How to grow maggots at home for fishing?

Many anglers question the feasibility of growing maggots at home. After all, it is much easier to purchase such a bait for fishing in a store. But in reality, such a delicacy for fishing is not even in every fishing supermarket, and not everyone can afford its cost. And, as you know, fishermen are economical people and therefore the only sure way out of this situation is independent breeding of fly larvae at home. And do not worry about unpleasant odors or dirt when growing maggots, as they are simply not available.

Once having tried the larvae of insects as bait on a fishing hook, the angler will have no doubt that maggots can and should be grown at home. Today, such a bait is considered almost the most popular on a par with dung worm. Maggot perfect for catching medium-sized freshwater fish: red-eyed, roach, carp, crucian carp and other representatives of rivers and rates. Although often some predatory individuals like to feast on larvae. So, before you give up breeding maggots at home, you need to try fishing with such bait.

Another advantage of fly larvae as bait is that they fit on the hook without much difficultywithout sliding off of it. Therefore, fly larvae can be used for fishing with both spinning and float gear. Also, a big plus of this bait is the ease of storage in an apartment. The bait can be frozen in the refrigerator and stored throughout the winter season. In addition, small pieces of maggot can be added to the bait, which will make it even tastier for the inhabitants of the reservoirs.

Growing maggots with your own hands in the liver

This method of breeding maggots at home implies the presence of the liver of horned animals of any freshness. The most important thing is that it is raw. First of all, this is due to the fact that the larvae love to eat flesh.

1. Taking a piece of liver may not be the first freshness - it does not matter. A cow's liver is ideal. You can use raw meat instead of liver. The main thing is that it lies in the open air for some time.
2. After about 2-3 days, the liver is transferred to a convenient container with sawdust, which is tightly closed with a lid.
3. When the first larvae appear from the clutch of eggs need to sprinkle them with bran and wait until the maggots grow up to 8 mm in length. Then they are transferred into an open container.
4. At the next stage, the larvae continue to feed the liver for several days.
5. The whole process of growing maggots at home will not take more than 1 week. After that, the finished bait can be safely used for its intended purpose, that is, as live bait for fishing.

As you can see, the very process of breeding larvae in the liver of cattle is quite simple and does not require special knowledge in this matter.At the same time, the fisherman can independently grow so much maggot at home to be enough for the entire fishing season.

We breed maggots in fish on our own

Breeding maggots in fish is almost the same as raising larvae of flies in the liver of cattle. The only difference is that the raw fish, together with the head, are hung out on the street. As soon as the fish becomes rotten, in its gills the flies will necessarily lay a clutch of eggs, from which the maggot larvae will hatch.

After the flies have done their job, the fish is removed from the hook and wrapped in dry newspaper, in which it remains for another 4–5 days. During this time period the larvae will grow to the required size and spread between the sheets of the newspaper.

It is very important that the fish is wrapped in several layers of paper - this will simplify the collection of the finished bait in the future. Experienced anglers prefer this particular method of growing maggots at home for its simplicity and affordability. Such the method does not require sawdust and branas in the case of the liver.

Breeding maggot in an egg at home

This option for growing maggots, the video of which is widely distributed on the Internet, is suitable for those who are not professionally engaged in fishing and do not need large amounts of bait. At the same time, to implement it, you will need to perform the following actions:

• take the simplest chicken egg, which is boiled and left to cool to room temperature;
• at the next stage the egg is peeled from the shell at the top and left in a shaded area outside;
• you don't have to wait long for the egg to go bad, after which the flies will quickly do their job;
• maggots emerging from the clutch will grow directly in the eggshell, without creeping anywhere.

This method of breeding maggots at home attracted fishermen for its simplicity. At the same time, all that is required is to acquire one egg, and nature will do the rest for man. But this method of breeding fly larvae has a significant drawback - you cannot grow a lot of live bait for fishing in one egg.

We use a bottle for breeding maggot

This option for self-breeding maggots is also very simple. For its implementation need a plastic bottle, cut into two halves and a series of simple manipulations that can be done at home.

1. A cork is screwed off the plastic bottle, and sawdust is poured into the cut-off bottom part.
2. The upper part of the bottle is inserted with the neck into the lower half with sawdust.
3. Meat or liver is placed in the funnel of the upper part and everything is taken out onto the street or balcony.
4. After passing two to three hours the bottle is carefully examined for the presence of a clutch of fly eggs. If the masonry is found, the bottle is hidden in the shade.
5. After 3-4 days the maggots will grow and slide down to the bottom of the bottle with sawdust.
6. Blue fly larvae move to more convenient containers and are further fed with meat or curd product.

