if the weather came out a tad on the lumpy side would bruise some of the fish.
Now i just buy ten to fifteen kilo bags of cured Ice and spread around my fish as i load them into the main esky, also take enough for a ice slurry brine to place the fish into as we catch them..

[jtpython]

Pacfood Its called mate go to sealer bags and there
http://www.pacfood.com.au/vacuum.html

[Spaniard_King]

Find a good local ice cream shop, they throw out hundreds of plastic 5 litre containers.I get them in batches of 40. best ice blocks gettin around.

I stack them in my freezer with a 5mm bit of ply in between the layers

[Schulzy]

Also forgot to add butter containers as well as for the breaking off the ice break it before you go in a grain bag or similar before you go out.( same bags as you get bulk ice)