fish 405 while also providing a protective canopy to minimize bruising crushing or undesirable deformation of the fish body in the case of a large red drum fish 405 larger than the one illustrated in fig4 a tail end 410 of the red drum fish 405 may be folded into the recess 245 of the ice pack 120 the illustrated concave contours 310 320 315 540 may be suitable for species of fish other than a red drum fish 405 for example large and small mouth bass in an alternative embodiment the concave contours 310 320 315 540 could be altered to accommodate another species of fish the perspective view in fig5 illustrates a bottom side of each of the ice packs 120 125 130 135 a bottom side of the ice pack 135 includes a filler hole 505 cooperating filler cap 510 and structural support features 515 and 520 a bottom side of the ice pack 130 likewise includes a filler hole 535 cooperating filler cap 530 and structural support features 525 in embodiments of the invention the filler caps 510 530 may be permanently sealed in the corresponding hole for instance after refrigerant gel has been added during manufacturing variations to the red drum fish embodiment illustrated in fig1 5 and described above are possible for instance in an alternative embodiment the top layer formed by ice packs 120 125 could be constructed using a single ice pack or by using more than two ice packs according to design choice likewise in an alternative embodiment the bottom layer formed by ice packs 130 135 could be constructed using a single ice pack or by using more than two ice packs it may be possible to omit the concave contours in the ice pack.