How to Catch Earthworms/Nightcrawlers
Night crawlers love dark, moist areas. The best time to catch these little slimy creatures is during the night time hours. Checking near areas like a garden or mulch is a great idea. When you pick up a night crawler be careful not to squeeze them too hard. Be prepared for wiggling and squirming.
Night crawlers often come out of the ground after a good hard rain. You may find that this is a great time to catch these little buggers. If you catch a few at a time, remember to provide enough food for them. A night crawler can eat its own weight each day. A night crawler absorbs nutrients from the soil through its body.
If you are hunting night crawlers at night, a flashlight is a useful too, however if the light is too bright, the worms will begin scurrying to get away. Try not to shine the light directly onto the worms. A good place to look for night crawlers is under things like flower pots or large stones. Be prepared to move quickly, as the worms will begin to burrow if they feel threatened.
As a child I recall lifting boards,large rocks, and other large objects and using a rake and a garden hoe to disturb the soil to find worms. We kept the worms in nearly any container we could find, just being sure that their was dirt and the worms could get air. If properly fed, kept in a cool, damp environment, and away from direct heat, night crawlers can live for quite a period of time.
Simply by digging and disturbing the soil in the evening hours you are likely to come up with enough earth worms for an all day fishing trip for the family. Night crawlers are regenerative creatures, and can breath under water for quite some time. This means they make great fishing bait and if you're running low, you can break them apart and use the same worm for more than one cast.
Have some fun this weekend, let your kids go on a night crawler hunt and take them fishing.
Published by Angela Russell
Angela was born and raised in Middle Tennessee. She married her high school sweetheart and has two teenage children. Angela currently provides bookkeeping and accounting services for nearly one hundred sm... View profile
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Post a CommentI just wrote about how i do it, check it out
http://huntingreviews.blogspot.com/2009/04/nightcrawler-hunting-how-to-catch.html
Good article, Angela. This reminds me of when I was growing up and looking for worms to go fishing. We did all the trick you mention here. At one time we had an old tub we filled with dirt and put our earthworms in it. Then we had worms whenever we wanted them.