Anyone use these yet? Our granddaughter is coming to visit in a couple of weeks and wants to go bluegill fishing..Just wondering if these work..Live crickets are hard to find at our local bait shops..
Thanks
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Anyone use these yet? Our granddaughter is coming to visit in a couple of weeks and wants to go bluegill fishing..Just wondering if these work..Live crickets are hard to find at our local bait shops..
Thanks
WalMart stores have live crickets. They work a lot better also.
i have nevr seen live crickets at any walmart, i have lived in south carolina, georgia, and now florida. wish they did though, they would prob be alot cheaper
There was a mini-review over on the MOTV site about them, and the guy said he caught a lot of fish with them. I use the alive waxies and angleworms with fairly good success (I've caught bream, bass, and catfish on them) so I imagine if there are fish there, they will bite them.
I haven't seen the crickets in the store yet here in OK (Walmart, Academy, or BPS) but I'll be picking some up as soon as they get them.
my grandkids like the gulp alive maggots and wax worm and they do catch alot of bluegil
All of the WalMarts that I go to in Mississippi have live crickets and also night crawlers.Quote:
Originally Posted by Southern Young Gun
No crickets in the OK Walmarts... just nightcrawlers and the trout worms/red wrigglers. I have seen preserved crickets though and those do ok but you need to use them the first time so its not very cost effective.
Wally world has them here...and in Ar ...the ones I have been to do.
I get them at the boat ramp...$4 for abvout 100 crickets...she gives a REAL goog count though. Caught 43 Sunday...32 yesterday...got crickets left...had about 10 throw backs....got problably 30 crickets left...pretty cheap I would say.:D:D
go online and buy them from a cricket farm. get them in 100,500,or1000 and put the whole box in the freezer when you get it. after they are froze get you some of the xtra small ziplock bowls and fill each bowl up w frozen crickts. each bowl hols about 125 or so. take them out when you head out to fish and put them in the cooler and your good to go. my boys have caught over 400 in 5 trips in the last two weeks. all on frozen crickets.plus you aint got to catch em to put em on the hook.
... around the DonG household :p .... I doubt Mrs G would allow it ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by kevinmays
Now ... that may be an option, if Don has a freezer in his "time out" room (aka - the garage) :D
... cp :cool:
G-3. We have crickets and worms at Walmart,because Mississippi is gods country
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Originally Posted by BIG H
you don't have a monopoly on it. we do too. but ark is the real gods country. you'ens is the step childs.
old
cp, funny that you would mention that...A local bait shop & marina closed in our area about 4 years ago..Sam, owner, let me have his cricket box and accessories..:) I brought them home along with 1 million crickets...:D:eek: I was Blackie's best friend as he loves bream fishing..Quote:
Originally Posted by crappiepappy
After about 3 weeks Doris vetoed my cricket business:(:eek::eek: and Phyllis would not let Blackie have my equipment...:D
cp, Doris helps me keep my"time out" garage clean and said there would be no more living, crawling things in there...I don't want to lose my help..
That is why I asked about the Gulp Alive crickets...:D
Take a loaf of bread with you when you go 'Gill fishin', chum with 3 or 4 pieces and make dough balls with the rest... very clean and you might even catch a duck if there's one in the area!;)
nice!i haven't seen the gulp crickets yet,must have just been released recently.i've used gulp fish fry with success,and power bait micro wigglers.
I've been looking for the Gulp Crickets, but can't find them.
Both ya wrong everyone knows Alabama is God's country! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by olduckhunter
forget the buying things. just put out some bread the night before, sprinkle some sugar and water, and cover with newspaper. and you'll have enough the next morning to fish with.
Only thing I've ever seen in WalMart is nightcrawlers, and there way over priced.
Fatman
Only worms in Oklahoma W-Marts, and yea, they have gone down in price. First it was 24 LARGE Nightcrawlers for 3$, then it was 20 LARGE, now it's just 20, and they are about half the size of what they used to sell.
Anyone else used frozen crickets before??! That idea sounds pretty good to me.
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Originally Posted by Fisherman_Wantabe
your last name says it all about you and your state.
but you do have some pretty cudzu vines.
old
I went to Bass Pro in Pearl, MS & asked the guy working in the artificial bait area about the plastic crickets. He said he thought they were out but took me to look anyway. There were two packs left & I got both. Haven't had a chance to fish with them yet, but the point of my post is that they must be very popular around here.
Just as some advice, I breed crested geckos ( lizards ) in my spare time and sell them. Which prey off live small food such a crickets..
You can buy bulk crickets at any pet store for relatively cheap. Not sure if there are specific crickets you are targeting, but they are tan not black.
I get 1,000 of the large 3/4" crickets from the pet store for $10.00. Enough for an entire weekend and THEN the rest go into the sleeper (freezer) for quiet time. Once they quit scratching to get out, bag them up and put the bags into the produce drawer.
Anyone with an update on the gulp alive crickets?