how can i farm my own worms, and how do i get the worms? what is the best worm to fish with?
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Question by Mr J: how can i farm my own worms, and how do i get the worms? what is the best worm to fish with?
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I WOULD NOT BOTHER WITH FARMING WORMS. GET A FORK AND GO TO A MANURE HEAP AND DIG FOR RED WORMS.
EDWARD W
January 7, 2012 at 11:48 am
I keep a small container for breeding them for some reptiles, amphibians and fish. It’s really not too hard to do.
You need to get a container to keep them in – how large you go for the container will depend on how many you plan to keep. I’ve used 10 gallon tanks and rubbermaid storage bins, but I like to be able to see a little through the side so I know when I need to add water. Add water as the top starts to dry, but you don’t want the bedding to be soggy.
I use a shredded coconut fiber for bedding (sold as EcoEarth or Bed-a-beast in pet stores). It holds water well enough to keep moist but not wet. You just need to soak the “bricks” it comes in and they expand. Squeeze out any extra water and put in a the container so it’s at least a few inches deep. You can get worms by finding them yourself (be careful collecting them from areas where pesticides or other chemicals may have been used) or buying a bait container of the kind you want. Add these to the container and keep it covered (worms don’t like light). You can feed the worms vegetable peelings, fish flakes, and they can also eat the coconut bedding. Just put in a little bit at a time and remove anything that starts to grow fungus. I keep my culture in the basement so the temperature stays pretty cool, around 66-68o.
As for the best type of worm, that would depend on what you want to eat them redworms (red wigglers) are smaller and thinner, nightcrawlers are larger and broader.
NOTE: Fishermen swear the best fishing worms come from under catalpa trees. Look up catapla worms or catawba worms on the internet. Both terms are names for the same tree.
copperhead
January 7, 2012 at 12:29 pm
rag worms
shirley v
January 7, 2012 at 12:31 pm
fishing is cruel and inhumane i would never fish it damages to fish internal organs and causes serious and in reversable problems with the fish.
if you want a decent worm i no my mate uses maggets or earthworms but not sure.
kookie
January 7, 2012 at 1:12 pm
Dont bother farming them. Get a good size barrell or basin, put washing-up-liquid in it, make a good few suds and pour the mix onto some grass, pick up the suckers an hour later, OR put some refuse bags down in your garden, say 2 metres x 2 metres and put any sort of weight on the bags, ie. rocks , timber etc., and leave it overnight, you will find earthworms along with slugs and other soft nutritious insects for your fish, I do this for my Oscars,. it worksry it., t
brian s
January 7, 2012 at 1:50 pm
Hi , if you have seen my pic then you see that i do catch a few fish now and then. What you are looking for is a wormery. You can buy these or you can build your own. i can give you details or if you look for a book by the TV angler John Wilson (can not remember the name sorry).
Its differant worms for differant fish on differant days, from lob worms for perch and carp to red worms for roach and dace etc etc, but good worms come from a pile of cow muck. hope that helps E
eamon b
January 7, 2012 at 1:55 pm
Well I don’t know about wormaries or any of that stuff but I do have a place next to my garage and garden where I compost. Mostly coffee grindes and eggshells, (among other things). It is packed full of night crawlers and redworms and I never had to buy a one. I take the pitchfork out and get them when I go fishing. (and I fish a lot)
danielle Z
January 7, 2012 at 2:26 pm