Author Topic: What do you guys do with dead spikes? (Read 2593 times)

Hoosier Papaw · « **on:** Jan 22, 2009, 09:04 PM »

Got a few that were left out overnight and froze. Do you:

A. - Throw 'em out?
B. - Use 'em anyway?
C. - Throw 'em in the hole to attract fish?
D. - Dump 'em under the wife's pillow?

Chime in..............

Mhofferman · « **Reply #1 on:** Jan 22, 2009, 09:06 PM »

Put em in your mouth until they thaw and keep right on using them.

Once they turn black though, gotta toss em!

RANGER26 · « **Reply #2 on:** Jan 22, 2009, 09:09 PM »

Throw"em in the hole to attract fish.

UPSTATE ICEMASTER · « **Reply #3 on:** Jan 22, 2009, 09:17 PM »

Feed them to my sons lizards.........

A- bomb · « **Reply #4 on:** Jan 22, 2009, 09:24 PM »

my son has a turtle...

he eats anything!!

brawler · « **Reply #5 on:** Jan 22, 2009, 09:30 PM »

Thaw and use until they turn brown, and then throw them down the hole.

Buck762 · « **Reply #6 on:** Jan 22, 2009, 09:32 PM »

Once they're brown, they're down...the hole as chum

Boomer · « **Reply #7 on:** Jan 22, 2009, 10:25 PM »

Invite Andrew Zimeron (sp?) over for a snack.

fshnbudy01 · « **Reply #8 on:** Jan 22, 2009, 10:34 PM »

Ship them to Mexico to use in tequila.

fshnbudy01 · « **Reply #9 on:** Jan 22, 2009, 11:58 PM »

I came across this as I was reading the Indiana Fishing regulations. Its on page 45..."Emptying bait buckets can contaminate
a body of water with undesirable fish. Fishing worms should be discarded in trash containers."

I still like the Mexico idea though.

musky8it · « **Reply #10 on:** Jan 22, 2009, 11:59 PM »

On the other hand, What do you do when they turn into pupae or cocoon stage?

My last box mostly went to waste, most turned to pupae stage before I could use them. So I put them into a jar with holes in lid and keep them around 85 temp.. They should have turned into flies who will lay eggs that turn into spikes. But nothing happened, no flies...Maybe the bait producer add something to the feed to keep them from hatching to flies....

Anyone ever try to raise their own spikes in the winter,. I heard its easy in the summer when its hot and you can do it outdoors.

gaddabout · « **Reply #11 on:** Jan 23, 2009, 07:16 AM »

An old man that owned a bait shop years ago told me the way to keep spikes alive. Put them in a ziplock baggie and push all the air out of the bag and then zip shut. Keep them in the door of fridge, I ordered about 400 spikes in 1st week of december and I am still using them and will until they are gone. I do this every year and have for yrs...........Gaddabou t

river_scum · « **Reply #12 on:** Jan 23, 2009, 07:30 AM »

mix them with fish cleaning scraps. place in a zip lock bag with a large rock and freeze. take that fishing, remove the bag and toss down the hole. it will melt and attract fish for hours. dont do it on public water though, its illegal to chum!

Boomer · « **Reply #13 on:** Jan 23, 2009, 01:33 PM »

I was looking for the chumming rules last summer in the Indiana Fishing Regulations. Did they change this rule lately? I, too, thought it was illegal to chum in Indiana waters. (I haven't done it yet since I can't find a reference for it.)

Spin · « **Reply #14 on:** Jan 23, 2009, 04:21 PM »

Musky8, Just your luck the bait vendor sold you a bunch of Gay spikes

Spin

Greg2ha · « **Reply #15 on:** Jan 23, 2009, 04:29 PM »

Right on!

I agree with MHofferman, been there done that. My most recent mistake was taking them indoors for a few days. Turns em brown and black
depending on how fast you find em.
Greg

spikeman · « **Reply #16 on:** Jan 23, 2009, 05:35 PM »

I heard from an acquaintance that Marmooska Paul likes to let em squirm in his mouth to warm em up then baits up his hook

musky8it · « **Reply #17 on:** Jan 24, 2009, 02:55 AM »

Quote from: gaddabout on Jan 23, 2009, 07:16 AM

An old man that owned a bait shop years ago told me the way to keep spikes alive. Put them in a ziplock baggie and push all the air out of the bag and then zip shut. Keep them in the door of fridge, I ordered about 400 spikes in 1st week of december and I am still using them and will until they are gone. I do this every year and have for yrs...........Gaddabou t

So by doing this, none of the go into the pupae cocoon stage? Maybe takeing the air out helps keep them from cocooning. Keeping them alive is not my problem. My problem is keeping them from cocooning. I have always kepted them cold in fridge. Even icefishing I don't put them in my pocket like I do my beemoth. Warmth is what I read will make them go into the coccon stage, then they can't be used. I will try putting them in a bag without air, can't hurt.

gaddabout · « **Reply #18 on:** Jan 24, 2009, 06:22 AM »

I only store them in fridge in ziplock baggie. I carry them fishing in a skoal box (no air holes) Try it it works. I been doing this for many years. I wouldn't want to carry them out in bag..be a pain in butt.
Gaddabout

rjflynn · « **Reply #19 on:** Jan 24, 2009, 02:04 PM »

use em anyways caught alot of fish on dead and cocooned spikes.

fishinfiend · « **Reply #20 on:** Jan 24, 2009, 03:32 PM »

Throw em out

Gill Gitter · « **Reply #21 on:** Jan 24, 2009, 07:35 PM »

had some that got out in my coat pocket and next thing i knew we had dime size flies buzzing around the house pi**ing my wife off

Spin · « **Reply #22 on:** Jan 24, 2009, 08:04 PM »

ROTFLMAO!!!! Great I can just picture it. Man that last post made my night. Thanks!!

Spin

pikehead · « **Reply #23 on:** Jan 25, 2009, 05:57 PM »

eat them

pearcheyes · « **Reply #24 on:** Jan 25, 2009, 06:16 PM »

Mix'em with the days catch and some fried taters.YUM YUM

crappie66 · « **Reply #25 on:** Jan 25, 2009, 08:07 PM »

If I only have two packs of spikes, one dead one alive, I still take the dead ones. If you run out of the live ones and the fish are aggressive the dead ones could come in handy. I do the same with dead crappie minnows, I don't throw them out until the end of the fishing trip as you might get into a school of crappie and run out of live active minnows, then a dead minnow jigged properly comes in handy.

Piggyn · « **Reply #26 on:** Jan 25, 2009, 08:47 PM »

I keep mine in a bait puck in the bottom of the fridge. Then I take only what I need for the day in a second bait puck. Constant swings in temperature will trigger pupation...storage info.

Kevin23 · « **Reply #27 on:** Jan 25, 2009, 08:54 PM »

Feed them to my 3 turtles.

crappie66 · « **Reply #28 on:** Jan 25, 2009, 09:35 PM »

I keep my bait in the fridge too. I don't think she likes it but it won't change.

SkeeterJeff · « **Reply #29 on:** Jan 25, 2009, 09:44 PM »

I have always had problems keeping them alive from one weekend of fishing to another. The last batch I bought was from Knutson's in Michingan. A hundred pack were in some kind of sand like packing. I purchsed them on 1/2/09, and they were still in good shape as of yesterday. I kept them in a Bait Puck in the spare refrigerator at 34 F. Other than picking out a few black ones each week, they were still going strong. I forgot to get 'em out of my Yukon last night and they froze. I used them tonight on my pond and put about a dozen 8-9" gills on the ice with 'em.

Jeff

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