I hang my basket from a pole sticking out from the dock. Many times when I'm on the dock I'll give the pole a shake just to see the fish feed. But the maggots will all hit the water on their own eventually. I got a few friends that really look at me funny when they come over fishing and see/smell the "recycling center" as we call it. Just a side note, I hate cats and I've told several neighbors that I'd be glad to recycle theirs for them. They give me a wierd look but little do they know that I'm serious. There are a lot of farrell cats around here and more than one has been converted to fish food. I guess I'm not going to worry about botulism since I only use animals that I've killed myself or I know how they got killed versus died of disease. The only birds I use are my own chickens when they get killed by an animal or something. You know this is a rather morbid discussion isn't it? But that's life I guess.
