Meal worms for Kokanee

[Tim1harris]

Hello, fairly new to Kokanee fishing and I have heard that meal worms are a great option to try. So I picked up a pack of giant mealworms from the pet store today that are about 2” long. I also got some fluorescent pink dye to dye them. Curious what other tips folks have? Should I keep some natural colour, or all pink? Should I cut them into small little pieces? Should I add different scents to them once they are dyed? Will it matter that they will probably all die when I dye them? Whats everyone’s GO TO scent? Seems like there are way too many options out there. Any tips or tricks to help me get a few Koks with the mealworms would be awesome!

 

[Bduck]

Berkley Maggots/Asticots are a good option in place of mealworms also. They come in natural white, pink, & green. These can be used as is or you can add scents. I like using the liquid scents when doctoring the maggots such as Slammin Sam's (Tuna Garlic) and Smelly Jelly (Kokanee Feast). Procure is another good product that puts out a variety of scent flavors in gel form. I'll use this sometimes to attach on a dodger when not using scented maggots. We also use shoepeg corn as another option loaded with a liquid scent. Suggestion: try mixing small amounts of these mentioned products with different scent flavors to see which will work the best. I only mentioned just a couple of scent flavors that has worked for me, not always, but doesn't mean it will for you. Further research needs applied with the large number scents available.

 

[bowelkhntr]

Hello, fairly new to Kokanee fishing and I have heard that meal worms are a great option to try. So I picked up a pack of giant mealworms from the pet store today that are about 2” long. I also got some fluorescent pink dye to dye them. Curious what other tips folks have? Should I keep some natural colour, or all pink? Should I cut them into small little pieces? Should I add different scents to them once they are dyed? Will it matter that they will probably all die when I dye them? Whats everyone’s GO TO scent? Seems like there are way too many options out there. Any tips or tricks to help me get a few Koks with the mealworms would be awesome!

My routine is simple, I put a maggot on each hook (I tie my on leaders with double hooks and upper hook slides) I treat white shoe peg corn with some sent, die half red and put a cornel on each hook as well. I've tried Meal worms and maggots are way better. The real ones are better but imitations work if you can't get real.