Storing Night Crawlers ???

[BearLakeFishGuy]

Hey Scott, do you use dropped leaves from the fall? or do you use green ones?  This sounds almost to good to be true, I can do this and so I'm going to try it... I'll bet the worms are clean and you don't  get all dirty from the soil... I really like the idea... Once upon a time I used to use spagnam moss and it kept the worms really nice if you could keep the temperature right... This sounds like that only easier for me to come up with materials... Thank you for passing this on, it's much appreciated... Jeff

I use leaves from the fall or the ones you rake up in the spring after they layed in the yard all winter.  Something about the leaves is easier to keep the temp cooler.  I tried the commercial worm bedding (moss) but it dried out pretty quickly and required more maintenance.   I learned this method from my old neighbor, Guido Poli, back in MI.  He always had 10-12 dozen worms in a big cooler and just kept it in the shade under his camper or in the crawl space under his house.  The old boy knew something for sure.  Yes, they DO NOT get your hands all black either.  I hate the black dirt worms come in from the store.