new bait worked great.

[JT26]

on wednesday and thursday i went down to lake washington to fish (while staying wit my grandparents.) everything was open on wednesday, and my favorite pier was closed on thursday, until 2:30 for seafair.

But anyway, on the first day i caught 8 berely keeper perch and yesterday i caught 12 pretty decent sized ones using a new bait i had never used before. I started fishing with worms and i man on the dock was catching a whole bunch, plus a HUGE one, like a pound and a half, and i caught nothing. So he came over and told me how he was fishing. He showed me his bait, then let me use some. I instantly started catching them. Then i asked him where he got them, he said he went into the lake, about chest deep, and flipped over rocks and there they were.

He called them maggots, but they were not maggots. They first look like rocks, but you peel off that layer and theres a yellowish grub/worm lookin thing with a black head inside.

Does anyone know what they are called, and where i could buy them? i dont like swimminng near weedlines to get bait.

[tmusky1]

If the shells were tube shaped, those things work killer. I used them in the Stillaguamish river as a little kid and would catch all kinds of fish. We used to call them periwinkles, but I have no idea what their correct name is. I used to snorkel down the river and just grab them off rocks. They're some sort of insect larvae I think.

[bpm2000]

caddis larvae? They build little "houses" with pieces of rock and sticks.

http://www.flyfishusa.com/flies/cadlarva-2.htm

I used mealworms for the first time and they worked well - and they keep way longer in the fridge than worms. But usually when I fish for perch I only use live bait until I catch my first perch - that one becomes cutbait for the rest of the day.

[Proverb]

We called them periwinkles too but I don't think that is what they are because perwinkles are a type of snail and if you open those up they look more like a larvae.

Edit: Didn't see the post above mine that's what I was thinking we caught those as a kid.

[FishingFool]

I always wondered what those are called. I remember using them to catch sucker fish in the rivers when I was a kid. I see a bunch of them in the Green River by Gyser. All over the rocks. Looks like bird crap.

[tmusky1]

Yeah, caddis fly larvae. That's what they were. Those sucker fish would go nuts over those things.