Author Topic: night crawlers (Read 6564 times)

Susky · « **on:** April 07, 2015, 06:37:07 PM »

Guy at work said he picked a bunch last night. Anyone else picking wurms?

NYPA FISHING · « **on:** April 07, 2015, 06:37:07 PM »

FM · « **Reply #1 on:** April 07, 2015, 06:48:25 PM »

I'm going out to see if they have penetrated the permafrost now.
FM

Susky · « **Reply #2 on:** April 07, 2015, 07:19:38 PM »

Good luck FM. I'm gonna check when I let the dog out later. I'm think I may still have frost in the ground. Will update.

FM · « **Reply #3 on:** April 07, 2015, 08:31:58 PM »

Got about a dozen and a half with out much trouble. Not all that many out yet, I suspect that parts of my yard may have thawed slower than others. As a bonus for being out in the muddy yard I got to hear my first spring peepers of the season too!
FM

NYPA FISHING · « **Reply #3 on:** April 07, 2015, 08:31:58 PM »

IamDownsville · « **Reply #4 on:** April 07, 2015, 09:37:14 PM »

got about the same too.... Fm....

Carpboy · « **Reply #5 on:** April 08, 2015, 07:32:00 AM »

We had a bait shop when I was a kid. Worms and crawlers only. My father would take us to a large cemetery in Dunmore he had permission to be in from the caretaker. You can imagine a 7 or 8 year old kid in a cemetery late at night with massive tombstones and mausoleums. Was waiting for a tap on the shoulder from a zombie. No wonder I still have nightmares :0

chez · « **Reply #6 on:** April 08, 2015, 07:53:56 AM »

Lmao.

Spider1 · « **Reply #7 on:** April 08, 2015, 09:12:25 AM »

saw a few out on the driveway last night. Nothing big yet though, just little skinny ones. Our composter usually fills up with red worms pretty fast. Been turning it every day hoping for a good haul!

NYPA FISHING · « **Reply #7 on:** April 08, 2015, 09:12:25 AM »

Susky · « **Reply #8 on:** April 08, 2015, 11:25:54 AM »

I did check last and they were out. Didn't pick any tho.

What kind of dirt/medium do you guys like to store your worms in?

shiver318 · « **Reply #9 on:** April 08, 2015, 03:26:46 PM »

The red worms were up last night, the chickens was a "grinnin ; and a pickin".

durk · « **Reply #10 on:** April 08, 2015, 04:02:35 PM »

Susky
When I was a kid we used to put them in with damp cut up
pieces of news paper and potato peels
but then again everything was black and white when I was a kid
that's what my kids tell me

Susky · « **Reply #11 on:** April 26, 2015, 02:42:29 PM »

What triggers night crawlers to come out at night?? Besides the obvious answer of it being dark out. There has to beba purpose to laying on top of the ground like they do.

NYPA FISHING · « **Reply #11 on:** April 26, 2015, 02:42:29 PM »

durk · « **Reply #12 on:** April 26, 2015, 02:58:56 PM »

ely

Quote from: Susky on April 26, 2015, 02:42:29 PM

What triggers night crawlers to come out at night?? Besides the obvious answer of it being dark out. There has to beba purpose to laying on top of the ground like they do.

I found this on the old Inner web!
They come to the surface during rains so they
can move overland . The temporarily wet conditions give worms a
chance to move safely to new places, Since worms breathe through
their skin, The skin must stay wet in order for the oxygen to
pass through (or so they say)

Susky · « **Reply #13 on:** April 26, 2015, 03:13:37 PM »

Well if its on the internet it HAS to be TRUE.

HenryDavid · « **Reply #14 on:** April 26, 2015, 03:50:53 PM »

I've heard a few theories but nothing that's definite. I think they come out to spawn. If you ever go picking them at night after a rain you'll find a few attached to each other. Common sense would tell you that's it's easier for them to do that on the surface rather than down in their worm holes.

Would you rather do it on the grass or scrunched up in the back of a Volkswagen ?

NYPA FISHING · « **Reply #14 on:** April 26, 2015, 03:50:53 PM »

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