captpierre Posted April 30, 2020 Report Share Posted April 30, 2020 Went out on my subdivision road this morning to look for worms after the rain. The robins must have beat me to them. “The early bird gets the worm...” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garnet Posted April 30, 2020 Report Share Posted April 30, 2020 Don't use road worms they have road rash . Will contaminate your good worms and all will die. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misfish Posted April 30, 2020 Report Share Posted April 30, 2020 30 minutes ago, Garnet said: Don't use road worms they have road rash . Will contaminate your good worms and all will die. Yup, learned that . They do not survive for some reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave524 Posted April 30, 2020 Report Share Posted April 30, 2020 headlamp in the evening, after dark when it rains, 48 ounce can strapped to each calf, always found damp sphagnum moss to be the best to keep them in. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishfield Posted April 30, 2020 Report Share Posted April 30, 2020 I've never seen so many huge dew worms. Every clump of sod I was moving back to where it belonged on Monday, from that careless snow plow guy, had dozens and dozens in every clump. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Posted April 30, 2020 Report Share Posted April 30, 2020 Damn plow guy rips up your lawn and drinks all your Pepsi 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lew Posted April 30, 2020 Report Share Posted April 30, 2020 Lotsa worms on my front walk this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KraTToR Posted April 30, 2020 Report Share Posted April 30, 2020 My dealer has a good supply and they are especially big this spring. He did state that due to the pandemic, stocks are low and prices will climb. Gawd I hate bending over tho.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captpierre Posted April 30, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2020 Lots of smiling, stuffed robins around here. 😎 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisherman Posted April 30, 2020 Report Share Posted April 30, 2020 Yup, they're having to take a run before they become airborne. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crappieperchhunter Posted April 30, 2020 Report Share Posted April 30, 2020 2 hours ago, Garnet said: Don't use road worms they have road rash . Will contaminate your good worms and all will die. Been using road worms for over 20 years....once I got too lazy to collect them at night with a flashlight and have never had a problem. I collect them after a rain and they go straight into fresh moss I pick out of my back yard with a sprinkle of corn meal to feed them. Then they are in my fridge until I use them. Generally get used up quickly but I have had them in the fridge for 2 months without a problem, just have to give them some more cornmeal every once in a while. In all this time I might of had a dozen dead ones. Maybe our street here doesn't have any harmful chemicals on the pavement or whatever causes the worms to be contaminated? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lukasaurus Posted April 30, 2020 Report Share Posted April 30, 2020 I picked up a bar fridge yesterday for $20. I am hoping to stock up before the marina on Nipissing opens up at the end of May. I will be out tonight picking. When I was young I used to bend over while picking worms, now I am on all fours with a head light. My back isn't what it used to be. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misfish Posted April 30, 2020 Report Share Posted April 30, 2020 14 minutes ago, Lukasaurus said: I picked up a bar fridge yesterday for $20. I am hoping to stock up before the marina on Nipissing opens up at the end of May. I will be out tonight picking. When I was young I used to bend over while picking worms, now I am on all fours with a head light. My back isn't what it used to be. I laugh cuz I feel yer pain . Same boat. LOL 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KraTToR Posted April 30, 2020 Report Share Posted April 30, 2020 1 hour ago, captpierre said: Lots of smiling, stuffed robins around here. 😎 I prefer not to stuff them before they go into the oven... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishfield Posted April 30, 2020 Report Share Posted April 30, 2020 Funny, I go to get the mail from the site box and the kids down at the 4 way stop have a table and cooler out at the end of their laneway with a giant WORMS sign on it ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aplumma Posted April 30, 2020 Report Share Posted April 30, 2020 The old saying is " the early bird gets the worm." Wake up earlier. lol Art Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garnet Posted April 30, 2020 Report Share Posted April 30, 2020 I made small fortune selling dew worms. Dad thought it was crazy Idea we lived on HWy 2 west of Whitby. Started out at 1 cent a worm then up price to 2 cents, I got nice french fry box for worms. Most where repeat customers if I wasn't home they got there Worms and left money in door I'd have $5- 10 some days. 1967 my dad was driving truck for $95 a week. Bought my parents a frig and later a stand up freezer. Think everybody in family had it at some time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rizzo Posted April 30, 2020 Report Share Posted April 30, 2020 gonna go get me some tonight. I don't ever see the juicy big ones in the morning, but at night? look out. Yard is covered in em Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted April 30, 2020 Report Share Posted April 30, 2020 The Robins are eating well this year in my front yard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misfish Posted May 1, 2020 Report Share Posted May 1, 2020 There is a bunch on the walk here. Those nice small ones. Scooped up a couple dozen for those finicky little guys that wont take the fly . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeXXington Posted May 1, 2020 Report Share Posted May 1, 2020 Lots out last night and in the AM. Most of that rain missed us just light sprinkle for a few hours and that was it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porkpie Posted May 1, 2020 Report Share Posted May 1, 2020 21 hours ago, KraTToR said: My dealer has a good supply and they are especially big this spring. He did state that due to the pandemic, stocks are low and prices will climb. Gawd I hate bending over tho.. I bought a ton of beautiful crawlers in Amherstburg last week, they had coolers full. Cheap like Borscht too. Let’s hope that remains the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garnet Posted May 1, 2020 Report Share Posted May 1, 2020 The commercial people raise African red worms they are a lot more hardy. They are more pointed and red than dew worms. Don't know any golf course picking anymore. I ran my worm bis 2-3 years. Made fortunes and even loan sharked my parents friends I never liked them so interest was atrocious. I picked on bus in Columbus for couple weeks even young maybe 15-16 tough way to make money. The bus stopped across the road from our house so easy. Can't remember last time I used worms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misfish Posted May 1, 2020 Report Share Posted May 1, 2020 52 minutes ago, Garnet said: The commercial people raise African red worms they are a lot more hardy. They are more pointed and red than dew worms. I remember way back getting these worms I think. They did not need to be refrigerated . Kept in a warm place. I put the ones I had on top of some ducting. They were gone when I grabbed the box 2 days later. Think it was hotter then warm. They evaporated . LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garnet Posted May 3, 2020 Report Share Posted May 3, 2020 It's incredible how far away that ground is. I use to watch my dad struggle to pick things thinking never happening to me. WRONG WRONG WRONG 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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