Advantages: Almost all species of freshwater fish like maggots. Disadvantages: Keeping them in the fridge might upset your other half.
...are now baby maggots. The maggots then feed on the meat until they are large and fat, at this point they stop feeding and quite quickly turn into casters (this only takes a few days or so). The casters (pupa) then remain dormant for a further few days and then out from the shell of the caster emerges a fully grown fly, although not mature enough to start breeding. Then the life cycle repeats ad infinitum.
Bluebottle (Calliphoria vicini)
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... ...and produce loads of large maggots that have a quite tough skin. This makes them ideal for general use, wether they are used as loose feed or as a hookbait. Greenbottle (Lucilia caesar)
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The Greenbottle fly also produces a high quality maggot however they are smaller in size to that of the Bluebottle. This makes them ideal for loose feed and hookbait too, when shy feeding fish will not take ordinary maggots since they associate ...
snake_plissken 09.05.2006
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: exceptional Review of Maggots
Advantages: Best allround bait available. All fish love em'. Pretty cheap too - about £2 a pint Disadvantages: Climb all over the place if you let them get wet.
...of you that don’t know, maggots when they get wet, can climb literally vertical surfaces, but the squatts, as they move less, are easier to control if they get exposed to the rain (or your dribble problem). Having a bag or car full of maggots is not a nice thing, but can happen (yuk you say – so do I!!). The only problem with the squatts is that you have to be careful not to turn the bait tubs they’re in upside down. The ventilation ... ...of pinkies whilst using bigger maggots on the hook. You can even get away with quite thick lines when they’re feeding well. Bennys recommendation on hook size would be a 22, and nothing bigger really.
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Big Maggots (haven’t got a clue about a real name, they’re just referred to as ‘maggots’)
These are the most common ones, sold by nearly all tackle shops. Despite most ...
BJEEE 08.03.2001 (19.08.2001)
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(+) Cheap to do when done correctly, good results. (-) FEAR FACTOR - You will look silly if you do it without results. Difficult to carry a large amount.
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