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maggot care
Maggots are one of the maistay baits of Course fishing and can be used for sea fishing too in harbours and brackish water
They keep wel if when purchased are fresh with large food sacs Stored in a fridge in plenty of Bran to keep them dry they will keep almost 2 weeks they need to be transferd to maize meal cheap FROM a lot of delicatessens especiall those who do West Indian foods The only problem is as they get to the end of their useful life they get tough skins so very shark hooks are needed
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Re: maggot care
On some waters dead maggots are 10 times better than live ones, one reason is the one stated above, but also as they look different and are what the fish might usualy find on the lake bed as they fall from the trees.
(i found they fell from the trees one evenin while carping and having a snooze under me bivvy, there were numerouse splatting sounds on me bivvy, sounded like small rain drops, but went out side to see what it wa and al these lil tiny yellowy maggots werecralling all over it, throught the air vents of me easy dome and into the pockets, took me 2 weeks to clear them all out and even now im still finding the odd one!) |
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Ah................ the old damp maggot problem when maggot wriggle they get warm so they sweat the hotter they get the more they sweat when you buy maggots the shop will put a little bit of maize powder on them to help keep them dry SO they never put enough on So you can either go to the supermarket and get some ground maize (usually in the deli aisle) or use some really fine plain white breadcrumb All you need is a small handful so that the maggots sweat is absorbed and they keep dry and dry maggots then don't wriggle as much so don't sweat as much so chill down better AND chilled maggots last longer but keep them too longand the skins become tough and they are not so good for hookbait but fine for feeding in (better if you freeze them as dead maggots don't bury themselves in the bottom)
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Maggot care
If you are going to keep maggots in a fridge the temp needs to be 34 Fahrenheit
If you do take them colder they will go into diapause the state they archive to overwinter in the wild if this happens just riddle of the medium that you have them in has gently has you can replace with sawdust and leave at room temp till they come around anything up to six hours your losses will be minimal do not squeeze and play with them this will kill them average time from maggot to fly 18 to 21 days watch out for fish fed maggots they are the ones that froth up Last edited by Gozzer : 03-23-2009 at 01:49 AM. |
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