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for Bluegill id think the wax would be more juicy softer and slide onto a hook better but they are about half the size or so it seems meal worms seem to be bigger but a bit harder and maybe not as juicy idk though
which do you have more success with?
They're both good baits. Mealies will keep a lot longer in the fridge.
Since I raise mealworms,naturally I prefer mealworms.I suspect wax worms would be better,soft and juicy,but I’ve never noticed a bluegill turning down a mealworm.Mealworms do have advantages over wax worms,mealworms are much hardier,and mealworms are simple to raise.
Meal worms are harmless in every state of life cycle,Wax worms turn into wax moths,wax moths are devastating to bee colony’s,so if you do go the wax worm route,be sure to destroy any you do not use rather than taking a chance on releasing them into the wild.
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I prefer wax. But I prefer maggots over all theses.
In reverse for ease or care.
Meal is easier, then wax, then maggots have to be kept at cold temps or they pupate quick into shells. But they also require no feeding.
I don’t feed my waxworms either. But keep the cool.
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Agreed. Best bait in the solar system. Thanos wasn't looking for the infinity stones. He was looking for maggots.Quote:
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The shells (called "casters") are good bait, too.Quote:
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When Thanos snapped his fingers everyone that vanished really turned into maggots. So fish eat.......... people??? Haha.Quote:
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Sorry totally off topic
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Lol that movie was on last night. Great movie and you made me chuckle when I read that!Quote:
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wonder where could get some maggots
Wow, maggots are cheap. How do they store (keep). Cold stated above, but for how long? I fish twice a week in the Spring/summer, can keep crickets easily.
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4-6 weeks is prime time, but they will keep longer with proper care. See here for more:Quote:
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https://www.crappie.com/crappie/panf...aggot-fishing/
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Going fishing in the morning, just pulled about 50 of these mealworm pupa out of my colony. I fish side by side with my girlfriend, and the pupa always out produces the mealworm. And I have fished with someone using live crickets and it was neck and neck.
Leave some cut open tomatoes outside. You will have maggots.
That's fruit fly larvae, they are too small to fish with.Quote:
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Hang a sun seasoned road kill carcass from a tree limb over your favorite fishing hole.Grab your gear and cast in amongst the falling maggots,you don’t have to handle the maggots trying to bait the hook,but you will need suffer arm fatigue.:fish
Past early spring, about the only worms I use are nightcrawlers. But early spring I like both maggots (spikes) and waxworms.
Mealworms for me, but, sometimes wax worms have to do. I msly use small jigs with crappie nibbles, they work great, also.