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Author Topic: How to keep fishing worms alive  (Read 313 times)

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Offline imacajun

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How to keep fishing worms alive
« on: September 27, 2007, 05:37:23 PM »
We buy several boxes of bait worms {Evergreen large Canadian Nightcrawlers} and I can't keep the ones that are left over after fishing alive. I put them in a big styrofoam ice chest when we get home with shredded newspaper that I keep damp layered on top then close it shut with the lid. I put cheap potting soil from the store in it and feed them cornmeal every other day and dampen the newspaper at that time. They are just disappearing. I keep them outdoors and it's very hot and humid here in south Louisiana, could this be the problem? Any suggestions would be helpful. It's getting expensive to buy worms each time we go fishing. They are living when I put them in the ice chest but disappear a few days later. What am I doing wrong? We go catfishing in fresh water bayous. Thanks for your time and have a nice day. 
 
 

Offline Big Mac

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Re: How to keep fishing worms alive
« Reply #1 on: September 27, 2007, 05:56:36 PM »
Nightcrawlers need Cold to keep alive. You need to put refreezable blue plastic blocks wrapped in newspaper in the cooler with them. So far as food you can put lettuce leaves, coffee grounds, or bread crumbs in there to feed them, not too much. Lastly, when worms die they turn into a mess which can infect others, but they do not disappear! If they are disappearing, someone is taking them and going fishing without you :D.

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Offline kwchannell89

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Re: How to keep fishing worms alive
« Reply #2 on: September 27, 2007, 06:50:10 PM »
Ditto on above post. Keep them in a refriderator, if you got one laying in your garage or something stick 'em in there.

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