Hi BSFan. SW Florida is rich with BSF so you should have no trouble attracting them.
I'm working on a few ideas to make attracting BSF easier. I think it's best to use some type of waste for bait that has a fairly strong sour odor. I have good luck with dry cracked corn fermented in water. There's a wide variety of foods you can use but I wouldn't recommend meats. Keep the food/waste damp and sooner or later the BSF will find it. Keep in mind that you probably won't see the larvae until a week or two after the eggs are laid so don't give up too early. It's best if you can observe the bait regularly on hot sunny afternoons when most of the egg laying takes place. If you see adult BSF flying around the bait you're bound to have larvae soon.
Hi catmandoo. Worms are great, most people who start working with BSF have some experience with them.
