I struggled with the same thing and finally just moved the fish bag to the rear deck. Then when I got an H-Crate, that had to change again. I decided to convert the front hatch tub to cold storage. I began by skinnying down all the unnecessary gear that had accumulated in the front storage tub and transferred the remainder to the H-Crate. I cut up 2 of those hot-weather reflectorized auto windshield screens to fabricate a removable form-fitting pocket around the front tub, and added another sheet to the inside of the hatch lid. So now my entire front hatch tub is an insulated cooler. I dump in about 2 gallons of ice cubes in the morning, which last a full day even in 80-deg weather. It is plenty deep for limit catches of panfish, walleye & cisco and with some creative folding can hold 90% of the "long" fish I catch on Lake Michigan, including up to about 18# salmon. I now use the fish bag only on the rear deck of my wife's Outback.
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