On Apr 15, 11:45*pm, Tim wrote:
On Apr 15, 9:26*pm, "Calif Bill" wrote:





"Vic Smith" wrote in message

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On Wed, 15 Apr 2009 16:42:59 -0700 (PDT), Tim
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On Apr 15, 8:17 am, "mmc" wrote:
"Tim" wrote in message

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http://timesonline.typepad.com/envir...-of-worm..html

Fascinating article on catching earthworms for fishing.

Make a sound like a mole, and the worms head for the surface....

never heard of it, but beats digging though.

If you attemp this, can you send me the video? :-)

LOL!

Eh, I'm not a fisherman, but if I was I think I'd do what Vic does and
wait till it rains then pick 'em up off the sidewalk or something liek
that.

I do recall they sold hold cranked generators to bring worms up.
Stick a couple rods in the ground and crank away.
And "worm farms" too. *The ads said you can make worm raising your
business. *It was fun reading about it but my ma said I couldn't raise
worms in the house.
It was much easier to pick up a couple cartons of worms at the bait
shop. *Had to go there to get minnows anyway.
Worms were cheap. *Anyway I preferred redworms over crawlers.
Never saw them anywhere but the baitshop, but I didn't do much dirt
digging either.
We caught grasshoppers for bait in Missouri.
Catfish cave tickling sounds like more fun than worm grunting.

--Vic

Had a neighbor 35 years ago who started a worm farm. *Lots of worms, no
profit, at least for him. *I could get enough worms for fishing from the
yard, but I just buy a container of red worms or crawlers, depending the
fishing and when done, pour the excess in the garden. *Every once in a while
I find a huge night crawler when digging.

Odd, from growing up in s. IL. in the country, I wouldn't know a night
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Tim, where I lived in western NY, in the summer, we'd go out in the
yard and they'd be up on top. Living next to a trout stream, I'd get
enough night crawlers to put in a bin and keep in the garage for the
whole trout season! They are huge, as long as ten inches.