fishplate42
Well-known member
Where I live in London, there is nowhere really local to buy maggots. My nearest tackle shop (that sells good maggots) is a ten mile round trip. With maggots costing £3.40 a pint and the cost of fuel it is not really practical to make the trip the day before I go fishing every time. Buying them on the way is not an option as the tackle shops are all closed at 06:00 in the morning. I have been caught out a few times by getting to a fishery mid-week only to discover they are out of maggots. Recently I have been buying two or three pints at a time which is more than enough for me to use on three, four or even five trips to the bank.
The maggots are kept in the fridge at 5ºC. I usually riddle them every two or three days and change the bedding. This works fine and the maggots seem nice a healthy. I have been using wheat bran but it is not the easiest material to separate from the maggots as it 'riddles' through a maggot sieve and is too coarse to use anything finer. My usual method is to keep the sieve moving as I pour the maggots in and most of the maggots stay in the riddle and most of the bedding falls through. I then set the riddle down on a second bowl and let the maggots do their thing, while I am picking out the maggots that fell through with the bedding, by hand.
Okay, it works but I am sure there must be a better way. What bedding do you guys use, and how do you separate it from the maggots when changing it?
Ralph.
The maggots are kept in the fridge at 5ºC. I usually riddle them every two or three days and change the bedding. This works fine and the maggots seem nice a healthy. I have been using wheat bran but it is not the easiest material to separate from the maggots as it 'riddles' through a maggot sieve and is too coarse to use anything finer. My usual method is to keep the sieve moving as I pour the maggots in and most of the maggots stay in the riddle and most of the bedding falls through. I then set the riddle down on a second bowl and let the maggots do their thing, while I am picking out the maggots that fell through with the bedding, by hand.
Okay, it works but I am sure there must be a better way. What bedding do you guys use, and how do you separate it from the maggots when changing it?
Ralph.