EASY FISHING Bait Tip Keep maggots in perfect condition
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- Опубликовано: 11 окт 2024
- If you have bought maggots but are not going fishing immediately this is a method i have been using for years that keep them in perfect condition for several days. Top quality bait is not cheap so it pays to look after it, and this way your bait stays in very good condition ready for use.
This method of keeping bait goes back to the late 70’s when I was regularly travelling to Ireland fishing and bringing our own bait as it wasn’t always available in those days. We put a gallon in dustbin bags, chilled them in the freezer then put them in a cool box with a bottle of ice and while they looked dead when you opened them up after a couple of hours they were wriggling again and were in perfect condition ready for use. Bill
I’ve never seen the freezer trick. It makes total sense. This would have saved me a fortune when I was younger if I’d just known (would have had to have waited until my mum was out however😁). Great advice as always and you’re sounding better. The lungs sound clearer. Looking forward to the fishing videos with a healthy you. Thanks my Mr Crabtree.
I just love the old hints and tips
You can't buy experience
Thanks for your help and videos im a huge fan
How many of us have had maggots loose in the fridge. I also left some in a container and one of my daughters opened it and all I heard was a scream as flies flew out. Must be many anglers out there with similar stories. Your video's are like an internet fishing school for youngsters great work.
I stumbled across this method by accident, took all the air out the bag and left them at the back of fridge overnight, thought they were dead (as intended) stuck them in the ground bait mix and then a little while later they came alive 😂. Nice video mate 👍
Fridge freezer for me Bill in my shed saved me a lot of time and money
Thanks for sharing 👌
Great info Bill. Our high temp here today in North Georgia, USA was 80F! The fish will turn on soon, and maggots will be one of the keys to success!
or if you have a balcony, build a little lean to shed, cover with some old shed felt, then put your bait freezer under it. Obviously run a weatherproof connection to it. had one for the last 2 years and it's brilliant.
Putting an alarm on your fridge is a good idea as well. If the fridge fails you have a chance of saving a few quids worth of bait.
Great tip with the freezer bit Bill many thanks
Another great video really enjoying your recent bait tips used the bread riddle tip the other day spot on
Hi Bill. Not wishing to contradict or say you're wrong in any way as I'm sure your method works. But I keep my maggots and pinkies in my fridge in 2 pint tubs with maize flour. I don't put them in the freezer at all. I have some that have lasted me over a week as I'm fishing maybe twice a week at the moment. Obviously being in the fridge slows them down, but by the time I have driven to my chosen venue and set up, they're wriggling like good 'uns. As soon as I get back from fishing they go straight back into the fridge.
Clive Bindley Hi well I can keep pinkies for over a month in my fridge. The point of this method is to preserve them in the best possible condition with no sweating shrinkage or smell. Putting them in the freezer is to make sure they cease moving and their development is arrested, basically into hibernation. So a week later they are as fresh as the day I bought them. With pinkies when they age their skins become tough and I like using them like this threaded up the shank of the hook for speed fishing for things like bleak and can catch 10 fish without re baiting. Your method is fine but the feed pouch will have shrunk and the skin will be tougher and they will have shrunk a bit as well. Bill
@@easyfishing1936 Thanks for replying, I see your point and I'll be trying your method.
Clive Bindley Hi don’t get me wrong there is nothing wrong with your method of keeping your maggots but if you try my method don’t leave them in the freezer to long, just until they have all stopped moving otherwise you are left with dead maggots. I did try leaving some pinkies in the freezer overnight and thought they were dead but they came back to life. What an amazing maggot!! Bill
Clive Bindley My fridge must be super cold as I only ever keep my maggots in the fridge and they last months (same as you just in the bait box). They go almost completely lifeless in my fridge. A pint lasts me ages as I just scoop out a small amount I need for a small river or stream session (I usually just nip out for an hour or two locally)
@@mr.airgun6921 A pint? I haven't bought a pint of maggots for many years. Just half a pint is enough, although my tackle dealer is generous with his measures as I'm a regular so its nearer to 3/4 of a pint.
I fished on Sunday and took maggots and pinkies, tried both on the hook (18) but found that the fish preferred the pinkies, even just a single one.
It could be different when I next go ( hopefully Thursday), but we will see.
Nice one Bill ,some good little tips ! Thanks ☺👍
A month ago I purchased some fresh maggots, and had half a pint left after a session. A week later they'd just turned to casters, and I intended to go roach fishing next day, but got side-tracked by pike and only remembered them last week! They'd turned to fly. I quickly disposed of them and my wife was none the wiser.
Last time I did that was around 1970. I even have a bait fridge in the garage so no excuse!
Borderlands Hi have you ever had the lid come off your maggots in the car? The results are not nice a few days later I can tell you! Bill
@@easyfishing1936 That's one surprise I've avoided. Though I can confirm old dead baits in a hot car make a smell that lasts the life of the vehicle.
