Storing Night Crawlers ???

[SkunkedAgain]

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.

Hey Scott, I tried it out today, worked great so far...  I picked up 4 to 5 dozen today and put them with a bunch of soaked leaves (rain water) in a styrofoam cooler and then took them fishing with my nephew... We had a blast on Cutler today, probably got 15 to 20 cats and two were 25 plus... It was soo much fun having good bait and hungry fish... Only problem was I wasn't dressed for the rain, we went out after the first storm cleared and it looked like sunshine, so I didn't take my rain gear so the fishing was pretty good till we got so wet and cold we had to call it a trip... Thanks for the tips on the worms, don't have very many left to try the long term lasting of the container, but maybe I'll go get some more tomorrow so I've got some ready for the next trip... Thank you... Later Jeff