Maggots - For winter carp

[maver man]

Wont drying out the worms kill them?
Or is this the effect your looking for?

 

[Ian Gemson]

Yes it will but they will only be dried for a few miniutes and then they will be very very wet and possibly drown.

 

[Ben Haigh]

Hi Guys
I have been toying with the idea of using worms this winter. The mother in laws compost heap is full of apples and under the rotting apples it is alive with brandlings I can collect 3 kilos in about five minuites.
I was going to use a couple of fake thin worms from Enterprise tackle and several live brandlings on a maggot clip and spod cut up woms over the top. I am playing with trying to dry the worms in trout pellet dust to dry them enough to put into a PVA bag.
With the amount of worms I can get for nothing its got to be worth a go. And a wjhole lot cheaper than maggots at £22.00 per gallon.
Regulars at Sandhurst think nothing of taking 3-5 gallons with them for a session thats way above my cost thresh hold.

i have tried brandlings a couple of times with varying success. i found bunches of whole ones would pick up odd fish, although i caught more perch than carp. however, whenever i fed chopped ones, the swim died?

drying them with pellet powder, could well work, as i did often wonder how i would get on fishing over a big bed of them in the open water where you tend to get less perch, but i would have concerns about drying them too much and killing them. would love to know how you get on.

 

[maver man]

Yes it will but they will only be dried for a few miniutes and then they will be very very wet and possibly drown.

Oh
Its surprising how long worms stay alive on the hook underwater

 

[Frothey]

been using them over dead maggots when I can't get to the tackle shop. works fine.

I just use a couple on the hook.

 

[maver man]

i take it you use size 2 hooks?

 

[Shine]

All very interesting an will be printing this thread off for next year.

I hope others are learning apart from me

 

[Cakey]

I wouldnt ....they both have worm farms and want to sell you some

 

[Shine]

How do you advertise you've got worms?

 

[Ian Gemson]

Best place to advertise you have woms is in a Vets surgery I suppose.

 

[Cakey]

dou you dip your worms Ian and Frothey ?
if so what flavour please

 

[Frothey]

i take it you use size 2 hooks?

Why?

but yes, sometimes I do. Nothing wrong with a small bait and big hook.....

dou you dip your worms Ian and Frothey ?

There's only one worm I dip. Actually, it's more like a joker.......

 

[Cakey]

better than masking a hook with a big bait !

 

[Frothey]

ssssshhhhhhh cakey - it's winter, everyone knows that you'll blank if you don't use a size 10.......

 

[Cakey]

ooooooooooooooops

 

[maver man]

Why?

but yes, sometimes I do. Nothing wrong with a small bait and big hook.....

Just wondering

 

[bill2]

personally speaking, if i had worms, i'd make damn sure no-one else knew! I admire your bravery in 'coming out'