Black Fly Larvae

[Drop Bear]

A friend has a Black Fly Larvae factory. 

They make huge volumes of them and grind them up for stock feed - mostly For chickens.

He has asked me to see if I think they can value add and sell them for bait. 

They are live but black in colour, don't smell and are clean and not bad for you. They assure me that they can be eaten by people. 

Has anyone tried these? 

I think they would be great for species like Bream, Bass, Silver Perch, Whiting, Mullet and any other smaller species. 

My current plan revolves around them being cheap. I am hoping to get a stack and use them as burly and stick a few on a #2 circle hook under a float and see what turns up.

What do you reckon? 

If you could buy about a litre of them for about $10 would you have a crack? 

[Old Scaley]

Depends on how far you have to travel to get them?

[AUS-BNE-FISHO]

Hey Drop Bear

I'd sure be willing to give them a go. I reckon they'd be nuts for tilapia. 

Maybe mullet may become a target-able species on the line for me if I start using these...

Like Old Scaley said above though, it depends on where I can pick them up.

Cheers Hamish

[Drop Bear]

1 hour ago, Old Scaley said:

Depends on how far you have to travel to get them?

I expect they would be in tackle stores. 

[Drop Bear]

52 minutes ago, AUS-BNE-FISHO said:

Hey Drop Bear

I'd sure be willing to give them a go. I reckon they'd be nuts for tilapia. 

Maybe mullet may become a target-able species on the line for me if I start using these...

Like Old Scaley said above though, it depends on where I can pick them up.

Cheers Hamish

I am hoping to find out more and pick some up next week. 

Hopefully I can drop some to anyone who wants to give them a try. 

[AUS-BNE-FISHO]

6 hours ago, Drop Bear said:

I am hoping to find out more and pick some up next week. 

Hopefully I can drop some to anyone who wants to give them a try. 

I am in Sherwood, and I believe you're in Wynnum (aren't you?), so maybe if we were going to do that we could find a half way point somewhere.

Cheers Hamish  

[kmcrosby78]

I've had locusts in a stir fry on a cooking show in London before Robbie. Go on, I dare you .........  

[Drop Bear]

14 hours ago, AUS-BNE-FISHO said:

I am in Sherwood, and I believe you're in Wynnum (aren't you?), so maybe if we were going to do that we could find a half way point somewhere.

Cheers Hamish  

Hopefully I can find a time to drop some over. I will keep you posted after I have a meeting with them this week. 

[Drop Bear]

10 hours ago, kmcrosby78 said:

I've had locusts in a stir fry on a cooking show in London before Robbie. Go on, I dare you .........  

I don't need much encouraging to try new things....  Will let you know how it goes. 

[Drop Bear]

[Gad]

17 hours ago, kmcrosby78 said:

I've had locusts in a stir fry on a cooking show in London before Robbie....

 ummm, is the above poorly worded,  or... would it have been better announced on the ABC`s FB page 

[kmcrosby78]

35 minutes ago, Gad said:

 ummm, is the above poorly worded,  or... would it have been better announced on the ABC`s FB page 

Too good for me Gad. As Pauline Hanson would say, 'please explain' .....?  

[Gad]

3 hours ago, kmcrosby78 said:

Too good for me Gad. As Pauline Hanson would say, 'please explain' .....?  

as the reporter`s follow up to Pauline Hanson would be... 'Pauline, was Robbie the follow up to the locust stir fry entree'...? 

[kmcrosby78]

Gotchya 

[Drop Bear]

I have taken them for a fish a few times now. They do pretty well frozen and come out in good shape. 

I havent caught anything on them yet... 

[Brodie_S]

On 09/10/2020 at 5:11 PM, Drop Bear said:

I have taken them for a fish a few times now. They do pretty well frozen and come out in good shape. 

I havent caught anything on them yet... 

Yeah I’ll stick to bread fish bait and yabbies lmao 

[Drop Bear]

On 11/10/2020 at 9:54 AM, Breaming with bro said:

Yeah I’ll stick to bread fish bait and yabbies lmao 

It is interesting answer. I agree they are not well received in Aust

 

 

[SuperHans]

On 13/10/2020 at 6:36 PM, Drop Bear said:

It is interesting answer. I agree they are not well received in Aust

What does you friend feed them as they grow? If he can introduce some fish into their diet they may retain a fishy smell and make them more attractive. Did you notice if the burleyed larvae were eaten?

 

 

[Drop Bear]

1 minute ago, SuperHans said:

 

Hey Super,

They feed them on food waste. I didn't see anything eating the burlyed larvae and it went straight past a few. They did eat the bread that was right next to the maggots however. 

[SuperHans]

I remember reading about a bloke who hung a snapper head in a branch which overhung a creek. The flies bred and maggots dropped regularly into the water. He went back a week later and used maggots and caught a haul of bream I think-it was a long time ago.

[SuperHans]

2 minutes ago, Drop Bear said:

Hey Super,

They feed them on food waste. I didn't see anything eating the burlyed larvae and it went straight past a few. They did eat the bread that was right next to the maggots however. 

Maybe they have an unpleasant smell for fish if they just ignore them. I would try injuring some before putting them in the water to see if their blood interests the fish

[Kat]

On 30/08/2020 at 9:59 AM, Drop Bear said:

I am hoping to find out more and pick some up next week. 

Hopefully I can drop some to anyone who wants to give them a try. 

I would definitely try them out but will leave it to the expert testers.