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icesaw

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Wax worms
« on: Feb 20, 2004, 05:47 AM »
What size wax worms do you like to use.
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Offline BASSandICE65

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Re: Wax worms
« Reply #1 on: Feb 20, 2004, 01:33 PM »
Usually buy about an inch long use the whole one on a jig for perch or crappies and cut it in half for gills. :'(
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Re: Wax worms
« Reply #2 on: Feb 20, 2004, 06:35 PM »
what do wax worms eat ?
the ones i get are kinda scrawny,i want to fatten em up
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Re: Wax worms
« Reply #3 on: Feb 22, 2004, 09:34 PM »
Ours don't get to an inch here. They are about 3/4 I suppose. We are considering growing our own. Brian
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Re: Wax worms
« Reply #4 on: Dec 07, 2004, 09:03 AM »
not too sure what they eat, but I always put mine in a container of cornmeal.  they seem to like that and I think they must eat it too.
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Re: Wax worms
« Reply #5 on: Dec 07, 2004, 02:56 PM »
     5/16 of an inch, give or take a 32nds.   
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Re: Wax worms
« Reply #6 on: Dec 19, 2004, 02:42 PM »
honey and cornmeal or bran flakes
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Re: Wax worms
« Reply #7 on: Dec 19, 2004, 04:40 PM »
the honey doesn't gum up the cornmeal?
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Re: Wax worms
« Reply #8 on: Dec 29, 2004, 09:22 AM »
Ours are somewhere between a 1/4" and a 1/2".  Oatmeal seems to keep them okay.
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Re: Wax worms
« Reply #9 on: Jan 06, 2005, 09:52 AM »
I keep waxies in fresh hardwood sawdust with some oatmeal tossed in. I've been able to purchase them an inch long and they seem to really fatten up in that mix. Don't use plywood sawdust, the glue will kill them. Pinewood sawdust does not get the results of hardwood either.
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Re: Wax worms
« Reply #10 on: Jan 06, 2005, 12:47 PM »
How exactly do you guys put them on the hook? I have heard to string them up the hook, to put a few lengthwise across the hook, hook them through an end and let the rest dangle.....

I have had no luck with waxies, but would like to learn from others on how they are used...
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Re: Wax worms
« Reply #11 on: Jan 10, 2005, 09:01 AM »
Depending on size...one or two waxies hooked right in the middle, let 'em dangle. They move a lot and the fish can just suck them in.
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Re: Wax worms
« Reply #12 on: Jan 18, 2005, 12:58 AM »
I buy my in bulk they are of all different sizes I wish they would all come in the same size. Where you guys getting them where their all the same size?
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Re: Wax worms
« Reply #13 on: Jan 31, 2005, 11:34 PM »
I have not gotten anything from these guys, but the selection seems pretty good:

http://www.vadosbait.com/

I was looking for Leeches during the soft water season and someone on the MyFishFinder site sent me the info. Let me know what you think about the selection and prices.

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Re: Wax worms
« Reply #14 on: Feb 25, 2005, 11:27 PM »
Ebay sells huge xxl butterworms that are real fat.Also try www.butterworms.comhttp://
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