Killing maggots

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- 20/01/2011 at 6:49 am #44159
  TF_Chris-turner
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  Just wondering what’s the best way to kill thm , I usually put thm in freezer but think they leave thm a but stringy , anyone with a better method so they keep there shape.
- 20/01/2011 at 7:53 am #129053
  TF_Pikey
  I clean all the dust off and put them in a plastic GB or washing up bowl. I then add warm water from the tap until it covers them by an inch or so and then add boiling water from the kettle and stir it around. When they stop wriggling, I then add cold water so I don’t burn my fingers and then drain off the water and put them in a bait box.
- 20/01/2011 at 8:53 am #129055
  TF_Paddy
  Another way.
  At the shop, buy them as normal, but take all the air out of the bag and tie it up as usual.
  Take home and put them in the freezer for a minimum of 24 hours.
  I take them out the morning that i want to use them and whilst setting up, open the bag and fill it with lake water. By the time i have set up they have defrosted in the water, but the best thing about this is putting them in the water to defrost. It stops them from stretching out and they look as good as Pikey’s maggots done the warm water way!
- 20/01/2011 at 9:17 am #129058
  TF_jon
  just buy them from my local tackle shop! there dead by the time i get home anyway!
- 20/01/2011 at 12:39 pm #129077
  meat master
  john wrote
  
  just buy them from my local tackle shop! there dead by the time i get home anyway
  ~clap
- 20/01/2011 at 5:20 pm #129105
  TF_Anthonywaters
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  Just roll em in your fingers you wont need many 3 or 4 !
- 20/01/2011 at 6:34 pm #129120
  TF_GLEBE1
  @casper wrote:
  
  Just wondering what’s the best way to kill thm , I usually put thm in freezer but think they leave thm a but stringy , anyone with a better method so they keep there shape.
  
  Tie the bag up tight, they wont stretch when they defrost.
- 20/01/2011 at 6:40 pm #129123
  TF_JMCLincoln
  Try a pellet pump, takes the air out a treat. Leave for a while and should all be dead. Tip passed to me by a Yorkshire man.
- 20/01/2011 at 8:54 pm #129142
  TF_Chris-turner
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  cheers for the replies guys . there in freezer this time put like the pellet pump idea.
- 20/01/2011 at 9:18 pm #129148
  TF_badger
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  Casper just cup a few onto the ice on frozen lake, hypothermia will soon kill them!
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