Maggots in my tackle box 2024

Joshua Kang reply :

I decided to check my tackle box for a bag of yum dingers. I grabbed the bag and noticed it was wet. Then I saw little wiggly crawly things. They were maggots. I chedcked every other soft plastic bag which was wet as well and they also had maggots. I cleaned the bags as well I could out, and had to throw one bag of lizards away as the infestation was so bad. Anyone had this happen to them?

lecisnith reply :

On 9/13/2016 at 5:13 AM, Joshua Kang said:

I decided to check my tackle box for a bag of yum dingers. I grabbed the bag and noticed it was wet. Then I saw little wiggly crawly things. They were maggots. I chedcked every other soft plastic bag which was wet as well and they also had maggots. I cleaned the bags as well I could out, and had to throw one bag of lizards away as the infestation was so bad. Anyone had this happen to them?

I would be out one tackle box. The whole thing.

Joshua Kang reply :

Since I am a teenage kid and have barely any money I cant afford that... I probably will hold that tackle box at arms length though.

Bass Turd reply :

Put 'em on a hook under a bobber!

Torn Thumb reply :

Flies got in there somehow. Weird.

Yeajray231 reply :

I'm not positive but I think they need a food source.. that's why they are commonly found in trash... I've never heard of this... I've heard of rust.. plastics melting...maggots though... that's a little rough bud. And idk how young of a teen you are. But I had a part time job when i was in high school ! You could junk the box.. get a couple dividers and some plastics and a crank and a top water ,some terminal tackle. All for under 50.

Bankbeater reply :

I have brought home bugs before in my tackle bag but never maggots. Did you have food in your tackle box?

Red Bear reply :

On 9/13/2016 at 6:55 AM, Yeajray231 said:

I'm not positive but I think they need a food source.. that's why they are commonly found in trash... I've never heard of this... I've heard of rust.. plastics melting...maggots though... that's a little rough bud. And idk how young of a teen you are. But I had a part time job when i was in high school ! You could junk the box.. get a couple dividers and some plastics and a crank and a top water ,some terminal tackle. All for under 50.

perhaps his parents dont want him working while in school. or perhaps he lives in a country area where there really is no work and you have to drive an hour to get anywhere. you make it sound so simple, but i dont think you really thought it through. $50 may not be a lot to you, but it is a lot to others...

A-Jay reply :

MAGGOTS in the tackle box ~ that's a new one by me.

Not a fan.

A-Jay

Yeajray231 reply :

On 9/13/2016 at 10:56 PM, Red Bear said:

perhaps his parents dont want him working while in school. or perhaps he lives in a country area where there really is no work and you have to drive an hour to get anywhere. you make it sound so simple, but i dont think you really thought it through. $50 may not be a lot to you, but it is a lot to others...

Oh no. 50 bucks is important to me. I've had to cut back on my fishing spending alot. I agree tho. Maybe you are right ! But if he did live in a rural situation I'm sure he could find someone on a farm who needed a hand a few hours on the weekend.. maybe he has no car.. you're right. I do not know his situation . I'm interested what he has to say.

Ratherbfishing reply :

It's telling you that you need to fish for panfish.

More proof that maggots arise spontaneously. And the earth is flat.

Catch 22 reply :

maggots=I usually encounter them on the highway,but never in my t box

Scott F reply :

Maggots come from flys. An adult fly lays small eggs in an area in which maggots are likely to find food. If some old bait like a dead minnow or nightcrawler was left in your tackle box, maggots may later be found

Ratherbfishing reply :

On 9/15/2016 at 2:30 AM, Scott F said:

Maggots come from flys. An adult fly lays small eggs in an area in which maggots are likely to find food. If some old bait like a dead minnow or nightcrawler was left in your tackle box, maggots may later be found

I still stand by the spontaneous generation theory.

But really, there HAD to be something in your box to attract flies. Maggots are gross.

scaleface reply :

I can understand Gulp having maggots but Yum Dingers .Just clean everything and put the Dingers in a ziip lock bag . LOL ,

Fishes in trees reply :

All I know is that tackle boxes can be cleaned out and cleansed - use windex or something similar - maybe lysol

Plastic baits can be separated out on the lawn or a screen and rinsed off with a hose. Quart size zip lock bags are pretty cheap - so just repackage them. I don't think that you need to throw anything out just due to some maggots.

As far as where they came from goes, I'd have to say that God put them there or he (maybe she) told them to go there. Gods work in mysterious ways.

blckshirt98 reply :

Gross! That maggot smell never goes away! No matter how much you clean or spray, that maggot smell is always there!!

Yeajray231 reply :

Are these the same guys that fillet fish and have blood and guts all over the cutting board ? Or use wax worms or nightcrawlers ? It's really not much different. I agree they aren't the most pleasant.. and if you've ever seen a huge infestation of em its a little disturbing.. but some of these reactions.. Lets not be sissies.

