Thread: Live bait preferences...

Originally Posted by shipahoy41

Do you get a large beetle pest problem from "Escapees?" If so, what do you do about it? Kinda reminds me of an old song from days of yore...


"I swallowed that cat...to catch that rat...to catch the cheese...to catch the fly........." I don't know why I swallowed that fly................

No escapees....the beetles cannot fly. They can crawl but they cannot climb the sides of the plastic buckets and I have lids on them anyway with screened vent opening. The beetles die shortly after laying their eggs.

CP...the wax worms do not work good for me here in MS but when I fish in TN they work good.

Here in NE Ohio I must say that wax worms work the best for me for bluegill. For redear and pumpkin seeds I like to use crawlers on spoons with trailer hooks.

Originally Posted by jigtwins

Here in NE Ohio I must say that wax worms work the best for me for bluegill. For redear and pumpkin seeds I like to use crawlers on spoons with trailer hooks.

Very interesting.....do you just hop it across the bottom or what?

wax worms & jumbo red worms & maggots are the top three baits up in my neck of the woods,

dgi

Small earth worms and a slip bobber.Don't forget that size 8 hook.lol.