Thread: Old Indian Trick

The stars were aligned this week to try out the old indian trick. The bank under the bridge at Lake Lewisville had a 15 pound rotting catfish filled w/ maggots that I pushed into the water with a stick. It must have been fate because I discovered this week that the chum bucket was growing some giant maggots (horse fly I guess?). Did well catching panfish with the maggots. Pulled in a crappie or two also. Fishing has not been that good on Lewisville lately so catching a lot of bluegill was fun. Being on the riprap in the shade close to a deep water channel helps too. The maggots that worked best are more advanced in their larval stage and are all black. They are a step or two away from pupae I guess. They are firm and hooking one through twice makes them stay on the hook well. We just let them crawl out of the container and clean themselves off a bit before hooking them on.