Jeff H reply :

On 9/15/2016 at 7:33 AM, Yeajray231 said:

Lets not be sissies.

No kidding. Clean it up and be done with it. Maggies are pretty clean really. I've read that they secrete an ammonia solution or something similar which keeps them clean. Since they are, or have been, used medically to clean wounds they can't be all bad. Ain't that big of a deal and certainly not worth throwing out a good tackle box!

lecisnith reply :

Hey, if you guys enjoy maggots so much, I'm happy for you. I, on the other hand, am quite comfortable with my manhood while also wanting nothing to do with them. So you don't look down on me for that, I won't look down on you for being Judgy McJudgersons.

Yeajray231 reply :

It's just a little odd seeing outdoorsman so squeamish over little larvae

RB 77 reply :

On 9/15/2016 at 2:26 AM, Catch 22 said:

maggots=I usually encounter them on the highway,but never in my t box

Classic! Haha.

5fishlimit reply :

Maggots only eat rotten/spoiled meat so there must have been non artificial bait in there for the flies to lay their eggs. Maggots themselves don't smell. It is the material that they infest that smells. They are still used in today's health care for cleaning wounds like bed sores with tissue necrosis .

The only thing I can think of is that the flies were attracted to the "Live Prey Technology" (read: scent) mixed in them.

senile1 reply :

Lucky for you, you just came across the next step in the progression of scent products to fish for bass. Bottle that smell and sell it!

Columbia Craw reply :

If you find leeches in your thermos.....then your in trouble.

EricTheAngler reply :

Speaking of that, I left a hotdog pack in my catfishing tackle box a month and a half ago. Didnt go fishing for a while. A few days ago I went to go check to see if I ever did take out the hot dogs. To my surprise, there were these little brown dots on the outside of my blue plano tackle tackle box. I open it up, the most ~~rancid~~ scratch that PUTRID smell I have ever smelled in my life erupted from that small tackle box. I dawn the black grime buster gloves. I prepare for bilogical war. All hands on deck. Now or never. I lift up the trays, the nucleus of the infestation, nay the heart of the evil seeping from that plastic box. I take out the Carolina Links package with one dog missing that I used. Half the hotdogs are turned to a bio-hazard mush of frothing, pulsing, maggot filled decay. I make a grave mistake, I take a whiff. Instant gag, I throw up in my mouth. I put the the dogs back in box. I decide to take the loss on the rapala filet knife and fish grip scale along with some other odds and ends and some lures for bass. Im probably out like 55 bucks. But the death smell, the indescribable putrid smell that permeated everything rendered everything insavlageable. That folks is why you nee to clean out your stuff.

*Hootie reply :

Thanks Guys! I just took all my tackle bags and put them out in the shed. Don't want any maggot critters in my house!

Hootie

Yeajray231 reply :

Ha-ha I keep mine in planos . In tackle bags. And then in a couple storage totes.

Jaderose reply :

Good Lord......dump out the box...clean everything up, air it out, put everything back. go fishing. Life goes on

I doubt it would even cross my mind to throw stuff away

Catch 22 reply :

On 9/18/2016 at 8:23 AM, EricTheAngler said:

Speaking of that, I left a hotdog pack in my catfishing tackle box a month and a half ago. Didnt go fishing for a while. A few days ago I went to go check to see if I ever did take out the hot dogs. To my surprise, there were these little brown dots on the outside of my blue plano tackle tackle box. I open it up, the most ~~rancid~~ scratch that PUTRID smell I have ever smelled in my life erupted from that small tackle box. I dawn the black grime buster gloves. I prepare for bilogical war. All hands on deck. Now or never. I lift up the trays, the nucleus of the infestation, nay the heart of the evil seeping from that plastic box. I take out the Carolina Links package with one dog missing that I used. Half the hotdogs are turned to a bio-hazard mush of frothing, pulsing, maggot filled decay. I make a grave mistake, I take a whiff. Instant gag, I throw up in my mouth. I put the the dogs back in box. I decide to take the loss on the rapala filet knife and fish grip scale along with some other odds and ends and some lures for bass. Im probably out like 55 bucks. But the death smell, the indescribable putrid smell that permeated everything rendered everything insavlageable. That folks is why you nee to clean out your stuff.

LMAO,love the decryption, didn`t interrupt my pizza and beer though

bigbill reply :

Got meat? Maggots? Growing live bait in your tackle box? A #12 snelled hook with a rattle bobber. You won't go hungry.

I wash my lures and tackle boxes at the end of every season. I remove foul oders. Sometimes mid season I wash them. Since I haven't fished in almost two years now ill look for meat in my plastics. Good in burgers, they add a crunch like crispy cheetos.

Lmao

I haven't used live bait in about 25 years now.

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