Canadian1995 Posted April 26, 2013 Report Share Posted April 26, 2013 i've been searching the web for methods of worm gathering, read about techniques that include spreading diluted tobasco sauce over a certain area, or just digging for them. does anyone have any good techniques they'd like to share? thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Locnar Posted April 26, 2013 Report Share Posted April 26, 2013 I just wait for a rainy day and hit my backyard at like 11pm.... Nightcrawlers will be everywhere on those nights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Handlebarz Posted April 26, 2013 Report Share Posted April 26, 2013 Give the lawn a good soak then wait until a hour or so after dark. Or wait for a rainy day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted April 27, 2013 Report Share Posted April 27, 2013 If you are really hard up, hit a patch of weedy grass with a bucket of dish soap/water. If there are worms they will come up and be easy to pick. Do not do the same spot more than once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beagle dad Posted April 27, 2013 Report Share Posted April 27, 2013 caught this on tv drive wooden stake in the ground with a piece of iron bar saw it back and forth over the top of stake causes the stake to moan and vibrate.worms will come to the surface.. it actually works very well especially near damp wet marshy areas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopheraaron Posted April 27, 2013 Report Share Posted April 27, 2013 Like others have said wait for a rainy day and go out about an hour after dark, a good tip that someone posted about a month ago was to stretch a red plastic bag over your flashlight using an elastic, the worms aren't as sensitive to the red light. Good luck! And here's rich's tip on steroids in action Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRIFTER_016 Posted April 27, 2013 Report Share Posted April 27, 2013 I used to go out to local ball diamonds at night and pick them. They are really easy to see and capture on that crushed chip rock stuff they use on the diamonds in Southern Ontario. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerritt Posted April 27, 2013 Report Share Posted April 27, 2013 (edited) As a kid we would use electricity... they would literally pop out their holes.. G Edited April 27, 2013 by Gerritt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian1995 Posted April 27, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2013 I just wait for a rainy day and hit my backyard at like 11pm.... Nightcrawlers will be everywhere on those nights. Give the lawn a good soak then wait until a hour or so after dark. Or wait for a rainy day If you are really hard up, hit a patch of weedy grass with a bucket of dish soap/water. If there are worms they will come up and be easy to pick. Do not do the same spot more than once. caught this on tv drive wooden stake in the ground with a piece of iron bar saw it back and forth over the top of stake causes the stake to moan and vibrate.worms will come to the surface.. it actually works very well especially near damp wet marshy areas Like others have said wait for a rainy day and go out about an hour after dark, a good tip that someone posted about a month ago was to stretch a red plastic bag over your flashlight using an elastic, the worms aren't as sensitive to the red light. Good luck! And here's rich's tip on steroids in action I used to go out to local ball diamonds at night and pick them. They are really easy to see and capture on that crushed chip rock stuff they use on the diamonds in Southern Ontario. thanks for all the tips guys, i just got back in from soaking half my backyard in water/tobasco sauce and other half in soapy water.. its 9:21 p.m is that too early to expect anything? and i tried doing the stake method with a hockey stick and a rake, but i felt i was going no where. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopheraaron Posted April 27, 2013 Report Share Posted April 27, 2013 by now you should see some showing up, once they're up they'll be up all night Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted April 27, 2013 Report Share Posted April 27, 2013 The soapy water should work within 10 minutes... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Handlebarz Posted April 27, 2013 Report Share Posted April 27, 2013 what the hell 14 years with a black walnut tree and I did not know that. I would take out 3-7 big garbage cans of them each fall to the curb, had I know this I would have hoarded them. I will be asking my old neighbour for some this year she is going to be looking at me funny as we would complain and compair how many would be hidden around each fall now I want them LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirCranksalot Posted April 28, 2013 Report Share Posted April 28, 2013 what the hell 14 years with a black walnut tree and I did not know that. What's this about walnuts? I picked up some walnuts from my neighbors tree last fall. When I dumped the water I washed them in worms popped out of the ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRIFTER_016 Posted April 28, 2013 Report Share Posted April 28, 2013 What's this about walnuts? I picked up some walnuts from my neighbors tree last fall. When I dumped the water I washed them in worms popped out of the ground. Look up. http://ontariofishingcommunity.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=69360&p=782587 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirCranksalot Posted April 28, 2013 Report Share Posted April 28, 2013 Had another Homer Simpson moment!! Doh!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Handlebarz Posted April 28, 2013 Report Share Posted April 28, 2013 Lol I have alot if them homer moments usually my head saying shut up but my mouth keeps going lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike rousseau Posted April 28, 2013 Report Share Posted April 28, 2013 Best worm picking grounds are yards with dogs... I believe the dog poop has something to do with it... Once our family dog died the worm picking got worse and worse.... A rainy day should get you 100 worms fairly easily... In a hurry water and bleach.... I bleached my live well a few times and drained into the driveway/lawn... and worms were up in no time... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ch312 Posted May 1, 2013 Report Share Posted May 1, 2013 for trout or panfish i like red wigglers that breed like crazy in the compost bin. it's nice flipping over a melon rind and having hundreds of worms clumped together in a ball just waiting to be bait... to catch earthworms try to search at the bottom of hills when there is dew on the grass or after a rain. a red balloon stretched over your flashlight or the red material from "EXIT" signs works great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danc Posted May 1, 2013 Report Share Posted May 1, 2013 If you don't have dew worms in your yard, simply stock them. I grew up in a new housing area where the ground was muskeg based. There was not a dew worm to be found anywhere. So I started releasing leftovers that I bought elsewhere after fishing trips. Within a year or two the whole neighbourhood was crawling with them. Easy pickin's for life after that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish4Eyes Posted May 1, 2013 Report Share Posted May 1, 2013 Oh the good old days of walking around the neighbourhood picking worms off people's lawns and flower beds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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