baits

[Enzo]

Hello everyone, it's been an year since may last posto. Lots of thing happened.
Anyway, this year I want to go back to fishing as I used until a few years ago....uhm.
So, my question is. I a not a great live bait angler, since I have spinned most of my life. However, I would like to do it more in order to catch all kind a fish I am curious about: channel, big native minnows, suckers and trout.
Back in my home country (Italy) lots a fishermen use maggots, but I can't find here: unfortunately, since it's an incredible effective bait (it is banned in many locations due to its effectivenes).
Other baits I am curious are the mealworms and waxworms: anyone has used them? I did when I was younger, for brown trouts and several other minnow-like species, such as chubs, barbels, carps, tenche, perch etc.