Author Topic: Where do you realllly... keep your spikes & waxworms (Read 7508 times)

IceRover · « **on:** Nov 28, 2006, 07:49 AM »

Well?

Haywood · « **Reply #1 on:** Nov 28, 2006, 07:56 AM »

When they are at home, they are in a big jar in the back corner of the fridge where the wife doesn't immediately see them and complain. (I buy them in bulk) When on the ice, they are in film containers or baby food jars. Right now it is 45 and raining, so I am keeping them at the store.

Blaine · « **Reply #2 on:** Nov 28, 2006, 08:57 AM »

I keep mine in a Strikemaster Bait Puck in the fridge...

Tommyboy18769 · « **Reply #3 on:** Nov 28, 2006, 09:03 AM »

I keep mine in whatever the store gives them in...but i cant seem to keep them alive once i get them home...

coldbum · « **Reply #4 on:** Nov 28, 2006, 03:45 PM »

I keep my spikes in the fridge next to the mousies, waxies and crawlers

yes my wife is cool!

vipercat64 · « **Reply #5 on:** Nov 28, 2006, 06:38 PM »

My spikes and mousies, when I have them, are kept in the fridge, hidden from the wife. While she wants to learn to icefish, she doesn't like having them with the food.

Something about sanitation....

blue mule · « **Reply #6 on:** Nov 28, 2006, 06:59 PM »

ibm mbby mbff. kbffs ebbmm wrbbm

in the fridge in the container from the bait shop. on the ice, in a medicine bottle in my pocket. keeps 'em wrbbm

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Skipper · « **Reply #7 on:** Nov 28, 2006, 08:23 PM »

I keep my waxies in the basement, it stays around 55F down there in the winter. I never loose a one!

fishingking · « **Reply #8 on:** Nov 28, 2006, 08:25 PM »

in the fridge

zamboni · « **Reply #9 on:** Nov 28, 2006, 08:44 PM »

Anyone ever try a "baitpuck"?

Blaine · « **Reply #10 on:** Nov 29, 2006, 11:44 AM »

Quote from: zamboni on Nov 28, 2006, 08:44 PM

Anyone ever try a "baitpuck"?

YES! They are great! Someone finally got smart and made them in different colors this year. I had a bad habit of freezing or crushing my baits... Not anymore!

hardh2ofish · « **Reply #11 on:** Nov 29, 2006, 12:54 PM »

I usually buy a big styrofoam tub and put it in the basement somewhere cool and take as many as i think ill need in old chew cans supplied by the brother-in-law

I just cant hack the stuff

pikemaster789 · « **Reply #12 on:** Nov 29, 2006, 02:45 PM »

I keep em on the jig

crayfishbob · « **Reply #13 on:** Nov 29, 2006, 10:52 PM »

Next to the beer in the fridge. If your beer is too warm, so are your grubs !

Duckslayer · « **Reply #14 on:** Nov 29, 2006, 11:01 PM »

So you guys keep them in bulk without getting a whole ton of cocoons in a week? How

swenscas · « **Reply #15 on:** Nov 29, 2006, 11:08 PM »

Quote from: Duckslayer on Nov 29, 2006, 11:01 PM

So you guys keep them in bulk without getting a whole ton of cocoons in a week? How

If you put any insect in larval stage in a cold environment they are going to go into a form of dormancy. In order to manufacture a cocoon the worm would have to exert more energy then what it is able to produce, given its current state of temperature.

IceRover · « **Reply #16 on:** Nov 30, 2006, 07:51 AM »

OK,... if you do not have a basement, or a heated garage, and your wife is not cool, are all these critters in the fridge in cognito? How long can you get away with that? Then what?

Turkeyhunter10ga · « **Reply #17 on:** Nov 30, 2006, 03:26 PM »

Sorry , i cant speak too well at the moment, got them in my mouth to keep them warm and wiggly till placed on the hook.

