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It seems like the big worms around my house are still deep in the ground, all I have been seeing are the long skinny surface worms. I am hoping this week will be productive. I catch almost all of mine on the road.

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We were out again yesterday in the rain with umbrellas walking through the neighbourhood picking them up off the road and peoples driveways.

I figure we got about two dozen of them.

The young lads love doing it :lol:

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I've been doing some pickin myself.....bought the worm box and bedding....

Just got back in from the lawn with my headlamp.....man those suckers are fast!!!... :lol: :lol: ....Out of about a dozen I saw....I caught 2.....soon as they saw the light....back down the hole like spaghetti at Robbie's Spaghetti' House!..... :lol: :lol: :lol:

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I got a buddy that sticks two metal poles into the ground with a car battery and jumper cables. It doesnt bring them up from the ground I dont think but it does keep the worms from getting away from your grasp. At least that's what he tells me! I've never tried it myself, never needed it. Just a flashlight and margarine container on a rainy night!
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They are alot easier to catch on pavement I'll tell ya.... :twisted: :lol: :lol:
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This topic is quite timely.
BigBassBilly has insisted that we go out and catch worms. So we have for the last 2 evenings.

I've got about 1/2 dozen good sized suckers. Billy on the other hand, ain't too fussy. He's probably got about 40 little buggars. And he insists, the big ones are for fishing, the little ones are pets. :?

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you can get them during the day also, mix up a bucket of water with some dish soap and throw it on the ground, try to cover as much ground as possible. i found this out washing my car on the grass at my fathers place, the soap from washing and rinsing the car, my dad said that it burns them, making them come out of their holes.
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I've seen plenty, just raking up the wet, dead leaves that sat around my garden beds all winter long. This is the time of year to get plenty.

Waterkan, I laughed as I pictured you and the kids prowling about the neighbors' driveways! (Your older son feeling better now?)

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What a difference an hour made.... :lol:

I went back out...at 11....there they were...competely out of their burrows.....picked at least dozen fatties.... :D

My new neighbours are going to think I'm nuts!

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What a difference an hour made.... :lol:

I went back out...at 11....there they were...competely out of their burrows.....picked at least 2 dozen fatties.... :D

My new neighbours are going to think I'm nuts!

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Hi all.


Put some red cellophane over the light. The worms won't scare as easily.


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Thanks Ciba!....Looks like more rain for Saturday.... :D
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Post by joco »

hi all

whit my bad back,,,,,,,,,,thats the last thing i would do go pick up some worms,,,,,,,,, :shock:

right now its me that crawls,,,,,,,,,,,, :shock: :x

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Wolfe,

Thanks for asking about my oldest and yes after a couple of days he was back to his normal self, bugging the heck out of his younger brothers,... if only I could get him to cut his hair :roll: I think we're back in the 70's :D

Picked up two on the driveway this morning putting the garbage out..my wife thinks I'm nuts.... so do my neighbours.

A good rainy weekend in store for us so the umbrellas will be out in full force from my place again on the hunt for the elusive nightcrawler :lol: :lol:

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RJ wrote:I've been doing some pickin myself.....bought the worm box and bedding....

Just got back in from the lawn with my headlamp.....man those suckers are fast!!!... :lol: :lol: ....Out of about a dozen I saw....I caught 2.....soon as they saw the light....back down the hole like spaghetti at Robbie's Spaghetti' House!..... :lol: :lol: :lol:

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You should be looking on your hands and knees. By the time you manage bend over the little guys have enough time disapear and pop up in your neighbors yard. :lol:
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