Collecting worms for bait

[ben306]

At home in the UK I had no problems, had a wormery/compost heap in the garden and could have as many worms as I wanted everytime I went fishing.

 

Now its a little different as Im in a 14th floor appartment. I do have a bucket on the balcony which I intent to use as a mini wormery. But where do I collect them??

 

There is a bit of a park opposite my block but I cant just go digging up the fields so any suggestions would be good. Want to expand on the fish I catch while Im here and worm has to be one of the best baits for that.

 

Cheers

[l2p]

wait til night, dim flash light and walk sofly.

[MJL]

Might not be the coolest thing to do in downtown Toronto but after a rain, go out to the park at night with a headlamp (preferably with a red light) and pick as many as you need. If there's lawn sprinklers in the park, you don't even need rain.

 

I normally start my worm picking at midnight in my yard when the worms are getting kinky with one another

I can grab 2 worms at once.LOL

 

You can also pick them off sidewalks, driveways and the street when it rains...It's even easier to get them there than on the lawn...They're fast buggers.

 

Hope this helps

 

PS

If you're planning to use worms around the Islands or Harbourfront, be prepared for lots and lots of gobies (did I mention lots ) .

Edited May 21, 2009 by MJL

[ehg]

My 6 yr. old daughter discovered a way to get worms during the day downtown here.

We were at a park and when she saw a robin pulling out a worm, she would scare the robin off

and they would leave behind the worm which we retrieved. Probably caught a dozen worms in 10 minutes.

The other ideas of nighttime and flashlight are good.

Edited May 21, 2009 by ehg

[highdrifter]

I normally start my worm picking at midnight in my yard when the worms are getting kinky with one another

I can grab 2 worms at once.LOL

 

EEEWWWWWW!!!

 

Ben, The dog park beside the Gardiner is a great place for honkin dewies.. After a good rain in the witchin hour, ya might see a head lamp slowly and systematically going accross the greens...

 

That be me!!

 

HD

 

OOH, otherwise, find the worm mounds and spray a mixture of water and mustard powder over them. Dem suckers will squirm right outta their little hidey holes!

[Governator]

when I was a kid, my friend and I would just flood his backyard with the hose and come back out an hour later to find the worms. Like others have said, just wait for some rain they pop up everywhere.

[bassjnkie]

I just get them in the garden after a rain fall. I am up to 10 dozen in a Worm Storage System it's a great system.

Edited May 21, 2009 by DanielM

[John]

Ben, if you are allowed a small composter on your balcony you could raise your own.

[Viscount]

Golf courses usually run sprinklers on a nightly basis...but that would be tresspassing.

[Anatz]

how about just using artificial worms. The Berkley trout worms works better than the actual worm it self.

[Leecher]

OOH, otherwise, find the worm mounds and spray a mixture of water and mustard powder over them. Dem suckers will squirm right outta their little hidey holes!

 

Another is a mixture of water and dish soap... works everytime for me

Leechman

Edited May 21, 2009 by Leechman

[BITEME]

how about just using artificial worms. The Berkley trout worms works better than the actual worm it self.

 

 

NOT!!!!!!

[highdrifter]

Another is a mixture of water and dish soap... works everytime for me

Leechman

 

Ya must have to rince them afterwards... me thinks a container with even trace amounts would make for pretty lifeless, stinky dewies!!

 

AYOYE!!

[Leecher]

Ya must have to rince them afterwards... me thinks a container with even trace amounts would make for pretty lifeless, stinky dewies!!

AYOYE!!

 

No need to rince afterwards..... never have and they're very lively and shinny

[Spiel]

All the above will will certainly get you worms Ben, dew worms (night crawlers) and they won't do well in a pail on your balconey! They need to be kept cool, like in the fridge cool. Red worms and manure (dung) worms on the other hand will do okay. Red worms can be dug up most anywhere (try local creek valleys and ravines). Manure worms can be found in, well, manure piles which may or may not common to Toronto, depending on who you ask.

[Bondar]

i do the soap thing as well , learned it well washing the ATV on the lawn

Edited May 21, 2009 by Wiser

[Garnet]

Do not pick worms off the side walks or roads they all have road rash and die very easy and that's not pretty.

 

You will notice some worms from stores don't look just like our natural dew worms, these are Africa breed and much more tolerant to heat and easier to raise.

 

Garnet

[richyb]

Stick 2 metal posts in the ground about 6 feet apart. water the ground in the area, hook up jumper cables from a car battery to the 2 metal posts and up pops the worms. I have never seen it work but i have heard about it.