Canadian nightcrawlers

Can I just grab some from Walmart, toss them in a tote with compost, drill a few air holes, and let them do their thing? Or is it more involved than that?

Not a huge deal to keep buying $4 tubs, but it’d be nice to have a steady supply in the garage from spring through fall.

Also-what are you guys feeding them? Would grass clippings work?

possibly gonna be a tough one to get good advice on. A lot of us are lured fisherman in the bass world. I usually just buy them if im pan fishing or taking my daughter with me. I will say tho if ya don’t finish a tub they keep for a long time in the fridge.

Welcome to bass resource!

I grew up being a nightcrawler fisherman, until I discovered I could catch just as many fish on a senko. Less mess and cheaper in the long run.

I've never worried much about keeping them year round, but you can pick up a cheap cooler and some worm bedding (ground up paper) fairly cheap and keep them all fishing season fairly easily. They'll need air holes in the cooler top.

11 minutes ago, wvhunt said:

I've never worried much about keeping them year round, but you can pick up a cheap cooler and some worm bedding (ground up paper) fairly cheap and keep them all fishing season fairly easily. They'll need air holes in the cooler top.

Don't forget to keep their environment moist - not drenched, but damp. And feed them used coffee grounds, wilted lettuce, orange peels...any vegetable matter that's not spicy (no peppers, garlic, things like that)...but don't overfeed either.

If you want to raise them, Google is your friend

What I like about the zoom trick worm Texas rigged with a 1/32 weight, and a #3 thin wire EWG hook, is it vibrates on the fall, and the tail stands high when sitting in the bottom. The slightest rod twitch causes the tail to dance in place. Florida black bass just can’t stand the shuttle movement of the tail. Especially when the bite is tough and there not out chasing baits. It’s the closest thing to a live worm on the bottom.

Lures are fun and convenient and have other advantages but today it was 88 degrees here and I couldn't buy a bite until I said uncle and went to earthworms. I put them on a drop shot rig instead of a plastic worm and had some quick fun.

I use to sell them as a kid. Kept them in the basement in good black soil . Fed them coffee grounds. I was a kid and the more the better and ended up over-crowding a lot. These were local night crawlers . I dont know if the candians are the same. I got a quarter a dozen for them.

The easiest worm to raise are red wigglers, they multiply fast.

Coffee grounds and fruit peeling was what I fed them.

You probably could find crawler food on Amazon. They used to sell it along with worm ranches .

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Appreciate the input guys

Yeah I figured I might be asking in a pretty lure-heavy crowd but that’s good to know about keeping them in the fridge longer definitely helps cut down waste.

And I hear you on the soft plastics too. I’ve used senkos a bit and they do produce, especially when things are slow. That trick worm setup sounds solid, I might have to give that a shot next time out.

Still might experiment with keeping a small supply of nightcrawlers going just for convenience, but I appreciate all the advice 👍