IceRover · « **Reply #18 on:** Dec 02, 2006, 04:23 AM »

Quote from: Turkeyhunter10ga on Nov 30, 2006, 03:26 PM

Sorry , i cant speak too well at the moment, got them in my mouth to keep them warm and wiggly till placed on the hook.

mmmm......tasty

, and apparently fear is not a factor for you!
However, fear definitely seems to be a factor for some of us playing hide-go-seek in the fridge.

Doubles Shooter · « **Reply #19 on:** Dec 02, 2006, 12:43 PM »

My spikes are in the fridge, and the waxies are in the cellar. The Bait Pucks are nice, but the container that Ice Breaker mints also work great and free with the mints. They have a large opening to fill them and a small one to shake out 1 or 2. Use different flavor/color tins for different bait. Flat to fit in the pockets also.

zamboni · « **Reply #20 on:** Dec 03, 2006, 02:44 PM »

Broke down at Ice Fishing show and got 2 small baitpucks, and 1 large baitpuck all for $5. So, I am gonna try those out.

jr_the_dj · « **Reply #21 on:** Dec 03, 2006, 03:09 PM »

They get kept in an old chew container in the fridge.

theProfessor · « **Reply #22 on:** Dec 26, 2006, 02:06 PM »

Quote from: IceDancer on Nov 30, 2006, 07:51 AM

OK,... if you do not have a basement, or a heated garage, and your wife is not cool, are all these critters in the fridge in cognito? How long can you get away with that? Then what?

No, not cognito,

sawdust

jerry

ceo32312 · « **Reply #23 on:** Jan 07, 2007, 09:35 AM »

Quote from: zamboni on Nov 28, 2006, 08:44 PM

Anyone ever try a "baitpuck"?

i drilled 2 small holes in the cover, it made a differance on the mortality rate.

IceRover · « **Reply #24 on:** Jan 07, 2007, 10:28 AM »

Quote from: ceo32312 on Jan 07, 2007, 09:35 AM

i drilled 2 small holes in the cover, it made a differance on the mortality rate.

It comes with one hole in the cover already does it not? Maybe the first ones made did not. Hmm...

gator_hunter71 · « **Reply #25 on:** Jan 07, 2007, 07:28 PM »

We have mealworms, waxworms in the fridge year round for the kids lizard anyway, so my icefishing bait goes unnoticed. Removing any darkening or black waxies right away helps keep the others alive longer.

OZZY · « **Reply #26 on:** Jan 13, 2007, 06:49 PM »

Spikes and mealworms in the fridge and waxworms in the basement is correct, spikes and mealworms when in the fridge should not be moving and if they its too warm, adjust the temperature little by little until they stop moving, waxworms need to be around 45-55 degrees which is warmer than you can provide in the fridge, basement or garage floor is usually ideal.

If you want to keep your spikes and mealworms for a very extended period like 3 months or more you need to put them in a box in a warm place with some hamburger for spikes and sliced potatoes for mealworms and let them consume some moisture for about an hour.

I've done this for years now with great success, bait last 3-5 months

IceRover · « **Reply #27 on:** Jan 14, 2007, 04:38 AM »

Good info. The waxies seem to be my biggest problem because I do not have a basement or heated garage, however the "baitpuck" seems to be handling them for now in the warmest part of the fridge. THX gator & OZZY

Rat-Man · « **Reply #28 on:** Jan 25, 2007, 04:45 AM »

I have my own refrigerator in the basement that I keep them in, I keep the temp at 40, I also keep my extra line in there with spools off summer firshing rods, the line lasts a lot longer.

IceRover · « **Reply #29 on:** Jan 25, 2007, 05:09 AM »

Quote from: Rat-Man on Jan 25, 2007, 04:45 AM

I also keep my extra line in there with spools off summer firshing rods, the line lasts a lot longer.

Just wondering Rat-Man, is there any specific reason why this is true about the line lasting longer if kept in the fridge? I have heard this before. THX

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Author Topic: Where do you realllly... keep your spikes & waxworms (Read 7508 times)