The grown larvae are washed and covered with fresh sawdust. After that, you can take the bait for fishing and be sure of a good bite.

How to grow maggots in bones on your own?

Cattle bone is another original option for growing maggots at home. If there is a hollow cow or pork bone in the house, then in it you can easily and quickly grow larvae blue fly. All that is needed is to slightly dump the bone in the mud and leave it outside for a day. Soon, larvae will be found in the bones. After a few days, the larvae will grow up and will be ready for use as bait for fishing.

This method does not require special financial investments or physical efforts from a person. In most cases, the bones left over from the meat are simply thrown away, and an experienced fisherman can use them to their advantage.

Naturally, of all the considered methods of growing fly larvae, each angler will be able to choose the one that suits him. But besides the fact that you need to know how to grow maggots at home, also init is important to learn how to store them correctlyso that there is enough bait for the entire fishing season.

Features of storing maggots at home

Maggots have a very fast rate of development and very little time passes from the stage of transition from larva to pupa. Therefore, it is important to slow down this process by all means. To do this, it is advisable to store maggots at a temperature close to 0 ° C, but not lower, since the bait will simply die. If you put the fly larvae in the refrigerator, all their vital processes will slow down and the maggot will remain fresh for a long period.

For long-term storage it is advisable to wash the maggots, and then transfer to a dish, the bottom of which is covered with newspaper. The newspaper will instantly absorb moisture and dry larvae can be safely placed in the refrigerator. To better preserve the larvae, you need to use sawdust of deciduous plants. For 100 g of live bait, approximately 300 g of sawdust will be required.

Having learned how to properly grow and store maggots at home, the fisherman will provide himself with high-quality fishing bait for a long time. However, buying or growing larvae of flies on their own is an individual choice of everyone.

Fans of fishing are tormented by doubts - is it possible to breed maggots for fishing at home? It is much easier to buy ready-made bait. But not everyone can afford it. There is no doubt that there is no unpleasant smell and dirt during their dilution. Having tried to grow 1 time, the fisherman will like it - it is fast, convenient and inexpensive. How to breed maggots yourself?

Growing methods

The first option is in the liver. This will require raw bovine liver. The larvae love to feed on their flesh.

How to grow:

1. Take a piece of liver (any freshness is allowed), preferably cows. Its meat is also suitable, but only it should lie on the street for a certain time.
2. After a few days, move the liver to a dish filled with sawdust. Close tightly with a lid.
3. When the larvae hatch from the eggs, fill in the bran and wait until the maggot grows to 8 mm. Then move to an unclosed container.
4. For a couple of days, continue feeding the larvae with the liver.
5. The cultivation procedure takes no more than 7 days. The bait is ready to use.

The cultivation procedure is simple, it does not require special knowledge and efforts. You can grow maggots for fishing as much as the fisherman will have enough for the whole season.

The second option is in fish. The cultivation procedure is similar to the previous one. The main difference is that the fish is hung with its head in the open air. When it deteriorates, the flies will lay their eggs in it, subsequently the larvae will hatch in them.

After laying the eggs, remove the fish and wrap it in newspaper for 5 days. During this period, the pupae will grow to the required size and disperse around the newspaper. It should be wrapped in several layers, so it will be easier to collect maggots. Sawdust is not required here.

Do-it-yourself cultivation in an egg is common. Used by those who are amateur and not professional. It does not imply a large amount of bait.

How to grow:

1. Boil a hard-boiled chicken egg, let cool.
2. Peel the shell from above and leave in a dark place outside.
3. The egg will spoil instantly, the flies will lay eggs in it.
4. Maggots develop in the shell and do not crawl out of it anywhere.

This method is the simplest, but it will turn out to be a little maggots.

Another option is maggots for fishing and their breeding in a bottle.

Required:

1. Cut off the cap from the plastic bottle and pour sawdust into the bottom of it.
2. Insert the cut part (neck down) into the bottom.
3. Put meat or liver into the resulting hole, leave in the open air.
4. After a few hours, see if the flies have laid eggs. If egg-laying is found, hide the structure in the shade.
5. After 3-4 days, they will grow up and crawl into the lower part of the device.

After their growth, move to a larger container and continue to feed them with sawdust. Wash maggots and sprinkle with fresh sawdust. The bait is ready to use.

Another interesting option for growing bait at home is cattle bone. In an empty bone of a cow or pig, it will turn out to be easy to grow it. It is necessary to roll it in mud and hold it in the open air for 1 day. Soon, pupae will be found in it. After a couple of days, they are used for fishing.

