Nightcrawler storage box - Printable Version

Nightcrawler storage box - Printable Version

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Nightcrawler storage box - Kent - 08-19-2023

After making my electric nightcrawler getter [My electric nightcrawler getter (bigfishtackle.com)] I created a new problem, how to keep a bunch of nightcrawlers alive. I thought back when I was a youngster and my dad made a nightcrawler storage box that worked well. I improved some on his model and made one of my own. I already had everything that I needed with the exception of some door screen wire. I think it turned out well, and I will likely make another one, so that I can catch a bunch in the late fall, and not have to buy any nightcrawlers over the winter.

RE: Nightcrawler storage box - Cowboypirate - 08-19-2023

I had an old cooler buried in the ground to keep my stash in. Worked great. I could dig a few out of it in a hurry and be headed out. Kept them in great shape

RE: Nightcrawler storage box - RockyRaab2 - 08-19-2023

My nightcrawler storage spot is WalMart. I buy a dozen, use two of them not catching fish and then release the rest in my wife's flower bed.

RE: Nightcrawler storage box - Bduck - 08-19-2023

My dad setup 2 old ringer style wash machine tubs for red worms. Those were a great container for raising them. Redworms were our go to bait while we resided in Alabama. We didn't use crawlers as much with exception for catfish sometimes.

RE: Nightcrawler storage box - PACMEN - 08-19-2023

(08-19-2023, 01:30 AM)Kent Wrote: After making my electric nightcrawler getter [My electric nightcrawler getter (bigfishtackle.com)] I created a new problem, how to keep a bunch of nightcrawlers alive. I thought back when I was a youngster and my dad made a nightcrawler storage box that worked well. I improved some on his model and made one of my own. I already had everything that I needed with the exception of some door screen wire. I think it turned out well, and I will likely make another one, so that I can catch a bunch in the late fall, and not have to buy any nightcrawlers over the winter.

where ya gonna keep it in the winter to protect from freezing?

(08-19-2023, 02:58 AM)Cowboypirate Wrote: I had an old cooler buried in the ground to keep my stash in. Worked great. I could dig a few out of it in a hurry and be headed out. Kept them in great shape

I buried an old cooler also a few years ago but my problem was feeding them I think. Couldn't keep em alive.

RE: Nightcrawler storage box - Kent - 08-20-2023

(08-19-2023, 07:33 PM)PACMEN Wrote:
(08-19-2023, 01:30 AM)Kent Wrote: After making my electric nightcrawler getter [My electric nightcrawler getter (bigfishtackle.com)] I created a new problem, how to keep a bunch of nightcrawlers alive. I thought back when I was a youngster and my dad made a nightcrawler storage box that worked well. I improved some on his model and made one of my own. I already had everything that I needed with the exception of some door screen wire. I think it turned out well, and I will likely make another one, so that I can catch a bunch in the late fall, and not have to buy any nightcrawlers over the winter.

where ya gonna keep it in the winter to protect from freezing?

(08-19-2023, 02:58 AM)Cowboypirate Wrote: I had an old cooler buried in the ground to keep my stash in. Worked great. I could dig a few out of it in a hurry and be headed out. Kept them in great shape

I buried an old cooler also a few years ago but my problem was feeding them I think. Couldn't keep em alive.

Just in my attached garage. As long as I don't leave the garage door open, for an extended period of time, it stays above freezing. Right now, I have it in my basement, on the floor, in an area that is neither heated or cooled. It is a little warmer than I prefer, but I'm hoping for the best.