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On 11/17/2020 at 6:30 PM, chesters1 said:

Worms?

Finished up with 4 or 5 small Perch up to 8 oz on red maggot, a few skimmers & a roach.

Forgot to ask if they had worms in the shop & couldn't be arsed to dig for any!!

Worms are expensive anyway - about a fiver per 100 g.

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Dont dig ,lay a bit of carpet or even a dustbin bag with a layer of earth to keep it down pretty well anywhere and worms magically appear under it almost overnight! So long as its near grass or earth (pointless on a drive the worms have to wriggle there!) They will come so long as its damp

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Believe NOTHING anyones says or writes unless you witness it yourself and even then your eyes can deceive you

None of this "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" crap it just means i have at least two enemies!

 

There is only one opinion i listen to ,its mine and its ALWAYS right even when its wrong

 

Its far easier to curse the darkness than light one candle

 

Mathew 4:19

Grangers law : anything i say will  turn out the opposite or not happen at all!

Life insurance? you wont enjoy a penny!

"To compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves and abhors, is sinful and tyrannical." Thomas Jefferson

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Chesters1,

I used to keep a 4X8 sheet of plywood over one spot. Even after the grass died I fed the area coffee grounds and kitchen scraps (nothing oily or acidic) run through the food processor. I liked coffee grounds  because the worms smelled good to ME. I have no idea if coffee appealed to the fish pallet. I moved the bed maybe once or twice a year. The goal was to harvest "red wigglers" rather than nightcrawlers.

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PS I have no idea what the "real" name of a red wiggler might be

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1 hour ago, Phone said:

Chesters1,

I used to keep a 4X8 sheet of plywood over one spot. Even after the grass died I fed the area coffee grounds and kitchen scraps (nothing oily or acidic) run through the food processor. I liked coffee grounds  because the worms smelled good to ME. I have no idea if coffee appealed to the fish pallet. I moved the bed maybe once or twice a year. The goal was to harvest "red wigglers" rather than nightcrawlers.

Phone

PS I have no idea what the "real" name of a red wiggler might be

Worm? What you call nightcrawler maybe   Lobworms here or "look at the size of that one!" The ones generally bought are called Brandlings ,i prefer just 'worms'

Google says we have 27 species here but the USA seems open to question what is yours and imports!?!

You can hunt !obworms on a damp warm night they come out looking for leaves (i believe?) But keep their tails in their hole ,you creep up on them (the slightest vibration and they retract at lightning speed) and trap their tail end against the ground and you have them they cannot disapear underground , then repeat until you find enough ,us brits have far better games than rounders and strange rugby !

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Believe NOTHING anyones says or writes unless you witness it yourself and even then your eyes can deceive you

None of this "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" crap it just means i have at least two enemies!

 

There is only one opinion i listen to ,its mine and its ALWAYS right even when its wrong

 

Its far easier to curse the darkness than light one candle

 

Mathew 4:19

Grangers law : anything i say will  turn out the opposite or not happen at all!

Life insurance? you wont enjoy a penny!

"To compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves and abhors, is sinful and tyrannical." Thomas Jefferson

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I've been pulled by Police patrol cars late at night on my way home from my girl friend's at the time (but that's another story) on grass verges with a torch.

Yes I mean looking for Lob worms - Not my girl friend on the grass verge.

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40 minutes ago, Martin56 said:

I've been pulled by Police patrol cars late at night on my way home from my girl friend's at the time (but that's another story) on grass verges with a torch.

Yes I mean looking for Lob worms - Not my girl friend on the grass verge.

Though She's flattened some grass since!!

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All i say is the truth or its subsidiary

Believe NOTHING anyones says or writes unless you witness it yourself and even then your eyes can deceive you

None of this "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" crap it just means i have at least two enemies!

 

There is only one opinion i listen to ,its mine and its ALWAYS right even when its wrong

 

Its far easier to curse the darkness than light one candle

 

Mathew 4:19

Grangers law : anything i say will  turn out the opposite or not happen at all!

Life insurance? you wont enjoy a penny!

"To compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves and abhors, is sinful and tyrannical." Thomas Jefferson

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When we were kids, we had access to a manky stream that ran through a local park.

Lifting the sods of grass along the bank would yield a pint or two of worms in half an hour - and when you came back the next week, the sod would be easier to lift and had just as many worms.

Species caught in 2020: Barbel. European Eel. Bleak. Perch. Pike.

Species caught in 2019: Pike. Bream. Tench. Chub. Common Carp. European Eel. Barbel. Bleak. Dace.

Species caught in 2018: Perch. Bream. Rainbow Trout. Brown Trout. Chub. Roach. Carp. European Eel.

Species caught in 2017: Siamese carp. Striped catfish. Rohu. Mekong catfish. Amazon red tail catfish. Arapaima. Black Minnow Shark. Perch. Chub. Brown Trout. Pike. Bream. Roach. Rudd. Bleak. Common Carp.

Species caught in 2016: Siamese carp. Jullien's golden carp. Striped catfish. Mekong catfish. Amazon red tail catfish. Arapaima. Alligator gar. Rohu. Black Minnow Shark. Roach, Bream, Perch, Ballan Wrasse. Rudd. Common Carp. Pike. Zander. Chub. Bleak.

Species caught in 2015: Brown Trout. Roach. Bream. Terrapin. Eel. Barbel. Pike. Chub.

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