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I have found that "meat" bred gents tended to explode when putting them on the hook ?. They were definitely larger & fatter than the bought ones but looked unappetizing on the hook. I don't breed them anymore as I cannot be bothered. I too buy the long life gents now & found they do last quite some time, so for the amount they cost, more cost effective for me. I just keep the unused gents in the fridge until next time.

Yep, that's the way to do it. Even 1 or 2 sheets extra folded up newspaper sheets and put under the newspaper with the meat in it will give extra 'support'

Put your fish frames in a fine chicken mesh , let them get blown wrap in news paper, then bury , bring out and shake ,all gents come out with a little fish crap ,pick out fish bits ,easy as , can also have it on a pole if you don't like the smell .

Thanks heaps Doobie - you've given me the confidence to have a go - we've got some warm days coming so I'll give it a another crack. As soon as you mentioned Newspaper a little light bulb went off - with my old technique, juice would gather at the bottom of my container and fishing maggots out of putrefyed meat soup, was never a fun task - but hopefully the news paper soaks most of that up and makes maggots separation a bit easier.

Yeah YD1, the flies do seem to reduce down during colder months, but you don't need many to get the meat blown. You don't need a lot of flies to hang around, just enough over a day or 2 (or 3) to let them do their job (compared to probably 1 day in hotter weather). You don't want too many blowing the meat as there may not be enough meat/food for them whilst growing. I haven't actual tried to breed gents during those times, mainly because I am only targeting Salmon. But whilst I'm filleting the Salmon, flies do still turn up - unless it's bitterly cold, windy and wet day, then pro

Thanks for that Doobie - the day time temp is something I'm concerned about over the coming months - and that fact that I dont see many flies in my area over winter

a good method to breed maggots to eliminate the smell is after the blow wrap the blown fish or meat in 5 or six layers of news paper place in the bottom of a bucket then fill the bucket with clean dry beach sand, when you see wriggle tracks on the top of the sand it is time to sieve the sand you will have clean white maggots , I the pour boiling water over the left over news paper to kill any remaining maggots then bury it deep in the garden makes good fertiliser

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