Wax worms?

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Originally Posted by Smoltz

Where you guys order your mealworms?

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I buy all my mealworms and waxworms at my local pet store (Petco). They have a much better selection than the bait store. Petco sells four or five different sizes of mealworms.

I personally don't use crickets any longer,but they do sell containers that keep them trapped,but easy for the fisherman to reach in and grab.As far as mealworms,most that you buy at Walmart or such,are actually fed growth supplements,they are called giant or jumbo mealworms.
If you raise your own,the size will be smaller,due to natural feed.If you decide to raise your own,place an order for 1000 mealworms,set up your bin/ bins,and after a couple months you should have all you need.

Yaker,
What's the turn around time from going from grub to beetle to having fishable grubs say 1/2" long?

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Originally Posted by no luck

My meal worm are in plastic bens with oats I will get thousands of beetles but not enough worms to fish with

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You know that you can use the pupa too which I prefer, because they don't crawl around and they seem to work just as well or better than the worms.

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Originally Posted by Yaker

I personally don't use crickets any longer,but they do sell containers that keep them trapped,but easy for the fisherman to reach in and grab.As far as mealworms,most that you buy at Walmart or such,are actually fed growth supplements,they are called giant or jumbo mealworms.
If you raise your own,the size will be smaller,due to natural feed.If you decide to raise your own,place an order for 1000 mealworms,set up your bin/ bins,and after a couple months you should have all you need.

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I fished next to a guy at New Orleans city park who was using crickets, and I was using my mealworm pupa, it was neck and neck in the end. Raising mealworms is much easier than having to always go out and buy crickets.

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Originally Posted by Techno2000

You know that you can use the pupa too which I prefer, because they don't crawl around and they seem to work just as well or better than the worms.

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All over Europe, maggots are very popular, as are the pupa (called casters). You can walk into most bait shops and buy a gallon of casters. They are an excellent bait.

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Originally Posted by deathb4disco

All over Europe, maggots are very popular, as are the pupa (called casters). You can walk into most bait shops and buy a gallon of casters. They are an excellent bait.

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I suppose wasp, mealworm, fly, etc, pupa are like a delicious jellybean to them.:popcorn

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Originally Posted by Techno2000

I suppose wasp, mealworm, fly, etc, pupa are like a delicious jellybean to them.:popcorn

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Crunchy taco!

Many, many, many, years ago we used to ice fish with fruit fly larvae, also called mousee grubs. :ThumbsUp

I used mousies for ice too. Still prefer waxies though. Neat looking s things. More expensive too.