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If you have to choose one, which would you choose?
A - Earthworm
B - Maggots
C - Mealworms
I was working on my worm bin outside last week and some flies visited. Next thing I know there are maggots hanging out with my worms. I'm going to do a Pepsi challenge on the different worms. Just wanted to see what other people have experienced with these natural baits.
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I tried raising mealworms years ago for bream bait. A coworker got me started free.
Know a local beekeeper? Ask for waxworms.
I rase meal worms but because they are almost nothing to raise . Only time I ever lost any was to tried to water . I like red wigglers for red ear .
A friend would tie house fly maggots jigs using a white/cream colored nitrate glove and color the heads with a black sharpie. Was a killer in a bream pond.
He made fish feeding stations using hardware cloth and hang them from trees over the pond. Place a bag of fish trimmings in a bag on the wire with holes in the bag. Maggots would fall from the bag into the water and there was a churning at the surface. He'd collect some of the maggots for live bait too.
The maggots was working for the crappies. Did some experiments past few weekends. After I ran out of minnows I started using jigs. When they stopped biting the jigs, I tipped the hook with crappie bites. When they stopped biting again I switched over to tipping with maggots, the bite started back up. Mind you, this is all done at the fishing pier. Next thing I know something huge came and bit. All I hear was pop, line snapped. Hit so hard, broke my heart. I did not check the drag. I’ll be gunning for that monster from now on. That was on the other rod as I was baiting the one in my hand.
What kind of maggots are they? Cream colored white house fly maggots or the large dark grey/black ground maggots. I think they are deer fly or horse fly maggots.
I think they are just regular house fly. Little white ones. I was surprised that they are not slippery, has a rough texture like leather. Almost look like extra large grains of rice.
I'll check with my beekeeper on wax worms. See what I can find on the internet too.
All my trash goes into plastic trash bags into the trash container so I never see the maggots. My granddaughter will clean her mess from the car to the container and it will fill with maggots. A little Dawn and bleach with the hose nozzle has it cleaned for a month or 2.
The Bream sure love the maggots, they keep stealing the maggots off the jig a lot of times before the crappies have a chance to get a lick.Quote:
Originally Posted by canebreaker
One trash company collector would drag the container from the curb to the truck. Pretty soon there were holes in the bottom. Maggots would roll out when they could. Mockingbirds would pick all they wanted.
Talked to my friend yesterday. A friend of his has a pond with skinny catfish. He planted post in the pond with a tray on top made of hardware cloth. Keeps plastic bags of fish trimming with holes on the trays. In a year the fish were fat as they should be. He's added bream to the pond too.
Thanks for sharing that tip, I will have to try it one of these days.
You trying to catch crappie with worms ? Minnows for crappie . Meal worms or red worms for red ear/ bluegills . Attachment 511686