Worm Grunting
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Sportsman95
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Worm Grunting
I came across a video on YouTube a while ago which showed a family who made a living catching worms using a technique called grunting. For those of you who are unaware of this technique, it is when you put a piece of wood into the ground and rub a flat steel bar on the top creating a vibration and a grunt-like noise. I am attending a fishing trip in October, and my job is to supply worms so we can spend our money on important things. I need to rack up around 15 dozen or so and I was curious if using this grunting technique at night will lure big worms as if I were watering the lawn. The only reason I dont want to continue to use the watering technique is because I dont want to create a big water bill for my parents. I also dont want to put soap on my lawn because I want to keep the soil healthy, and the worms alive. I am also quite a distance from a golf course, and the park down the street is never watered so that is not a very reliable source. So what I want to know is if grunting for worms at night is going to be just as effective as watering my lawn and going out at night with a flashlight. Feel free to share some of your worm catching experiences. PLEASE NO ELECTRICITY TECHNIQUES!
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Never heard of grunting either ... but like seabass said you can get them pretty easy ... I used to live on uplands drive in Ottawa and for a few of my fishing trips I just went out at night and grabbed tons of crawlers .. I lived in a condo complex so there was lots of lawn to choose from ... never had to water they were everywhere. Ideally it would be warm at night and if it rained then that likely helps ... warm nights are getting scarce ... check out a few places during the day and see if there are signs of worm like holes and poop ... if there are lots then its a good spot.
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You do not need much water on your lawn to get the worms to come up.
Just a short sprinkle before dusk and then go out just after dark and you should be able to get lots of worms in a few nights.
When you grab a worm, do not pull too hard if he is still part way down the hole.
Just apply a little presure until he relaxes and then pull the worm out.
Good luck
David
Just a short sprinkle before dusk and then go out just after dark and you should be able to get lots of worms in a few nights.
When you grab a worm, do not pull too hard if he is still part way down the hole.
Just apply a little presure until he relaxes and then pull the worm out.
Good luck
David
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Inglorius_Bass_Turd
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Not sure what my parents would be mad at more, watering their lawn or leaving a bunch of holes in their backyard....
If you're around Brantford for the next couple of days we should get some rain. Maybe try and collect some in buckets or pick some water out of the Grand, if you are looking to save on water. This looks like a great opportunity to experiment as to which method is better. Find a dry(er) spot at night with your flash and buddies, do the grunt technique and see how many worms you can get in say, 10 minutes. Next, take some of your river water and pour it in a 25 sq ft area and see how many worms you get in 10 minutes. Then pour some water in a different area of exact size (5ft x 5ft), and perform the grunt technique in this spot. See how many worms you get in 10 minutes.
Doing it this way, you'll be able to statistically answer your question and know explicitly if watering the grass is better, grunting is better or the interaction of the two techniques is better. Keep the search times the same and the search areas the same so to limit the levels of the factors in your experiment. Bias can be added by who's collecting the worms so run repeats if there's time with one of your buddies as the second operator (worm collector)
let us know how you make out and if you collect lots I'm always looking to buy good worms for the Walleye and Bass around here.
Good luck.
Inglorius_bass_turd
If you're around Brantford for the next couple of days we should get some rain. Maybe try and collect some in buckets or pick some water out of the Grand, if you are looking to save on water. This looks like a great opportunity to experiment as to which method is better. Find a dry(er) spot at night with your flash and buddies, do the grunt technique and see how many worms you can get in say, 10 minutes. Next, take some of your river water and pour it in a 25 sq ft area and see how many worms you get in 10 minutes. Then pour some water in a different area of exact size (5ft x 5ft), and perform the grunt technique in this spot. See how many worms you get in 10 minutes.
Doing it this way, you'll be able to statistically answer your question and know explicitly if watering the grass is better, grunting is better or the interaction of the two techniques is better. Keep the search times the same and the search areas the same so to limit the levels of the factors in your experiment. Bias can be added by who's collecting the worms so run repeats if there's time with one of your buddies as the second operator (worm collector)
let us know how you make out and if you collect lots I'm always looking to buy good worms for the Walleye and Bass around here.
Good luck.
Inglorius_bass_turd
I watched an episode on "Dirty Jobs" that was about a family who used this technique to catch worms for their business.
It was kind of cool and seemed to work well.
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It was kind of cool and seemed to work well.
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I saw an episode of that once to. But they were involved in collecting "stuff" from horses....it was soooo vile I had to watch it!fiiish wrote:I watched an episode on "Dirty Jobs" that was about a family who used this technique to catch worms for their business.
It was kind of cool and seemed to work well.
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I fish when SHE lets me!!!
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