REEL FORCE
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I'm singing in the rain !!!
9:30pm - just spent the last 20 minutes outside in the rain - yup best dam nightcrawling I seen in a long time - must of got 200 in about 20 mins .
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backin79 
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RE: I'm singing in the rain !!!
2009/03/29 21:44:53
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lol, oh yeah! i almost forgot all about the night crawler hunt!  thunderstormed here probably over now bbl
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RE: I'm singing in the rain !!!
2009/03/29 21:49:16
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wanna pick some up for me? i'll trade some gill fillets 
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REEL FORCE
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RE: I'm singing in the rain !!!
2009/03/29 22:28:40
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Getting rain coat on - blitz ya gots a deal - but the chef is involved to cook them ... so how many ya want ? 1-2-3 hundred ?
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REEL FORCE
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RE: I'm singing in the rain !!!
2009/03/29 22:30:19
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just put my camo coat on so they really won't see me.... 
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RE: I'm singing in the rain !!!
2009/03/29 22:37:13
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blitz, i went outside walked around with a led and seen a few on my driveway but only small like garden worms.. i know the park is the place to fill a coffee can but i'm not up for it,, i'll dig fora few small garden worms tomorrow ..i like using salties early season on a marabous in feeders near the lakes.
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RE: I'm singing in the rain !!!
2009/03/30 09:06:20
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I haven't collected crawlers in years. That was a big part of growing up as a kid. We would sometimes purposly wet the yard prior to dark some times if it was not raining. Always had worm beds going.
Anybody on here still keep there own worm farms ?
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backin79
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RE: I'm singing in the rain !!!
2009/03/30 16:47:19
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I really don't do good with nightcrawlers iceout,at least not in the resi. I like using small chrome lures close to the bottom along the shore. Stream fishing is another story. Hey looks like a washout for most streams this opener.
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blitz42
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RE: I'm singing in the rain !!!
2009/03/30 16:51:03
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I've gone through a few dozen on my panfish trips already, not as expensive as ice bait but still.
I have always though of keeping a worm bed but never really had the initiative, anybody think it'd be worth it?
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backin79
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RE: I'm singing in the rain !!!
2009/03/30 16:55:01
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Blitz the worm has been on the fishys menu at least a few million years, go for it! 
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blitz42
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RE: I'm singing in the rain !!!
2009/03/30 17:02:20
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yeah, i think i might i go through WAY over a gross every year, anybody know a good place to get a whole crap load of em?
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RE: I'm singing in the rain !!!
2009/03/30 18:18:41
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RE: I'm singing in the rain !!!
2009/03/30 18:20:13
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ORIGINAL: blitz42
yeah, i think i might i go through WAY over a gross every year, anybody know a good place to get a whole crap load of em?
Apparently Reels back yard.  No really Bob's Bait over towards Corinth use to sell bulk quantities.
post edited by Wisdom - 2009/03/30 18:22:53
A Bad Day of Fishing Beats the Hell Out of a Good Day at Work!!! But work ain't to bad either...flyshack.com
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REEL FORCE
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RE: I'm singing in the rain !!!
2009/03/30 18:22:30
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I still can't stand up straight ....
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RE: I'm singing in the rain !!!
2009/03/30 18:47:55
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I seen where the majority of nightcrawlers for bait come from on that "Dirty Jobs" show.. the pluck em up in canada on the farms. I bet any grassy golf coarse or park has easy pickings. I have an old styrofoam bucket that I plan on using for the Oneida walleye trip this year. No doubt a half night crawler on a 1/4 oz jig is deadly , also those worm harness rigs are worth drifting too.
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RE: I'm singing in the rain !!!
2009/03/31 07:12:36
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I love using crawlers but the older I get the faster those darn things move. Most nights I only wind up with handfuls of wet grass and worm castings. Guess it's mail order for me.lol
If you didn't bring jerky what did I just eat!
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RE: I'm singing in the rain !!!
2009/03/31 14:32:37
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Who's going opening day? Shoud be okay start , rain is expected to move in later in the day.I'm might go for the day.
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RE: I'm singing in the rain !!!
2009/03/31 19:06:58
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Pickin worms was a tradition, as Brian said we used to wet the lawn or go to the golf course where they always had the short grass and nice wet greens. But now I have become lazy in the pickin and bedding. I buy my bait, it sucks but it's mostly out of convenience.
One type of worm that I find to be the absolute best are Dillies, or Dills. They are from Canada and you can get them pretty much everywhere in the ADK's. What makes them great to me is that they are like runt night crawlers. They are about 2>3" long but just as fat as a crawler. I don't like crawlers because they are to big and garden worms seem to small. These Dillies are perfect, esp. on a wobblers rig...
"whats that smell like fish oh baby" .. J. Kaukonen
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RE: I'm singing in the rain !!!
2009/03/31 19:18:37
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Dudes- I am watching the History Channel as I write this (as usual) and tonight's "Modern Marvels" is about friggin' NGHTCRAWLERS!!! It is actually pretty funny.
Apparently, Toronto Canada is like the Nightcrawler Capital of the World. They have BUSSES of migrant workers up there with coffee cans stapped to one ankle (to keep from having to carry it) and a can of sawdust strapped to the other ankle (to keep their hands from getting to slimy to grip the worms). They wear infrared nightvision gear and everything. Like migrant bean pickers in the South- except that are grabbin' WORMS!
They say a "good" worm picker can harvest 1500-2000 nightcrawlers in one night's work.
Holy Smokes!!! Reel Force, I think you may have met your match with those guys, huh?
Although- in all fairness- I don't think anyone can catch emerald shiners like you did last summer. What a learning experience that was. I was out there every night after that getting some 'hot lunch' for my pet bass.
Last but not least- the world record Canadian Wriggler was TWENTY TWO FEET LONG!
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