ok to feed maggots to my catfish?
- Thread starter martin day
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I don't see why you couldn't........I fished the mississippi river last summer and found a dead carp full of maggots on the shoreline so i tossed it in the river....any hour later i had 4 nice channel catfish chompin on those maggots lol. Just a fun story 
dhgyello04;2816041; said:
Lamest and weakest argument ever. Remind me not to join you for dinner at your place - I doubt I would care for flakes, bloodworms, and tubifex cubes.
There is no reason not to. The reason we use them as fish bait is because the fish like to eat them, and they would likely have learned not to eat them in the wild if they caused problems for the fish.
I feed maggots to all my fish. Although I am feeding sterile maggots made by Seachem. As long as they arent bad maggots go ahead, fish like them.
You guys need to give or strengthen the reasoning for the refusal to feed maggots rather than just saying no, etc.
ok i think theyre gross they live in rubbish bins, dead animals etc not something i would like to feed to my beloved pets i would much rather dig up some worms out of the garden of breed feeder guppiesLupin;2818925; said:
HarlanAshmore;2818929; said:
i know what your saying but i havent picked these out of the bin theyre brought from a tackle shop which have been bred for fishing purposes
i know maggots come from bad meat but im not asking if they`ll be ok for a staple diet just as a treat i like to give my fish a variety of foods i find it much more natural then just giveing them just frozen meats like prawns and cockles etc