Breeding maggots at home does not imply a waste of money or much effort. You can make as many of them as you like.

There are many cultivation options, anglers choose the right one for themselves. In addition to the rules of growing, you also need to know the storage rules so that the bait remains suitable for the entire fishing season.

How to store

Growing maggots occurs quickly, and very little time passes from the moment of transition from larva to pupa. Therefore, in any way it is necessary to slow down this action. Store maggots for fishing at temperatures closer to 0 ° C, but not less, otherwise the bait will not survive.
Placing them in the refrigerator slows down the growth process - the maggots will remain fresh for a long time. You don't have to worry about the unpleasant smell - maggots do not smell.

To preserve maggots for a long time, they need to be washed by moving them to a bowl. Lay paper at the bottom of the container to absorb moisture. Put dry larvae in the refrigerator. For better preservation, add sawdust from a tree to the container - 300 g per 100 g of maggots.

Positive and negative sides

Growing maggots has a lot of positive aspects.

The bait itself has the following advantages:

• it is mobile, it bends perfectly on the hook, therefore it beckons the fish;
• fits effortlessly, holds well - suitable for bottom and float gear;
• breeding and storage is effortless.

Despite this, there are also negative aspects. But they are relevant in the case of maggot purchase.

Growing maggot larvae at home does not apply to them:

• it is not easy to find this bait, it is not sold in every fishing store;
• high price.

After weighing the advantages and disadvantages, anglers decide to breed maggots on their own at home.
By breeding maggots at home, fishermen develop their imagination in the field of cooking, coming up with new types of bait. For the color of the bait, it is placed in a container with milk and beet juice. Food colors, manganese, iodine solution or brilliant green are also used.

If it is not possible to keep the bait at home, fishermen freeze it. Before fishing, let it thaw. However, this is not very effective because the fish prefers live bait.

If fishing will be carried out in winter or summer, then the removed maggots are boiled in hot water for 5 minutes. Often, live larvae are replaced with artificial ones - the foam is cut into strips, soaked in egg white and boiled.

Growing in a maggot

How to grow maggot at home in a special device? This design helps to spread the bait with minimal contact with it. It will not be difficult to make it. The device consists of 3 containers, which are inserted one into one. The top one is laid with fish or meat, the middle one contains sawdust and the bottom one contains ready-made bait. She is covered with sawdust.

The device works like this:

1. The upper container is filled with meat or fish and left for several days. During this time, flies will find it and lay eggs.
2. If eggs are deposited, close the container with a lid and set it aside for the larvae to grow. They will dig deeper, moving to the bottom.

Germination duration is from 1 week to 10 days, depending on temperature.The bait is then ready for fishing. Maggot production at home is possible all year round.

In order for the bait to develop fully, it should be fed.

The storage container must be washed. Dry before use. Only after that, lay the larvae. Sawdust is chosen ordinary - from deciduous tree species.

To add flavor, flavorings are added to the bait. The best way is a sawdust decoction. Pour them with water in a ratio of 1: 2. Corvalol, hemp seeds, garlic, vanillin, etc. act as a flavoring agent. After boiling, boil for 3 minutes, squeeze and dry in the microwave.

Recipes

Currently, there are many options for making bait. So fishing will be more effective.

The most common recipes are:

• boiled larvae. Cook them over low heat for 5 minutes, do not bring the water to a boil;
• pickled. This option is good because you can pickle even the maggots that have been stored for a long time and are starting to disappear. Before pickling the larvae, they get rid of debris, pour vinegar for 1 hour. After the time has elapsed, dry with a napkin;
• with an egg. Before fishing, maggots are fed the yolk from a boiled egg - it will turn yellow.

Approach the cultivation issue. Cooking and storing maggots at home should be done responsibly. If you go against the rules of cultivation, the larvae will die. With the listed methods, you can grow high-quality bait.

Bigger fish will be caught with a higher quality bait. Large individuals love delicacy.

When trying to breed larvae for the first time, large maggots may not work. Therefore, it is worth trying all the options and choosing the one that suits you. It is also allowed to combine several methods at the same time.

Abroad, where these products are relatively cheap, opariks and casters (pupated larvae) are used as an additive in bait mixtures or even directly as bait. You can buy maggots at almost any fishing store, but you can actually grow it yourself. In the private sector, this can be done without much hassle at all, 5-6 days of rare simple manipulations - and you always have the best attachment available.

Next, I will share my experience. Note that I really liked the result. Now I can, without worrying about the family budget, spice up the bait with a live component from the bottom of my heart, and I don't have to look for fresh maggots in the shops before fishing. There are also savings. For example, our portion (about a tablespoon) costs 7 hryvnia.

