07-04-2009, 03:20 AM
OK so in the last 2 days I have tried "bait and wait" fishing for the first time in about 20 years (I have been fishing spinners for trout and trying to learn flies). I have been fishing Wax worms and to hell if they aren't fish crack!!! (I used to fish bait with my uncle when i was younger .. we used garden worm and night crawlers and they never hit like this) As best I can tell if there are fish in the water they will hit wax worms. It's been nothing huge but i have only been fishing them one at a time on small hooks so I was not thinking big, (if you fish bigger hook up 2 or 3 worms) that said I landed ... pickerel, a small bass, perch, sunfish (crappie bluegill and pumpkin seed) and trout.
If you like bait and wait or have been asking "what bait" wax worms are the way to go, and great for kids too. They are soft and plump but not slimy, white and very visible, the body holds tight on a hook and will "ooze and oily worm juice when fresh hooked oh yeah and they can't bite[
]. They are tough little buggers, I left them in my tackle box in the trunk of my car for three days and the last one was still alive tonight They are also easy to get. Your neighbor hood pet store (pet smart and the such) sells them in 50ct tubs for about 4 or 5 dollars, that's why I had and used them (lizard food). When you buy them they will be in the fridge and may look dead, when they warm up they wiggle. Buy some, fish some, let the people hear how it went.
Get some wax worms, bait a line and start reeling in the fish!!!!
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If you like bait and wait or have been asking "what bait" wax worms are the way to go, and great for kids too. They are soft and plump but not slimy, white and very visible, the body holds tight on a hook and will "ooze and oily worm juice when fresh hooked oh yeah and they can't bite[
]. They are tough little buggers, I left them in my tackle box in the trunk of my car for three days and the last one was still alive tonight They are also easy to get. Your neighbor hood pet store (pet smart and the such) sells them in 50ct tubs for about 4 or 5 dollars, that's why I had and used them (lizard food). When you buy them they will be in the fridge and may look dead, when they warm up they wiggle. Buy some, fish some, let the people hear how it went. Get some wax worms, bait a line and start reeling in the fish!!!!
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