@@borderlands6606 I think Bill means that after a few days in the car the maggots will be become flies, which will zoom around and distract you whilst you're driving. And that can be dangerous obviously.
Borderlands Hi well I bet that smelt delightful! It’s bad enough having a keepnet in the car on a hot day after a Bream session! Bill
Good job Bill
Another useful tip!im completely skint atm so will help massively
Your video stimulated me!! It is a fishing channel in Korea. I will visit you often! Let's be friends!🐟🐳🐠❤️❤️
Another great tip Bill. Thanks for sharing 👍
Quality info, Bill. Thanks mate!
I just stick my maggot box in a drawer in the fridge. I’ve never bagged them or frozen them and they last months like that. It amazes me how they come back to life with a bit of warmth even after months laying dormant. The type of fishing I do (small streams) I only ever use a small amount of maggots in a short session so I just go to the fridge & scoop a small pot out of my bait box so even a pint will last me months.
Mr. Airgun Hi well I have never in 60 years of fishing made maggots last for months in a fridge. Pinkies can last about 2 months. If you keep maggots for to long they shrink and the skins toughen up. This method is aimed at keeping bait as fresh as the day they were bought, but if your are happy with your method carry on doing it. Bill
Easy Fishing I do keep my fridge super cold so maybe that’s why, they all but stop moving unlike the fridge at the tackle shop where they’re pretty active. I haven’t noticed them shrink but You’re right about them going tough for sure, after a long time they do go rubbery but they still come back to life. One plus to them being rubbery is the tiddlers can’t suck them dry as easily I guess.
How bill doing loved videos
Helo sir right after cleaning the magots if I keep them in the fridge for a week will the maggots die or sir how 2 preserve let me know sir
Great channel you’ve got going here! 👍🏼
Full Speed Ahead Barcelona Thank you, I am glad you enjoy my video’s Bill
How long can they last before turning to caster using this method? Loving the videos. Keep up the good work Bill
Gemma Gaskins Hi I’m not sure as I use a lot of bait so it gets turned around. As a matter of interest I will experiment. Bill
I just put them in the fridge and they last months. I do have my fridge cold as I like me crunchy but corn flakes with nice cold milk haha 😂
nice work as always Bill.. thanks
Bit confused: I assume you take them out of the bag and into a container before putting them in the fridge else wouldn’t they just suffocate and die left in the bag?
John Buck Hi after they come out of the freezer they are in suspended animation so leave them in the bag and they will stay fresh for quite a while in a fridge as they are not moving. Length of time they last is something I’m not sure of as I use them quite quickly. The point is for several days they will remain comatose with no shrinkage or hardening of the skin. When you open the bag just put them in a bait box, they will look dead but within a couple of hours they will be wriggling and as good as the day you bought them. Bill
Easy Fishing thanks for taking the the time to answer Bill !
That’s a great tip Bill! I’ll definitely be doing that with mine?
I'm a dedicated fisherman with an understanding wife that can't understand why there's maggots in the frigde when they should be in the freezer.
Nice 1 bill i have a cheap fridge freezer in my garage i really buy maggots fresh from my tackle shop and i always get my dealer to riddle my maggots b4 i buy them oh buy the way bill did you read my reply to you about the ned rig ALIEN
paraffinalien Hi mate yes I did read it and the next time I’m lure fishing for perch I will try it. Bill
paraffinalien Hi well you have convinced me to try the ‘Ned ‘ rig. After a trip to Harefield hospital in nipped into the local tackle shop and invested a tenner. If I get the jobs done I will be trying this method on the canal this afternoon. Bill
Good luck bill I'm in work but hope you have a good day keep safe my friend did you get the korum squirm ned rigs bill ALIEN
Take it easy my friend It's very clod today bill ALIEN
@@delwigzieful hi I picked up the forum pack plus some Zman bugs
Will try to film the session Bill
Wish I could get maggots.
Worms I can buy, but not maggots
Why not?
Clive Bindley where I live in the States, it’s unheard of at shops or tackle suppliers.
Sometimes meal worms turn up, but that’s about it as far as I know.
I could raise my own, but I don’t really fancy being a maggot farmer.
It’s something I’d like to try, though
@@dahutful I wasn't aware that anglers in the States used maggots for fishing. I know you guys do a lot of lure fishing and carp fishing.
huttonista dav wasp grub and caterpillars work well. Really well in the case of wasp grub but use the ones from a smoked out nest not a poisoned one as the poisoned ones will poison the fish.
Clive Bindley maggots are pretty much unknown here.
I suppose a few people use them, but it isn’t many
I love fishing. But maggots. MAGGOTS a lot of people use em as bait and they should go for it but I ain’t puting maggots in my friends NOT EVEN IN MY BAITFRIDGE sorry
In the UK they call them gentles instead of maggots so as not to turn people off using them.