Billet for growing - container from a bottle

They are also called traps. I decided to try two options: from a plastic container and a PET bottle. To begin with, I made small working models.

Further - or enlarge, or take the number of traps. Cut the 2 liter bottle under the top. Ideally, it is better to use a dark beer hall to shade the interior, I used a transparent one for clarity. The lower part will be the main pallet so that it can be hung, we make small eyelets with scissors.

We pass a loop in the form of a leash made of thick fishing line.

The upper part will be turned over and inserted into the trap with the neck down, its main task is to prevent the maggot from crawling out when it becomes excessively active. Cut off the neck to make it easier for flies to get to the raw material. We fill the container with a layer of sawdust (not coniferous), about 10-15 centimeters. I used wheat bran.

Drive in 3-4 raw eggs and use a stick to mix them with the upper half of the sawdust / bran. There should be some dry litter at the bottom. If you wish, you can add a little meat or fish to the egg mixture, for example, a couple of small roach.

Billet - container from a vessel

It is advisable to use a container with high sides. We make a removable box from a fine-mesh mesh, which plunges a little into the vessel.The holes must be such that an adult maggot to be used for baiting or for adding to fishing groundbait can penetrate at least 3 mm.

We fill in the bedding - a little, a few centimeters.

We put something protein on the grid. Poultry giblets, chicken, meat, fish, etc. will do. There was minced pork in stock, so he went into business.

Cover with a lid (only for shading). In the same way, we tie a loop of fishing line through the punctured holes in the side walls.

Maggot cultivation: the beginning

We place our traps outside in the shade. It would be nice to place them in a room where flying insects can freely enter in large numbers. The ideal place is an outdoor toilet, barn, etc. At least for the fly to lay its eggs. In any case, our nutritious raw materials need to be protected from cats and other parasites, so we hang them.

Literally in a day and a half, eggs will appear on the substrate and miniature maggots will hatch. Traps can be moved to a more secluded place where "smells" will not disturb anyone. By the way, as it turned out, eggs do not smell so much.

Cultivation: rearing and harvesting

You don't need to do anything for the next 2 days. The larvae eat everything that we have left for them. Then you can look into the traps. The maggots in the vessel completely ate the minced meat and woke up / crawled inside.

The larvae in the container from under the bottle are also a lot of living creatures, literally hundreds of individuals. They left the upper nutrient layer, which was saturated with eggs, and either try to climb up, or went to the bottom in loose litter.

In both cases, there is no need to poke around in the waste raw materials. Along the way, I found a way to minimize the unpleasant odor, used the well-known Zvezdochka balm - I smeared it a little under my nose, and no problem.

We remove the litter and pour it out on a plane. We need to catch large and medium maggots. Practice shows that in non-industrial conditions, larvae grow unevenly. Perhaps, from the time of appearance, perhaps, there is not enough food for everyone ...

Little things need to be fed. We prepare a flat container and pour a litter with small larvae there. Then we introduce a certain amount of cottage cheese (or again something meat), cover it with a lid with holes for air intake, place it in the shade, and wait another day or two. There will be a second harvest.

I collected just such beauties from the first sample.

I will lightly sprinkle them with a tasty smelling bait and send them to the bottom shelf of the refrigerator.

I'll try to paint the next batch. Of course I will.

Turishchev Anton - Especially for the site Samodelki FISH, Ukraine, Slavyansk

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Maggot is one of the most popular baits when fishing for peaceful white fish. It is loved by roach, bream, crucian carp and many other carp. Now the acquisition of this bait is not a problem, the larvae of the blowfly are sold in almost any fishing store.

But many fishermen have mastered their own maggot production at home. Some grow them for themselves, others share with friends, others organize a small business on the larvae.

Growing technology

For yourself, whether the larvae are grown at home or in a large production for sale, the technology is the same. It differs only in the size of the premises, the amount of raw materials and the containers used.

Larval production can be divided into several stages:

1. Fresh or starting to decay organic matter is placed in the container. The container itself is placed in a cool shaded room accessible for the penetration of a blue meatfly. Other fly species have smaller larvae.
2. After a couple of days, flies lay eggs in heaps on the product.
3. The container is closed with a lid with small holes made for air access.
4. The larvae begin to grow, when the desired "marketable" size is reached, they are transferred to sawdust for cleaning from an unpleasant odor.
5. After two days, the maggots are transferred again and transferred to storage. Keep the larvae in the refrigerator at home. If you miss the moment of moving them to a cold place, the larvae will pupate.

