Dead Maggots,

[tony jolley]

Can anyone advise the best way to prepare dead maggots,

Thanks Tony.

[Brian Carragher]

Not quite sure of your meaning

If you mean whats the best way to kill them then a quick blanch in boiling water works best. Putting them in the freezer for a couple of days doesnt always work as they can come round again from a suspended state when defrosted

[tony jolley]

Thanks brian,

I do mean "How to kill them" I have tried the hot water trick but a lot of them float afterwards, Ideal for the carp but I want them hard on the bottom.

[P@UL]

Archie Braddock dose it by putting the required amount of maggots in an air tight container with a little of flavouring and then puts it on the radiator for a while. Gasses them.

 

http://www.braddocksbaits.co.uk/

[Stewart_Bloor]

Due to a friendly tackle dealer I get to use dead maggots a lot, particularly good at the moment as I'm bream fishing.

 

I just put them in the freezer in the buckets, simnple as that.

[Isaac]

For best results, kill your maggots individually. This way, the rest of the herd don't suspect whats happening and thus die without undue stress. That should stop the Antis getting on the case.

[Vagabond]

 

Nice one Isaac

[RUDD]

the archie braddocks gassing method is used for hook bait dead maggots and is a killer method in the winter.

[Oddjob87]

I've used the gassing method, i bought my maggots on a friday afternoon for a Sunday match, put them in a little jar that use to have Horseradish in!! They take a while to snuff it though! I used them in my ground-bait last time round, semi successful but i think a combo of dead and alive would work best personally. Thats for groundbait anyway.

[awaaar]

"For best results, kill your maggots individually. This way, the rest of the herd don't suspect whats happening and thus die without undue stress. That should stop the Antis getting on the case. "

 

Class!