re: Five day old bait left in ice chest.

When Hurricane Ike hit several years back, I couldn't get to my camp up at Toledo Bend for two weeks. When I finally did, I found my brand new chest freezer full of food had gone out and everything inside (whole chickens, fish, shrimp, deer meat, etc.) had swollen up until the top opened and everything started oozing out. It was horrid.

Lucky it was out on the covered deck - I took my backhoe and dug a big hole in the corner of the property, strapped the freezer shut, and dragged the whole mess to the hole and dumped it in. Then I went to Leesville and bought a new one at Lowes. The guy who ran the dept said, "Didnt you just buy one before the storm?" I said, "Yes, yes I did."