Krill Maggots

[bails]

I'm giving them a go tomorrow..taken them out of the freezer tonight....any advice for tomorrow?

[bails]

Surprised no one had a view on these. Had a cracking day on my local water today. krilled maggots were pulling the crucians and bream in. I can say I found them much better than live maggots.

[Ken L]

I'd never heard of them - so I had a quick look on the net.

Irrespective of whether they work, I have to say that commercial exploitation of krill concerns me.

Call me old fashioned and sentimental but I do like to live in a world with such marvels as the great whales.

[Dales]

Might be a little naive, but what are krilled maggots?

 

Maggots mixed with krill?

 

Krill fed maggots?

 

Something else?

[davedave]

I think i read in IYCF that it's a krill powder that you put on riddled maggots and freeze so they absorb the flavour. Never tried it or even seen it on the tackle shop shelves if i'm honest though.

[gozzer]

I'd never heard of them - so I had a quick look on the net.

Irrespective of whether they work, I have to say that commercial exploitation of krill concerns me.

Call me old fashioned and sentimental but I do like to live in a world with such marvels as the great whales.

 

I'm in full agreement Ken.

 

Dave's right,

 

http://www.mavermatch.co.uk/uploads/com_ne.../RedHotSpot.pdf

 

John.

[RUDD]

I think i read in IYCF that it's a krill powder that you put on riddled maggots and freeze so they absorb the flavour. Never tried it or even seen it on the tackle shop shelves if i'm honest though.

I saw it this moring in both powder and liquid form - its made by maruyku and is very expensive - £8.00 for 400grams or a tenner for a bottle of liquid.

[Liam7]

I saw it this moring in both powder and liquid form - its made by maruyku and is very expensive - £8.00 for 400grams or a tenner for a bottle of liquid.

 

For the krilled maggots you have to use the powder though, It might be expensive but it lasts a while as its only used in small doses to enhance bait flavour, The outcome proves its worth it aswell.

 

Liam W

[bails]

With regard to the commercial extraction of Krill. I cannot for the life of me see how isng it as fishing bait will make a difference. It's the most abundant life source on the planet. A whale eats more of in one sitting than the whole of the WORLDS angling population could use.

 

Besides, Marukyu who make this stuff for bait work with environment agencies and governments and pride themselves as being environmentally friendly. After reading this I no longer feel guilty about your messages Ken a d Gozzer...(it did make me think about it)

 

Anyway you can read up on their environmental stuff here http://marukyu.co.uk/environment.html

[Ken L]

With regard to the commercial extraction of Krill. I cannot for the life of me see how isng it as fishing bait will make a difference. It's the most abundant life source on the planet. A whale eats more of in one sitting than the whole of the WORLDS angling population could use.

 

There were more herring than anyone could possibly eat. They found a market, they over exploited and the fishery collapsed, taking a lot of wildlife (including North Sea Tunny) with it. It has never recovered.

 

There were more Atlantic cod than anyone could possibly eat. They found a market, they over exploited and the fishery collapsed, taking a lot of livelihoods and traditions with it. It has never recovered.

 

There were more sand eels than anyone could possibly use. They found a market, they are over exploiting and the fishery is very likely to collapse, taking a lot of wildlife (including puffins) with it.

 

Krill is simply the next high protein (upto 80% when dried) harvest from the sea in line for commercial rape and pillage and baits are simply a high income pathfinder market prior to large scale exploitation. If you support using krill at all, you support an industry that will eventually ramp up to the point where it can process krill on a fully industrialised scale for use as everything from farmed fish food to flavourings. Krill exploitation stands to undermine the entire Antarctic food chain, risking everything from penguins and albatross to the great whales.

Surely you are not so naive that you think it's one boat going down there to get a bit of krill for the bait industry......

 

Saying that there's lots and taking some doesn't hurt just doesn't wash - There were lots of Dodo's too.

 

I draw a line where I choose, you draw yours where your conscience dictates but please don't kid yourself about it.