| #1  06-29-2005, 01:29 PM | |||
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| breeding maggots there are no tackle shops close to my home so i find it hard to get to them so i was thinking instead of going there to buy maggots, breed maggots myself. (i know it sounds a bit sick) i am currently testing it by putting cat food outside and waiting for flies to lay eggs on them, i know they will because on really hot days, they always do it because they have done it before. 1. do u think it will work? 2. do flies eggs hatch into maggots? 3. do u have any easier ideas of breeding maggots?     |
| #2 06-29-2005, 01:45 PM | ||||
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| Re: breeding maggots breeding maggots - God this takes me back Well first of all make sure you have life insurance as you partner / mother might not see the funny side in breeding maggots ( trust me I know ) Well its been millions of years since I did it but I used hearts from the butch then put them under a hedge near our compose heap and leave I can not remember how long it was before the eggs turned to maggots but think it was about five days ish  The I would look at the maggots - what I was looking for was the black dot / sack inside the maggot and if a nice size then I would riddle the maggots off As said above its got to be 25 years since I have done it but it was worth it then as a skint kid . __________________ Richard|Sea Fishing |Carp Fishing| Spud Gun | Zander fishing | Fishing Reports | Hunting Reports |
| #3 06-29-2005, 01:51 PM | ||||
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| Re: breeding maggots Before my koi foods got wet and i didnt notice!!!!!!! ( tons of maggots ) Also its very nasty but yeah leave a big tupawear tub outside with some speadout a little bit of catfood and leave it out on a hot day let the flys do there thing and then put the lid on and wait for them to develop......  |
| #4 06-29-2005, 02:02 PM | ||||
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| Re: breeding maggots Don't leave em too long or they turn into casters *icki* and then flys again....as discovered by hubby when some 'escaped' after a trip in his car boot!  Chasin flamin blue bottles out for about a week after that and the kids freaked out too! __________________ Sometimes it's just not worth chewing through the restraints. Visit www.yourscotsroots.com and find out Furry Boots Yir Fae |
| #6 06-29-2005, 09:14 PM | |||
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| Re: breeding maggots If you're in a hurry go collect some road kill. You can see the skin moving when the maggots are big enough, yeuch. I read somewhere years ago that if you hang a dead rabbit/duck from a tree over a pond the maggots fall out like a swimfeeder for days, then you come and fish there. Never tried this, not sure how my local lakes wardens would react, probably accuse me of Witchcraft. __________________ Blessed are the Cheese Makers...... |
