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Maggots

Posted: Thu May 26, 2016 4:28 pm
by northfork
I live up North in Marysville.
Does anyone know where I can find Maggots.
Not at Cabela's [sad]
Not at Fred Meyers [sad]
Not at Wally World [sad]
???? [confused]

Re: Maggots

Posted: Thu May 26, 2016 4:39 pm
by Shad_Eating_Grin
Do pet stores sell it as pet food?

Re: Maggots

Posted: Thu May 26, 2016 5:02 pm
by northfork
Nope.
They sell Mealy worms.
Freddy's use to have them all the time.
Guess not many people like to handle Maggots.
A couple on a hook with a Gulp egg will slaughter trout!!

Re: Maggots

Posted: Thu May 26, 2016 5:48 pm
by Amx
It's summer time, well almost. Just set out a t-bone, the maggots will magically appear. [rolleyes]

Re: Maggots

Posted: Thu May 26, 2016 5:51 pm
by Amx
Oh ya, the black and yellow flying things are NOT maggots. :scratch: [blink] [scared]

Re: Maggots

Posted: Thu May 26, 2016 6:57 pm
by Toni
Cut a pop bottle in 2/3-1/3. put some ground beef in the bottom. invert the top into the bottom w/out lid. Flies fly in lay the eggs couple days later they are baby maggots. In hot weather fishable maggots in a week or so. Cooler days take longer. After a few days with lots of flies in the bottle drop the lid in to block opening. Then your maggots will be about the same size at harvest.
I am a maggot farmer. :)

Re: Maggots

Posted: Fri May 27, 2016 5:52 pm
by Bodofish
"Cut a pop bottle in 2/3-1/3. put some ground beef <snip> Then your maggots will be about the same size at harvest."
:) :) :) Toni, We love you but..... :) :) :)

:-& :-& :-& No, No, No [unsure] [unsure] "I am a maggot farmer." [unsure] [unsure] No, No, No. :-& :-& :-&

[thumbsup] [thumbsup] [thumbsup] I've seen this work before and boy are they icky! [thumbsup] [thumbsup] [thumbsup]

My kids always say, "If it could be an episode of the "Dirty Jobs" we don't want to know you're doing it.

PS: I have been busted before. Usually for slug hunting or making / growing something too.

Re: Maggots

Posted: Fri May 27, 2016 6:15 pm
by northfork
Thanks Guys,
I really don't want to be a Maggot Farmer.
I will just stick to my Gulp eggs.
They got me my limit today in 2 hours for some nice Bows on my now "Secret Lake"
Saw some nice Bows caught on worms under a bobber.
Got to witness a little 5 year old boy catch his first trout ever. AWESOME!!!!

Re: Maggots

Posted: Fri May 27, 2016 6:16 pm
by Toni
Bodofish DON"T LOOK


















When your confident that they help you catch fish you will do what you have to. It is all done so that I have a supply of maggots!!! [thumbsup]
Stores run out or they sell dead ones. :-({|=
Only the weather controls my maggot farm.
Harvest with the wind at your back and gloves on your hands.

Re: Maggots

Posted: Fri May 27, 2016 6:22 pm
by northfork
I think you need to attract Horse flies. Those things don't look like they would fit on a hook.

Re: Maggots

Posted: Fri May 27, 2016 6:23 pm
by northfork
[thumbsup] [thumbsup]

Re: Maggots

Posted: Fri May 27, 2016 7:40 pm
by Toni
northfork wrote:I think you need to attract Horse flies. Those things don't look like they would fit on a hook.
You are absolutely right. They are only about a day old. It isn't harvest time yet.