maggots and how to prepare

[mastic]

Silly question probally but i read somewhere i have to remove all the dust type stuff from them and add something else ( think maize if i can remember ) when i buy my maggots from a fish shop..
What is the preperation for when i buy them, when i was a kid it was just use them as i bought them lol.

[Banana Steve]

Maize is fine for the maggots, or even tumric

[dave fish]

if you ask your guy at the tackle shop he will do this for you free of charge mine does

[nodrog48]

i allways clean my own and use ---maize flour

[uzdawi]

Same here - maize

[mastic]

Originally Posted by nodrog48

i allways clean my own and use ---maize flour

how do you clean them and where do you get maize flour from. Also why do we do this by cleaning them and what does the maize flour do to them. Sorry for all the silly questions but trying to learn as much as possible lol

[dave fish]

when the maggot come off the carcass they will obviousley stink of rotting flesh so they needcleaning before they are sold

[NICK R]

i normally power wash mine to clean them

buy a small riddle and riddle the maggots to get the dust of them , then cover in maie flour , tackle shop should sell you some , .In hot weather keep them in as large a bait box as possible to stop them sweating

[kamikaze1988]

hi guys new to the forum i work in a tackle shop and when the maggots come in to us we riddle the saw dust of then move the riddle over to an empty tray and let the maggots wriggle through leaving any dead maggot or rubbish like the odd feather etc in the riddle this is what is classed as cleaning most shops would normally do this as soon as the maggots come in and then get them in a fridge as soon as possible to keep the bait at its freshest. When you go in to buy your maggots we usually ask if you would like maize or sawdust on them as some anglers prefer maize and some saw dust everyone has they're own reasons one chap thinks the saw dust makes them stink by the time he gets to the water so prefers maize. Maize actually softens the skins on the maggots which can cause in some situations fish to suck them rather than aggresively feeding again personal preferance some anglers see this as a bonus others don't. hope that helps a bit thats my first post out of the way!

[mastic]

Cheers all, some good insight there