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Little Roachess

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I've got a question that might sound silly..............but...........

 

I have no qualms whatsoever with taking some lovely live maggots out of my box and fixing them onto a fishing hook, and have no problem with the critters sitting in a box at home in the freezer until such time as I can get out and use them.

 

Now here's the but......

 

My family are a shall we say a little squeemish and don't want me storing my live bait in the freezer next door to the frozen apples and the portion of frozen vegetables. They say that they will not tolerate me putting my little maggots in storage with the food. Whilst I don't see a problem with this, they say it is not hygenic, even though I have argued with them that the little critters will be asleep and dormant the whole time during their sojourn within the freezer, but their argument is that the wrigglers will escape and they do not want to inadvertantly put their hands on a dirty maggot whilst grabbing for the frozen peas!!

 

I can see their point, but here's my question.......where do I stash my blowfly larvae, or whatever, if I can't store them in the freezer or fridge? I'm sure some of you have addressed this issue, with many women/men raising "Cane" (Cain) over live bait storage in the house....(sorry, couldn't resist the pun)!

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I'm not allowed to store my live bait in the fridge or freezer. I do manage to get away with dead baits for Piking. I can't even win the argument on storing dead maggots in the freezer and my partner fishes as well. It's not an easy argument to win and often more trouble then it is worth.

 

So my maggots end up on a coldish shed floor. I put them in a "freezer bag" :rolleyes: squeeze all the air out and seal them up and put them on the shed floor. They seem to close down, but spring back to life a while after being opened. They keep for about a week, but the colder the place you store them the better. It's not ideal but makes for an easy life.

Stephen

 

Species Caught 2014

Zander, Pike, Bream, Roach, Tench, Perch, Rudd, Common Carp, Mirror Carp, Eel, Grayling, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout

Species Caught 2013

Pike, Zander, Bream, Roach, Eel, Tench, Rudd, Perch, Common Carp, Koi Carp, Brown Goldfish, Grayling, Brown Trout, Chub, Roosterfish, Dorado, Black Grouper, Barracuda, Mangrove Snapper, Mutton Snapper, Jack Crevalle, Tarpon, Red Snapper

Species Caught 2012
Zander, Pike, Perch, Chub, Ruff, Gudgeon, Dace, Minnow, Wels Catfish, Common Carp, Mirror Carp, Ghost Carp, Roach, Bream, Eel, Rudd, Tench, Arapaima, Mekong Catfish, Sawai Catfish, Marbled Tiger Catfish, Amazon Redtail Catfish, Thai Redtail Catfish, Batrachian Walking Catfish, Siamese Carp, Rohu, Julliens Golden Prize Carp, Giant Gourami, Java Barb, Red Tailed Tin Foil Barb, Nile Tilapia, Black Pacu, Red Bellied Pacu, Alligator Gar
Species Caught 2011
Zander, Tench, Bream, Chub, Barbel, Roach, Rudd, Grayling, Brown Trout, Salmon Parr, Minnow, Pike, Eel, Common Carp, Mirror Carp, Ghost Carp, Koi Carp, Crucian Carp, F1 Carp, Blue Orfe, Ide, Goldfish, Brown Goldfish, Comet Goldfish, Golden Tench, Golden Rudd, Perch, Gudgeon, Ruff, Bleak, Dace, Sergeant Major, French Grunt, Yellow Tail Snapper, Tom Tate Grunt, Clown Wrasse, Slippery Dick Wrasse, Doctor Fish, Graysby, Dusky Squirrel Fish, Longspine Squirrel Fish, Stripped Croaker, Leather Jack, Emerald Parrot Fish, Red Tail Parrot Fish, White Grunt, Bone Fish
Species Caught 2010
Zander, Pike, Perch, Eel, Tench, Bream, Roach, Rudd, Mirror Carp, Common Carp, Crucian Carp, Siamese Carp, Asian Redtail Catfish, Sawai Catfish, Rohu, Amazon Redtail Catfish, Pacu, Long Tom, Moon Wrasse, Sergeant Major, Green Damsel, Tomtate Grunt, Sea Chub, Yellowtail Surgeon, Black Damsel, Blue Dot Grouper, Checkered Sea Perch, Java Rabbitfish, One Spot Snapper, Snubnose Rudderfish
Species Caught 2009
Barramundi, Spotted Sorubim Catfish, Wallago Leeri Catfish, Wallago Attu Catfish, Amazon Redtail Catfish, Mrigul, Siamese Carp, Java Barb, Tarpon, Wahoo, Barracuda, Skipjack Tuna, Bonito, Yellow Eye Rockfish, Red Snapper, Mangrove Snapper, Black Fin Snapper, Dog Snapper, Yellow Tail Snapper, Marble Grouper, Black Fin Tuna, Spanish Mackerel, Mutton Snapper, Redhind Grouper, Saddle Grouper, Schoolmaster, Coral Trout, Bar Jack, Pike, Zander, Perch, Tench, Bream, Roach, Rudd, Common Carp, Golden Tench, Wels Catfish
Species Caught 2008
Dorado, Wahoo, Barracuda, Bonito, Black Fin Tuna, Long Tom, Sergeant Major, Red Snapper, Black Damsel, Queen Trigga Fish, Red Grouper, Redhind Grouper, Rainbow Wrasse, Grey Trigger Fish, Ehrenbergs Snapper, Malabar Grouper, Lunar Fusiler, Two Tone Wrasse, Starry Dragonet, Convict Surgeonfish, Moonbeam Dwarf Angelfish,Bridled Monocle Bream, Redlined Triggerfish, Cero Mackeral, Rainbow Runner
Species Caught 2007
Arapaima, Alligator Gar, Mekong Catfish, Spotted Sorubim Catfish, Pacu, Siamese Carp, Barracuda, Black Fin Tuna, Queen Trigger Fish, Red Snapper, Yellow Tail Snapper, Honeycomb Grouper, Red Grouper, Schoolmaster, Cubera Snapper, Black Grouper, Albacore, Ballyhoo, Coney, Yellowfin Goatfish, Lattice Spinecheek

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Do you have room for a small bait fridge?

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Either I am quite lucky or my fiance is quite gullible as I am allowed to leave them in the fridge or freezer. I have pike deads in the freezer and the night before i go fishing I have my maggots in the fridge. Think I am just lucky ;)

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ive just got a coolbox in the shed, so instead of putting maggots etc in the freezer, i just change freezer packs every few days when ive got bait that needs keeping. No ones gona complain about freezer packs in the err freezer! :D

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Took me ages to persuade acceptance of my baits - first I got a very small fridge - later I got a fridge freezer.

 

But even now I usually put my maggots in the fridge just for convenience.

 

Although I did have to buy her indoors a new liquidiser after being caught liquidising some particularly obnoxious (to her) potential bait mixes...hehehe

 

Though in my 60's I have always worn the trousers in my home even though I believe in some consideration there is only one boss in my home and its not my wife...toss up between me and one of our cats...hehehe

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If you have the space (in the garage?) the simplest solution might simply be to acquire an additional fridge / freezer as required ... they can usually be had, free, via Freecycle, with many people happy to give them away, as the new one arrives, providing you can collect.

 

No problems in the household with baits etc in the fridges / freezers ... but with a two-year old, space is at a premium, even with two fridge-freezers running in the kitchen!

 

End result is that I've now got a small chest freezer in the utility room for deadbaits, plus anything else bait-wise that needs freezing (including the odd lump of fresh venison :D ), and a seperate large fridge that holds nothing more than bait and liquid refreshment! :D

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