Keeping Eurolarvae

[macminn]

I fished 2 weekends ago, and had a bunch of eurolarvae left over. I put them in my fridge, just checked on them to see how they were doing, and they were hard as a rock, and not moving very fast. OK, not moving at all.

I was thinking of buying them in bulk at the V shop in the Northern burbs, but not sure how to keep them.

Thanks in advance.

[herefish101]

I buy them there all the time, I just put them in the fridge and there fine. Did they turn black and get hard? Because that's what they do when they turn in to flies. Maybe your fridge is to warm? Heck my larve have been in and out of the fridge a bunch of times and their all still good to go.

[Jim Almquist]

You need to keep them cool all of the time. I put them in the bottom of my Otter or leave then in a cooler when on the ice. At home I just keep them in the frig. Mine are over 2 months old and look as good as the day I got them.

[harvey lee]

I do the same as Jim and when I purchased a box of 1,000 at the beginning of the season, I add a few drops of water to the sawdust or whatever the compound is that is in the container with them.

I usually sell a few hundreds to friends and if I do have a little death, it still works out as one can purchase them so cheap by the 1,000.

If the stuff dries out, it seems I do get a little death.

I can keep them for months.

[TooTallTom]

harvey lee, where are you finding the euros in bulk? Are you ordering off the internet, or is there a local shop that you buy from? I was just thinking over the weekend about whether a bulk purchase would make sense for the future, but haven't started looking for sources yet.

Thanks,

Tom.

[reinhard1]

vadoes in spring lake park sells in larger amounts. good luck.

[mtbucket]

I have had them die shortly after fishing on occasion. I think that maybe they may have actually got too cold (nearly frozen)while I was fishing, and that may have been the cause. Or maybe some of the leftovers in the fridge scared them to death.

[reinhard1]

euros are fly larva. i have always wondered how fly's survive 20 below temps. last summer i left my camper up north at a freinds property for the summer and when i picked it up after a cold winter there were thousands of flys in there. clean camper and one big mess of fly's. good luck.

[leech~~]

I had a bait store guy tell me that they are different then waxes that you can leave out warm for a while. He said they need to be kept cool as they will start to turn into the fly. When they cool down they go dormant because it slows down their metabolism but if kept warm they will turn quick. That's why when you take them out they are hardly moving and once they warm up again they are off to the races in their container! If your frig is to cold or has cold spots on the edged like mine, you maybe freezing them?

[TooTallTom]

Thanks for the tip reinhard1!

[Sgt_NellieUSMC]

i also buy them in bulk at the beginning of the year and they last all winter long. alot of the time they will start to die off if they are kept warm too long. like said before, its best to keep them refridgerated. i keep mine out in the garage fridge since the wife doesnt want them in the house. when it gets really cold, i wrap a hand towel around them inside the fridge and this keeps them from freezing. ive noticed that if they freeze, they will die as well. the reason for keeping them cold but not to a freezing point is because it keeps them dormant. if you open up your puck or whatever you are storing them in and they are moving like crazy, they will not live very long. and i have also learned the hard way. in the spring time rememeber to empty out the old larvae out of the puck or else you will be swarmed by GIANT flies when you open them...haha. only took time for me to learn that one. hope this helps

[Wimbie]

The past couple years, I have bought 5000 right after Thanksgiving. They lasted me all last year, and this year, they are still good. I go through them every couple of weeks and pick out the few dead ones there are. I also just keep them in a plastic sandwich container, in the bottom drawer of the fridge. Vados little sheet says to change the saw dust when it gets wet, but I just took them out of it entirely a week ago and they seem to be fine.

[MN BassFisher]

I go through them every couple of weeks and pick out the few dead ones there are.

They aren't dead, their in the pupae form. I knew that but didn't think they would ever hatch out but I threw a bunch of the brown/red ones in the basement garbage a few times. A week or so later we had a bunch of big flies cruising around. I'm finally killing the last of the few remaining flies.

[Wimbie]

The ones I throw out for the most part are dead, I keep them cold enough that they don't start to change. Seems like the ones that do are the ones that go in my bait puck and do get warm from beaing in my pocket. I also never threw them in the garbage in fear of them changing, I've always tossed them out and wathed the birds eat them.

[MN BassFisher]

The ones I throw out for the most part are dead, I keep them cold enough that they don't start to change. Seems like the ones that do are the ones that go in my bait puck and do get warm from beaing in my pocket. I also never threw them in the garbage in fear of them changing, I've always tossed them out and wathed the birds eat them.

Ha, good idea. I now feed mine to my sunfish and perch.

[harvey lee]

harvey lee, where are you finding the euros in bulk? Are you ordering off the internet, or is there a local shop that you buy from? I was just thinking over the weekend about whether a bulk purchase would make sense for the future, but haven't started looking for sources yet.

Thanks,

Tom.

Vados bait in the cities ands they will ship to you. I buyt the spikes in the assort colors.

It is for sure the least expensive way to buy them.

[IamZombie]

my fridge has a little compartment for eggs, I put them in there.

Should waxies not go in the fridge?

[Crm7290]

Waxies go in the fridge. Put them in the fruit drawer

[Cheetah]

The Vados HSOforum has instructions on how to keep the bait alive that you buy from them.

[OnAFly]

I've noticed something interesting with the ones in assorted colors. When they start to go bad, the colored ones go bad long before the natural ones. I think I'm going to just buy the natural ones from now on.

I just keep them in the top-front (warmest) part of the fridge in a bait puck, keeps the natural ones long enough for me to use them.

[Wimbie]

I only buy the red and white ones. Keep them in the coldest part of the fridge and they will last longer. I believe 33 degrees to 35 degrees is ideal for them.

[harvey lee]

The Vados HSOforum has instructions on how to keep the bait alive that you buy from them.

Yes, the do in every order and if followed, they last.

[TooTallTom]

Thanks harvey lee. I'll check them out.

[pulleye16]

I've noticed something interesting with the ones in assorted colors. When they start to go bad, the colored ones go bad long before the natural ones. I think I'm going to just buy the natural ones from now on.

I just keep them in the top-front (warmest) part of the fridge in a bait puck, keeps the natural ones long enough for me to use them.

Noticed the exact same thing!

[MN BassFisher]

I had red and white ones and I always found the little pupae's were red. So I thought the red ones were "dieing" first. Then all I had was the normal colored ones, that's when I found out they turn red when they pupate.