Blue maggots

[DavyR]

I rarely buy maggots for bait, and in particular I haven't bought coloured ones (other than reds) for many years. This morning, though, I bought a pint of "mixed" for fishing tomorrow, and was surprised to see that among the white, red, pink and yellow ones were a few that were coloured blue.

 

I've never seen a blue maggot before! Have they been around for years? I've never seen them mentioned in any of the angling publications I read (or indeed on this forum).

 

Are they just put in to make up the numbers and look weird, or has anyone on here actually caught fish on them?

[gozzer]

I rarely buy maggots for bait, and in particular I haven't bought coloured ones (other than reds) for many years. This morning, though, I bought a pint of "mixed" for fishing tomorrow, and was surprised to see that among the white, red, pink and yellow ones were a few that were coloured blue.

 

I've never seen a blue maggot before! Have they been around for years? I've never seen them mentioned in any of the angling publications I read (or indeed on this forum).

 

Are they just put in to make up the numbers and look weird, or has anyone on here actually caught fish on them?

 

I know a guy who used to swear by green maggots, dont know what dye he used though. Maybe some of the got mixed in with the yellow.

[nick_gilbert]

Ive caught plenty of roach on the blue maggots when I have brought mixed, on one particular water I fish they seem to work really well

[DavyR]

Oh, great - I was going to take them all out and put them in my mate's bait box, but perhaps I'll give them a try!

[Norfolkdan]

They work pretty well Davy

[DavyR]

I'll report back on Monday!

[DavyR]

Well, I *did* catch roach on the blue maggots (and on all the other colours as well!). All small, though. The only half-way decent fish of the session (a 4lb mirror carp) turned out not to have taken the bait at all, being foul-hooked in the pectoral...

 

Just shows how unpredictable fishing can be - apparently ideal conditions (mild, southerly breeze) and I was the only one of half-a-dozen on the pool to catch.

 

On my last visit (cold, ice covering half the surface on arrival), I was the only one on the pool *not* catching...

[DJMCJERICO]

On their day they can be a great bait, i think a lot of people wont use them and throw them in, leaving the fish thinking they are safe.

 

Been out a few years now.

[Alan Fawcett]

Davy

 

I've used flouro blues on a certain stretch of river

and the smaller fish seem to go mad for them including the Perch.

[Andy Macfarlane]

They must work for someone, otherwise the producers would have no call for having them there but I haven't had any luck with blue maggots at all. I give them a bash every time I find them but I usually find myself waiting longer for a bite. Sometimes, the bite doesn't come at all.

I'm quite happy with a mix of white and red.