Growing substrate

Meat flies, and other flies, lay their eggs on organic matter that is beginning to deteriorate. Moreover, this is not only meat, but also many other products available at home, for example:

• meat offal: liver, lung, intestines;
• fish;
• eggs;
• cottage cheese;
• spoiled vegetables;
• bakery products.

Based on my own experience, I note that the largest "Michurin" larvae are obtained on rotten chicken eggs.

Growing tank device

How to grow maggots so that they are less exposed to unpleasant odors and sticky substrates? Many anglers easily solved this problem by constructing special maggots that can be used at home. They are easy to do at home with your own hands. And breeding larvae in them does not require frequent human intervention.

The maggot consists of three containers stacked one on top of the other.

1. The upper container is used for storing meat or fish. It has a leaky cover and the same bottom.
2. The average container also has a leaky bottom, wood shavings or large sawdust are placed in it with a layer of 5-7 centimeters.
3. The lower container serves for clean maggots, sawdust is poured into it.

This construction works like this:

1. We put the meat in the upper container and put it in a shaded place where the flies can find the bookmark.
2. After two or three days, we check, and if we see that the flies have laid eggs, cover the top of the structure with a lid and put it in place.
3. The hatched maggots grow and, having reached the market value, tend to pupate. They go down and penetrate through the holes into the middle container.
4. Having passed through a layer of sawdust or shavings, they are cleaned and fall into the lower vessel, and from there they are removed and packed into jars, which are taken for fishing.

The entire production of maggots takes from a week to ten days, depending on the air temperature and the speed at which the fly fly lays its eggs on the prepared substrate.

Other production methods

Growing maggots at home can be simplified even more, and there are also original ways to breed them.

In a plastic bottle

Such a maggot is easy to make at home or right on the shore of the reservoir after fishing. We take a plastic bottle and cut it in half into two parts. In the lower part we pour a layer of sawdust 5-7 centimeters thick. We unscrew the cap and insert the upper part of the bottle into the lower one with the neck down.

In this case, the neck should not reach the sawdust for a couple of centimeters. Next, we put a dead fish, half-eaten egg, sausage or meat in the top and put the "larva production device" in the shade in a secluded place. Arriving on a fishing trip a week later, we take out the structure and select ready-made larvae.

Above the water

This growing method is also interesting. On a pond you frequent, choose a tree with a branch hanging over the water. Attach a jar with a hole in the bottom to this branch. Put a fish or a piece of meat in a jar.

The hatching maggots will fall into the water, and fish will be welded to this place. During fishing, you will only have to throw your tackle with maggots on a hook under a branch and catch fish accustomed to feeding on larvae. Make new bookmarks from time to time, then you will not need to worry about the bait all season.

From eggs

The largest larvae for fishing are obtained from raw or rotten eggs. One fisherman aptly described them as Michurin. The technology for the production of giant maggots is very simple, but it is better not to use it at home because of a very specific "aromatic" smell.

1. We take a container and pour into it a layer of sawdust five to ten centimeters, for example, a low old saucepan.
2. We set the eggs vertically in the sawdust, reinforce them with a bed of sawdust so that they do not fall.
3. We break the top of the shell and wait for the arrival of the flies.
4. Each egg hatches 20-30 larvae, but all of them are "Michurin", some of them can get out of the shell into sawdust.

Maggot farming

This can be called the private production of larvae for sale. Growing maggots on a large scale is possible only if there is a separate heated and well-ventilated room; at home in a city apartment, only a very enthusiastic and not squeamish person can afford it.

The premises are equipped with cages for keeping flies and containers for the withdrawal of maggots. Cages for keeping blue flies are wooden or metal frames covered with fine mesh or gauze, which are easily assembled by hand from wooden slats or profile metal. Special sleeves are arranged in the walls, like those used in biological laboratories, through which the cages are serviced: the installation and removal of containers with the substrate.

Maggots can be of various designs, but the principle described above is applied in them. However, part of the maggots is left for pupation and further recovery or growth of the blue blowfly population.

In the room for growing larvae, it is necessary to install a refrigerator for storing products ready for sale.

Industrial cultivation

The production of maggots for fishing on a large scale is essentially the same as the farming option described above. Only in production there is a greater scope, and even there they monitor the selection of flies to obtain better offspring.

It should be noted that in factories for the production of larvae, substances are used to color and flavor them.

Of course, you can paint maggots at home, but this requires both time and financial costs. In addition, sometimes there is simply not enough time for it. And some of the fishermen do not recognize dyed bait at all, considering painting an unnecessary whim, they say the fish bite on maggots so well.