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Nightcrawlers and other worm types such as a common night crawler, European night crawler, African night crawler, grunt worms, garden worms, red wigglers, and leaf worms are as close as you can get to a universal live bait for all species of freshwater fish as you can get. They will catch any fish from common bluegill to the elusive sturgeon. Nightcrawlers have amazing fish appeal but there are some important reasons they are so popular. They are a very easy bait to find and a very easy bait to catch or raise if you are a interested in saving a few bucks,or just want fresh bait readily available. After a good rain you can catch enough nightcrawlers for multiple fishing trips. You can keep nightcrawlers alive for weeks at a time with some simple preparation. When you catch or buy your nightcrawlers make sure you put them in a large container , like a 5 gallon bucket. Fill the bucket at least 1/2 full with rich moist soil. then keep them in a cool spot.

If you want to build a worm farm and raise your own nightcrawlers to save a few bucks and have your own supply of live bait available, building a worm farm is actually very simple. Also finding your own nightcralwers is so simple and guess what? free! All you need to store your night crawlers and other worm types is a an area in your guarage or basement that stays cool or if you have garden space you can place one there too. The material I have found that works well to build you worm farm storage container is white pine. Get yourself some 1 x 12 white pine planks and make a wood box looking container approximately 3ft x 3ft x 2ft deep. After you have your storage container built move it to where you want your worm farm to stay. Once it filled with loomie moist soil it becomes quite heavy. You can get your soil from a compost pile or go to a garden store and purchase some fertile loamy soil, fill your box and wait for a rainy night. On a rainy hot night go out with your flashlight and capture at least 48 nightcrawlers and place them in your worm farm. Then let them undisturbed for about 2 weeks.

Worms are “Hermaphrodites” which means they have both male and female sex organs. These sex organs are found in the dark spot that looks like a Normal 0 collar near the head. Since both female and and male night crawlers and other  worm type have sex organs you might think you don’t need too worms to breed. Well you still need to nightcrawlers to breed you just don’t need a male and female. When two worms mate together they both are impregnated and both will lay eggs in the soil.

The incubation period is usually about 2 to 3 weeks. Another amazing thing about night crawlers is you can pull them apart into pieces and they will not die! So you can use partial pieces of nightcrawlers and still have fresh and lively bait.

 

Night crawlers and other worms do not have eyes or ears but they can sense vibrations. That is why when you are trying to catch them they sometimes retreat back into their burrows before you get to them because they are sensing the vibrations of your feet. Nightcrawlers are also sensitive to light. If you hunt nightcrawlers at night do not point the beam of your flashlight directly at the crawlers. because they will immediately start moving back into their burrows. Instead, fan your light across the grass quickly and take note where you think you saw crawlers. Next step very softly close to the nightcrawlers then shine your light quickly and at the same time put you fingers on and as close to the burrow as you can and pull gently up, so you don’t pull the nightcrawler in half. On rainy nights if you see nightcrawlers that are paired up side by side by all means get these crawlers first because they are mating, and a good choice if you are starting a new worm farm.

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