On the hunt for wax worms and maggots

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angling specialty carries the waxxies

 

[redneckchromer]

http://www.supercricket.ca/live_wax_worms.html 250 for 17 bucks

 

[AKnook]

http://www.petco.com/product/12677/Waxworms.aspx 500 waxxies for 15 bucks not a bad deal

lol thats a lifetime supply!

I guess you can snack on a few as well....protein and fat. mmmmmm

 

[redneckchromer]

that place doesnt ship to canada unfortunately, i was gonna order 500 lol

 

[Dozer]

Waxworms are expensive from pet shops - go to the smaller private shops and buy in bulk - you'll save a few bucks and they can be kept alive for sometime... I know a few places out east where you can load up on a life times supply of maggots... only when the salmon run though - I feel like puking right about now...

 

[Klik]

@dozer, i saw a white salmon, have you ever seen a whole white salmon? it was pretty cool. was probably 50000 of them.

 

[Christopheraaron]

I've seen it a few times, usually on wilmot (easier for them to get beached there I guess), pretty gross. do you guys find waxies/maggots more effective than worms or minnow heads, perch eyes?

 

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I've seen it a few times, usually on wilmot (easier for them to get beached there I guess), pretty gross. do you guys find waxies/maggots more effective than worms or minnow heads, perch eyes?

had a big male smash a wax worm in the spring, my float went up, not down, fish cleared the water before the float moved, was pretty awesome

 

[NADO]

Imo gulp "waxies" (imitation maggots) work just as good if not better than the real thing. And stay on the hook way longer…

ive had a different experience with real/fake. Fishing for crappie on a little gravel pit I fishing was slow with plastics and fake maggots/grubs. Tried maggots on a little jig and I was able to just deadstick it.

 

[Christopheraaron]

had a big male smash a wax worm in the spring, my float went up, not down, fish cleared the water before the float moved, was pretty awesome

Oh you're talking steelies, I was planning on using them for crappie and gills.

 

[fishermandan420]

Fyi perch eyes are not legal bait

 

[Christopheraaron]

Never thought about that but I suppose they wouldn't be.

 

[fishermandan420]

ive had a different experience with real/fake. Fishing for crappie on a little gravel pit I fishing was slow with plastics and fake maggots/grubs. Tried maggots on a little jig and I was able to just deadstick it.

were u trying the gulp ones? They rock. Power maggots suck

 

[Porkpie]

were u trying the gulp ones? They rock. Power maggots suck

I use the fake stuff strictly also. Gulp mainly. I haven't used real bait for icing panfish in years now. I can't be bothered when the fake stuff works so well!

 

[Klik]

Gulp one is $7 a jar. :-(

 

[fishermandan420]

Ya but The jars last forever. I can kill a 50 pack of real maggots in a day. A jar lasts me all winter and i dont have to worry about thwm turning into flies!

 

[Shawarma]

I can't get over the fact that you're feeding these fish maggots. Maybe it's psychological but damn... Maggots.

 

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I can't get over the fact that you're feeding these fish maggots. Maybe it's psychological but darn... Maggots.

what do you think fish feed on??? besides smolts and minnows

 

[Shawarma]

I know.. But..maggots man!

 

[Dozer]

Think of it as protein