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Yellow jacket lava

Posted By: Ash58

Yellow jacket lava - 07/24/17 08:34 PM

So I went out to the barn looking for an extra pole to get ready for tonight and I found two yellow jacket hives. I sprayed them down and as I was throwing them away I remembered that my father told me that the larva made great bait. I brought the hives in the house and I spent close to an hour picking larva out. Was it a waste of time? Or do y'all think they could trigger a bite? I was thinking of tipping a hand tied jig with one just to see.
Posted By: BlueNitro

Re: Yellow jacket lava - 07/24/17 08:51 PM

Just wondering if all the wasp spray will taint the larva and keep the crappie from biting? hmmm
Posted By: Ash58

Re: Yellow jacket lava - 07/24/17 08:54 PM

I was worried about that as well. They are on their thorn bath now.
Posted By: Davedave

Re: Yellow jacket lava - 07/24/17 09:01 PM

I'm not sure. I just know that I wouldn't eat one.
Posted By: uncle_bagster

Re: Yellow jacket lava - 07/24/17 09:42 PM

I used to knock the nests down with dirt clods, and then take the larva. I'll guarantee you that triggered a lot of bites.
Posted By: Tallgrass05

Re: Yellow jacket lava - 07/24/17 10:17 PM

Larvae are good eating.
Posted By: chickenman

Re: Yellow jacket lava - 07/24/17 10:56 PM

I have a native american recipe for yellow jacket larvae if anyone is interested.
Posted By: JIM SR.

Re: Yellow jacket lava - 07/24/17 11:24 PM

you probably cant keep the bream away long enough to catch a crappie,..
Posted By: Bobcat1

Re: Yellow jacket lava - 07/25/17 12:30 AM

No thanks. One of them little demonic bastages stung me on the ring finger last week. I forgot how much that hurt. I hate them. They got a good dose of spray and a good stomping when they hit the ground.
Posted By: Action_Jackson

Re: Yellow jacket lava - 07/25/17 02:01 PM

I've heard thats the best bream bait around!
Posted By: Ash58

Re: Yellow jacket lava - 07/25/17 02:18 PM

Caught serveral crappie in them. All dinks though.
Posted By: Lovfldx

Re: Yellow jacket lava - 07/25/17 03:39 PM

When I was a kid and it was too hot to dig up worms, a BB gun and a yellow jacket nest was all I needed to get bait. Shoot the nest down, swat the wasps with a badminton racket, killing them, and digging out the larvae. 5 mile creek cats, sunfish and bass loved em! Never caught any crappie on em. Had to go down to the bait shop on the corner of Simpson Stuart and US 75, sell enough pop bottles to scrape up 25 cents for a dozen minnows. The crappie would devour em!
Posted By: PReaux

Re: Yellow jacket lava - 07/25/17 05:22 PM

I've always heard that if you let one sting you on an arthritic knuckle it would ease the pain and help with the arthritis . . therefore helping you feel the "thump". . just saying . .
Posted By: Captain Yakker

Re: Yellow jacket lava - 07/27/17 04:19 AM

Originally Posted By: PReaux
I've always heard that if you let one sting you on an arthritic knuckle it would ease the pain and help with the arthritis . . therefore helping you feel the "thump". . just saying . .


That's usually done with honeybee venom, not wasp venom. Wasp venom has different components and is much more potent than honeybee venom. I was a beekeeper for a few years when I lived in a place where I could have them. Just gotta make sure you aren't allergic to the stuff or you won't feel too many thumps at all after anaphylactic shock.
Posted By: chilli31

Re: Yellow jacket lava - 07/27/17 01:07 PM

Fastest way to get rid of the sting of a wasp.
Find some wet mud and smear it over the affected area and let it dry wait for a hour and wash of the mud
The mud will pull the sting out some how
Posted By: SK.

Re: Yellow jacket lava - 07/27/17 04:54 PM

Favorite bream bait when I was a kid....

Got stung more than a few times from messing with their nest......
Posted By: Part-Timer

Re: Yellow jacket lava - 07/29/17 10:36 PM

Originally Posted By: chilli31
Fastest way to get rid of the sting of a wasp.
Find some wet mud and smear it over the affected area and let it dry wait for a hour and wash of the mud
The mud will pull the sting out some how


Tobacco will do the same thing. I have tried it with snuff several times and it does work.
Posted By: Bobcat1

Re: Yellow jacket lava - 07/29/17 10:41 PM

Originally Posted By: Part-Timer
Originally Posted By: chilli31
Fastest way to get rid of the sting of a wasp.
Find some wet mud and smear it over the affected area and let it dry wait for a hour and wash of the mud
The mud will pull the sting out some how


Tobacco will do the same thing. I have tried it with snuff several times and it does work.
Tobacco is all we have ever used.
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