breeding maggots
Submitted by squirrel on Sun, 2015-02-22 10:56
hello, i breed my own maggots for bait, does anyone know how long i can leave them so they can reach maximum size before they start to turn into flies? usually i leave 5 days and they are a good size and a great bait but i think they can grow even bigger....can i leave for 10 days? what do you normally do?
scubafish
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Fridge
You can put in a bait fridge if you have one in pollard (sealed container)will slow down the growth rate and put in a dormant state .
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Jim
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Ive had a few eskies that ive
Ive had a few eskies that ive left bait in for a bit too long and the maggots were almost the size of my little finger. Keep it moist and plenty of food and i think they will grow and grow. I think it depends on the type of fly as well.
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Yeah the type of fly helps,
Yeah the type of fly helps, my grandad would sit there all day and collect those really big black ones. Which would produce really good sized maggots great for gars and herring, little more time consuming and tedious tho i guess
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This is how Pop used to breed
This is how Pop used to breed maggots (wogs) and the way i've done it.
Get a couple of beef hearts and leave them out for an hour or so. You don’t want too many flies laying eggs or you will end up with too many maggots competing for food. Wrap the beef heats in newspaper and place them in a bowl which is sitting above pollard in a sealed bucket. Once all the maggots have come out into the pollard collect them up put into clean pollard in a sealed jar and put them in the fridge which keeps them in suspended animation until you take them fishing.
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squirrel
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looking at the life cycle it
looking at the life cycle it looks about 7-8 days is max. after the meat is flyblown i wrap it up in newspaper and put it under some trees in my yard. after 5 days i open it up and get the maggots out and put into pollard (and then in the fridge after 1 day)....
i think i will try and leave it the full 8 days and hopefully they are really big and not pupae, only way to work it out is to try it i guess
i'd love big maggots the size of my pinkie! the fly that usually comes around is the one with the shiney green bum
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That's the reason Pop would
That's the reason Pop would put them in a bowl above the pollard. Once they are finished feeding they seek a place to begin their next cycle and this is when they will be at their largest.
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Same
Leave herring frames out for a few hours then put onto 5 or so layers of newspaper.
Wrap up and put on top of a 4lt ice cream container half full of pollard.
Then place ice cream container into a big 20lt bucket, put flyscreen across the top of the bucket(use some elastic or rope around the ring of the bucket) to let them breath.
After a few days - cant remember how long, discard rubbish, sieve the maggots out and into new pollard in 2lt container.
Then go catch more herring at Grand street or nudie beach!
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