Mr Mullit Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 On a recent bass trip we stopped mid morning for a break and a bit of lunch and a carp fish off the bank. As I'm getting my corn out my mate says "try these i reckon they'll work. " and handed me a container of MEALWORMS. Well what a session, carp,bass and grayling one after another. Reckon the mullet would've eaten them too but they were a no show. What a great bait. Hardier and easier to keep than worms (they don't sweat ) and they're cheap at the pet shop. Thought I'd share. Matt 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big Neil Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 LOL. What are mealworms used for? Probably some sort of food for pet lizards or amphibians? Thanks for passing on the info Mr, Mullit. Here's another one for Bass, Carp and Mullet...GRASSHOPPERS lightly hooked through the base of their body and cast out unweighted to float on the surface. MAD BAIT. BN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
savit Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 47 minutes ago, big Neil said: LOL. What are mealworms used for? Probably some sort of food for pet lizards or amphibians? Thanks for passing on the info Mr, Mullit. Here's another one for Bass, Carp and Mullet...GRASSHOPPERS lightly hooked through the base of their body and cast out unweighted to float on the surface. MAD BAIT. BN Agree. Grasshoppers (or flies (not so easy to catch)) on unweighted hook under float in the river or streams. I used to store grasshoppers in the match box without legs so they did not jump out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnDory Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 Big N Thought I'd help out ---> Click Here Cheers M8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big Neil Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 Very thoughtful of you Johndory. Amazing the amount of stuff that's around for fishing bait. Nearly everything eats or gets eaten. Such an exciting sport that we're all involved in. Cheers,Neil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big Neil Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 3 hours ago, savit said: Agree. Grasshoppers (or flies (not so easy to catch)) on unweighted hook under float in the river or streams. I used to store grasshoppers in the match box without legs so they did not jump out. That's dedication Savit, keeping them in a matchbox. Cheers, Neil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Mullit Posted February 23, 2017 Author Share Posted February 23, 2017 3 hours ago, savit said: Agree. Grasshoppers (or flies (not so easy to catch)) on unweighted hook under float in the river or streams. I used to store grasshoppers in the match box without legs so they did not jump out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Mullit Posted February 23, 2017 Author Share Posted February 23, 2017 pulling their legs off is dedication Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
savit Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 11 hours ago, Mr Mullit said: pulling their legs off is dedication Do you mind to explain what you meant by that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Mullit Posted February 23, 2017 Author Share Posted February 23, 2017 to sit down and pull the legs off grasshoppers so they won't jump out of a matchbox is dedication. Clear? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
savit Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 1 hour ago, Mr Mullit said: to sit down and pull the legs off grasshoppers so they won't jump out of a matchbox is dedication. Clear? Ah... OK. I thought something more than that might have been meant. Insects are usually very good freshwater bait. Though bugs (from my experience) usually are not, even those that have soft shell or strong smell. I used a 5 cm straight piece of dry tree branch as a float so spooky fish did not run away when saw unusual objects falling into the water, and casted unweighted bait near tree branches or eddies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wellzy94 Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 Mealworms is genius! I'll give it a crack this weekend. We always have a punnet or two of them handy to feed the birds. Cheers, Wellzy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Mullit Posted February 24, 2017 Author Share Posted February 24, 2017 Bet you smash em. Keep us posted. Make sure you throw a few in the burley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
recon Posted November 30, 2019 Share Posted November 30, 2019 I have used meal worms in fresh water cks down in south aussie with good results on trout up in the Adelaide hills a tip given to me buy an old guy was to half hitch a sugar cube to your line cast it out suger hits the water and melts away bingo unweighted bait works a charm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAZ Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 On 2/23/2017 at 9:42 AM, Mr Mullit said: On a recent bass trip we stopped mid morning for a break and a bit of lunch and a carp fish off the bank. As I'm getting my corn out my mate says "try these i reckon they'll work. " and handed me a container of MEALWORMS. Well what a session, carp,bass and grayling one after another. Reckon the mullet would've eaten them too but they were a no show. What a great bait. Hardier and easier to keep than worms (they don't sweat ) and they're cheap at the pet shop. Thought I'd share. Matt I'll take that onboard, have tried many baits that I never thought of but turned out to be good. Pet shop here sells them, I'll give em a crack in the future. Cheers. 😄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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