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I tried a large metal ice scoop, but the end of it would build up with ice. I was out last week and after catching some Whities, I decided to take a walk and stretch my legs. Another older gent, like me was fishing and catching Whities. While we were exchanging stories, he was hooked to a nice fish, so I watched. He pulled out a cooking tongs, that had the paddle ends with screws in them. He grabbed the fish and took it out with no problem. I went to Walmart and bought a tongs in the cooking utensil department. I drilled a few holes in the paddle ends and put some half inch self-tappers in. Works slicker than snot on a door handle.