Thread: Old Indian Trick

The only draw back is trying to eat the fish you know have been sucking down those juices from the rotting flesh...Pass the hot sauce please

Dad use to take an ole fillet out fish and put it in a mason jar with holes poked in the lid. Flies would go in and lay eggs. Once the maggots formed we'd spread the contents of the jar on the picnic table to collect up. We did this for year's in my even younger days and caught plenty to eat on some ole cane poles. Don't know why we stopped. Guess he found out some stores sell bait.

#12 06-07-2006, 05:57 AM
Tunica
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The only draw back is trying to eat the fish you know have been sucking down those juices from the rotting flesh
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...as opposed to the meat and 3 we know they normally dine on

if that is what it takes ill get my vix sav and doctor my nose and go gettem!!!!!!!!!!!!

I don't think your can of dog / cat food or a can of sweet corn will work very good. The idea is to hang the dead animal above the water. Then the maggots would drop into the water attracting fish to feed. I would think A can of dog / cat food or a can of sweet corn would not make enough maggots to attracted very many fish.

Originally Posted by pulplip fiction

The only draw back is trying to eat the fish you know have been sucking down those juices from the rotting flesh

Have u every ice fished and used the colored fly maggots(from the baitshop) for bait. What do you think the they feed those maggots before you buy them, its not prime rib.....hehehehe....

I had a great uncle that did the same type chumming .Worked great.

I had a neighbor when I was a kid used to pick up roadkill and put it in a burlap sack along with some big rocks. Wait a few days then dump it in the lake. Go back the next day and wear out the catfish. Same theory I guess.