keeping maddies

whats the best way of storing them.want to dig some tomorro for the weekend and just not sure whats the best way to store them. i have a fridge so will be able to keep them effectively chilled..

Tilleys maddies are normally stored in take away trays with sea peat in display fridges, so I'd imagine that method would be fine for a few days.

<edit>I forgot to mention that they are about 50 to a tray.

get some;
bog standard compost, sea water, coral sand(preferable) or grit and some carbon available from pet shops for fish tank filters.

Step 1:pour the compost into the sea water and stir nicely.
Step 2: get fistfuls of the compost and squeeze dry to remove any excess
water
Step3:add grit, say 50/50 to the treated compost and mix, helps to aerate mixture and stabilizes ph.
Step4:for around 20 liters of the mix,(normal bucket size) add a full sachet of the carbon chips, this helps remove toxins and removes nitrites,nitrates and ammonia.

lug can be kept for up to 2 weeks with careful attention and rag/maddies can be kept for months with some tlc.

get some;
bog standard compost, sea water, coral sand(preferable) or grit and some carbon available from pet shops for fish tank filters.

Step 1:pour the compost into the sea water and stir nicely.
Step 2: get fistfuls of the compost and squeeze dry to remove any excess
water
Step3:add grit, say 50/50 to the treated compost and mix, helps to aerate mixture and stabilizes ph.
Step4:for around 20 liters of the mix,(normal bucket size) add a full sachet of the carbon chips, this helps remove toxins and removes nitrites,nitrates and ammonia.

lug can be kept for up to 2 weeks with careful attention and rag/maddies can be kept for months with some tlc.

Will ye give over :?

Tissue line the bottom of a tray and put tissue over them, pour some sea water (kept at the same temp) over them, just enoguh to keep them moist. Change the tissue every evening after work if ye can, every 36 hours not a bother, i've kept them 2/3 weeks like that not a bother

Cat litter tray with sea water just covering them. that's the best way to do it.

get some;
bog standard compost, sea water, coral sand(preferable) or grit and some carbon available from pet shops for fish tank filters.

Step 1:pour the compost into the sea water and stir nicely.
Step 2: get fistfuls of the compost and squeeze dry to remove any excess
water
Step3:add grit, say 50/50 to the treated compost and mix, helps to aerate mixture and stabilizes ph.
Step4:for around 20 liters of the mix,(normal bucket size) add a full sachet of the carbon chips, this helps remove toxins and removes nitrites,nitrates and ammonia.

lug can be kept for up to 2 weeks with careful attention and rag/maddies can be kept for months with some tlc.

Will ye give over :?

Tissue line the bottom of a tray and put tissue over them, pour some sea water (kept at the same temp) over them, just enoguh to keep them moist. Change the tissue every evening after work if ye can, every 36 hours not a bother, i've kept them 2/3 weeks like that not a bother

works for me thats all :wink: fair enough,taught to me by a guy i work with dont shoot the messanger :roll: :roll:

If you are only looking to keep them for a few days just stick them in the fridge in a tray with seapeat.

For longer periods it is probably best to store them in a tray in your fridge with about an inch of seawater. Keep the fridge on a low setting as this completely slows the maddies down nearly to a hibernation state. At least this way they wont nip the tails off each other. When going fishing transfer them onto newspaper to dry them off and them into seapeat. The seapeat makes them so much easier to bait up with.

get some;
bog standard compost, sea water, coral sand(preferable) or grit and some carbon available from pet shops for fish tank filters.

Step 1:pour the compost into the sea water and stir nicely.
Step 2: get fistfuls of the compost and squeeze dry to remove any excess
water
Step3:add grit, say 50/50 to the treated compost and mix, helps to aerate mixture and stabilizes ph.
Step4:for around 20 liters of the mix,(normal bucket size) add a full sachet of the carbon chips, this helps remove toxins and removes nitrites,nitrates and ammonia.

lug can be kept for up to 2 weeks with careful attention and rag/maddies can be kept for months with some tlc.

ERR!!! is this you talking eric?..for it sounds like jamie oliver....... :shock: :shock: you left out the part about reducing them down in red wine :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:.....and you forgot to add the red ounion :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: just kidding mate :wink:

instant sea peat, cant see the problem :roll: :roll:

have 300 or so outside the back door with a week in a tub. no peat or paper, change the water once a day, twice if you can. No TLC, they are still lively and the few white rag that are mixed in are trying to bite me.... 8)

Tilleys maddies are normally stored in take away trays with sea peat in display fridges, so I'd imagine that method would be fine for a few days.

<edit>I forgot to mention that they are about 50 to a tray.

YEAH ! AND HAVE YOU SEEN TILLYS MADDIES LATELY ??? :shock: :?

leave them in wat ever u dig them out of just put them in a tray wit news paper on bottom or seapeat just always remember to check 4 dead ones, normal peat will kill them off as there is stuff added to paet to treat it. trust me on my method i would class my self as a very good match angler and my maddies are always perect and iv plenty of wins wit them

DR is that your initials.

they sure are

leave them in wat ever u dig them out of just put them in a tray wit news paper on bottom or seapeat just always remember to check 4 dead ones, normal peat will kill them off as there is stuff added to paet to treat it. trust me on my method i would class my self as a very good match angler and my maddies are always perect and iv plenty of wins wit them

in my defense, i now understand its a loosing battle and i will also accept its lot of trouble when obviously there are easier alternatives to pursue, ive been keeping my maddies, rag and lug in this mixture for about 6 months now since i was advised to it and i haven't had major deaths apart from the usual suspects. it keeps the worms fairly tough which makes for easier hooking and therefor better presentation. thanks for some new ideas i look forward to trying them out, if theirs one thing i learned from angling its that you never stop learning and always be open to new ideas.

they wouldn stand for Darren Ryan would they !!!! if so , wat do you mean good match angler !! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :wink: :wink:

Tilleys maddies are normally stored in take away trays with sea peat in display fridges, so I'd imagine that method would be fine for a few days.

<edit>I forgot to mention that they are about 50 to a tray.

YEAH ! AND HAVE YOU SEEN TILLYS MADDIES LATELY ??? :shock: :?

I was only there two days ago, I have 50 maddies from him in my fridge, I don't get you?

I haven't been using them much since the baby was born, so that'a about 6 months that I haven't been there regularly....

nice one boicy :o :o , was out most of last year but makin a come back tis year, hav u been back down in youghal or any were since i seen u last