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Re: Who still catches night crawlers?
« Reply #15 on: June 23, 2011, 07:31:22 AM »
Good memories.
 
I would sell worms from our dock on Long Lake (Thurston County) for many fishing seasons when I was about 12-15yrs old......
 
We also used to go at night and gather crawlers off the manicured lawns at the Capitol Grounds....  That finally got ended by a couple of troopers...  :chuckle:
yeah thats how I did it Iceman ...night time ...sneaking in the neighbors yards ... :chuckle:

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Re: Who still catches night crawlers?
« Reply #16 on: June 23, 2011, 07:38:58 AM »
 :hello: I still do. Caught a bakers dozen last week for a short fishing trip.

I had a bad birthday celebration years ago, and ended up hunting them in my underwear in the rain, Don't remember catching any, but my wife reminded me of the event the next day :chuckle:

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Re: Who still catches night crawlers?
« Reply #17 on: June 23, 2011, 07:49:36 AM »
Turn the sprinklers on for 20 minutes, then shock the ground.  Best walleye bait ever.

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Re: Who still catches night crawlers?
« Reply #18 on: June 23, 2011, 08:20:28 AM »
Found out by accident that when you back wash the pool filter and that chlorinated pool water hit the grass, those guys would come out quickly. We used that tactic when we forgot to get worms the night before. Just make sure you rinse em good quickly. But getting them at night in grandpa's back with my brother was the best :IBCOOL:
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Re: Who still catches night crawlers?
« Reply #19 on: June 23, 2011, 08:54:01 AM »
Quoting Iceman below...

We also used to go at night and gather crawlers off the manicured lawns at the Capitol Grounds....  That finally got ended by a couple of troopers...   

Iceman I tried that,up early the next morning to go fishing,the worms I caught on the state lawn wouldn't work on Saturday, stating it was in their union contract,and they damn sure were not going to work before 8:00am...The public sector worms that I caught, rose to the occasion and were glad they had a job to do.....This created civil unrest with the state worms because non union worms were put to work in their place.This resulted in a class action lawsuit in which the biggest worm of all Jesse jackson made an appearance and spoke out,seems I used no red worms at all.. :chuckle:

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Re: Who still catches night crawlers?
« Reply #20 on: June 23, 2011, 09:00:31 AM »
 :chuckle:
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Re: Who still catches night crawlers?
« Reply #21 on: June 23, 2011, 09:00:49 AM »
I only did it a couple times when I was younger, but it was a blast.  I remember catching some monsters that you'd never get in a store bought can.

If I remember right we'd mix up a 5 gallon bucket of water with some soap and pour it where we wanted to go, then wait a half hour or so. 

Good times catching them, even better times fishing with them!  :tup:

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Re: Who still catches night crawlers?
« Reply #22 on: June 23, 2011, 09:28:26 AM »
Caught many worms in my younger days at night in pullman. It made it alot nicer having a garden 36'x48'. Caught dozens of worms every time i'd go out. I'm surprised I haven't had the police called on me (living in spokane now) with my flashlight in hand creeping around the house looking for them at midnight.
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Re: Who still catches night crawlers?
« Reply #23 on: June 23, 2011, 09:34:18 AM »
Quoting Iceman below...

We also used to go at night and gather crawlers off the manicured lawns at the Capitol Grounds....  That finally got ended by a couple of troopers...   

Iceman I tried that,up early the next morning to go fishing,the worms I caught on the state lawn wouldn't work on Saturday, stating it was in their union contract,and they damn sure were not going to work before 8:00am...The public sector worms that I caught, rose to the occasion and were glad they had a job to do.....This created civil unrest with the state worms because non union worms were put to work in their place.This resulted in a class action lawsuit in which the biggest worm of all Jesse jackson made an appearance and spoke out,seems I used no red worms at all.. :chuckle:

You crack me up!  Way too much time on your hands.   :chuckle:

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Re: Who still catches night crawlers?
« Reply #24 on: June 23, 2011, 11:03:53 AM »
I just built a worm box for my boy. Is it true you can feed them coffee grounds? or is it ever necessary to feed them at all?

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Re: Who still catches night crawlers?
« Reply #25 on: June 23, 2011, 11:00:56 PM »
I just built a worm box for my boy. Is it true you can feed them coffee grounds? or is it ever necessary to feed them at all?

Probably depends on how fast you use them.  Just throw some of your kitchen left-over vegetables in there for them to eat.  You will also end up with some great worm compost.

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Re: Who still catches night crawlers?
« Reply #26 on: June 25, 2011, 09:40:11 PM »
Don't use them much myself either, especially with the new trout law.  But when you are on a mission for perch, it's worth it.  Light up the garden, look for shiney and use the outer light for the kill...Of course, sometimes you end up with really wet pine needles or slugs that way :chuckle:

Whats the new trout law? :dunno:
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Re: Who still catches night crawlers?
« Reply #27 on: June 25, 2011, 11:16:21 PM »
If caught on bait each fish is supposed to be counted towards your limit whether it is retained or not. When you have caught your limit you are supposed to quit fishing for trout, I've never heard of anyone getting stung for it but it's the rule.

On another note: I nabbed a whole bunch of nightcrawlers out of the yard a couple nights ago.
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Re: Who still catches night crawlers?
« Reply #28 on: June 26, 2011, 07:46:20 PM »
When I was a kid we lived on Orting Kapowsin Highway going to Kapowsin Lake. My dad starting selling worms and night crawlers to the fisherman as they went by. It was good business for a couple years. I can remember going down to Orting and going out on the football field in the rain. We filled many a five gallon bucket. It was great as a kid because we got to stay up late and have fun. I remember my dad got creative and made a shocker that he hooked up to his little Honda generator. We really got the crawlers then.

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Re: Who still catches night crawlers?
« Reply #29 on: June 26, 2011, 08:19:50 PM »
Catching nightcrawlers can be fun! When the kids were little we lived on the main drag to Silver Lake. My neighbor had kids the same age as mine so her and I would catch night crawlers every couple nights after her husband would water the lawn for an hour. We would sell the worms to fishermen all spring and summer then take the kids on a trip to the beach  with the money we made! Our longest worm was 14 inches!
It  will be something I'll do for fun with the grandkids this summer! :tup:
your longest worm was 14"  :yike:  I think WSU was doing a study on those prehistoric beasts a year or so ago....what type of fish would takle that garden snake ?
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