Nightcrawler ?

Guess I'll have to start picking my own.
Kids don't sell them any more.
Bait shops are few and far between.....
and those that do want $2/$3 a dozen..WOW!!

What's your secret for keeping nightcrawlers?
Other than keeping them cool:
Do you use a commercial bedding, leaves,dirt, what??
Do you feed them?
How many in a 20 gal. wash tub?

Thanks for your help.

Moist leaves also work well for bedding.  Once the bedding starts to turn to "soil" which is actually crawler castings or poop, it's time to change the bedding.  BTW those castings are great for fertilizer.

Don't waste your time. Buy them or catch them in the yard and keep them in the refrig. until you need them. Dad and me, used to keep them in the basement in an old wash tub. We drilled small holes in the bottom for drainage. I don't know how this always happened, but water would get into it and drown the worms. The soil literally turned into mud time and time again. We had to constantly change the soil. We started to use the soil that came in the bags and it made it easier to change the soil, but it got a little costly. Let me tell you too, the dead ones really reeked. We finally got success when we dugged up a hole outside and planted the tub in the ground, and we kept it covered up. We tried different food and it did ok. The only problem we had with doing this, the neighborhood kids used to steal them during the night.

I go about 2 in the morning in a big park, I use a red tint to the flashlight at 2 in the morning they are already ALL the way out and just pick them up. I went last night and pick over 100 nightcrawler in less than 30 minutes