If you have a worm bin set up to produce worm castings for your garden, the fishermen/women in your family can take advantage of the redworms, as well. The same worms that are utilized in your vermicompost system can also be fattened up to use as fishing bait.
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For many people, it's the night crawlers that first come to mind when it comes to fishing worms, but redworms are just as useful for the angler -- perhaps even more so given their smaller size. Nightcrawlers (earthworms) die very quickly once they're put on a hook and tossed into the water. Redworms, however, are capable of remaining alive for several hours (or longer) and continue to wiggle temptingly on the hook.
Where to Use Redworms
The best places to use redworms as bait are in rivers and streams as trout, walleye, bluegill, perch, and bass find them irresistible. Composting redworms can grow to 1 1/2 to 3 inches long, and it's easy to encourage them to grow bigger by offering the right foods to fatten them up. Feeding them cornmeal daily will start putting weight on them immediately.
It'll take several days to a week or more for your fishing worms to fatten up, so focus on a bunch that are earmarked for next week's fishing expedition and power feed them with a worm fattener recipe.
The idea is to get the worms to eat the fattener as quickly as possible. Tossing the ingredients of a fattener recipe into a blender will break down everything as much as possible for the worms.
Worm Fattener Recipe #1
- 5 parts chicken layer mash
- 2 parts wheat or rice bran
- 1 part agricultural lime
- 1 part wheat flour
- 1 part powdered milk
Worm Fattener Recipe #2
- 1 part cornmeal
- 1 part wheat flour
- 1 part ground up oatmeal
Unless you're selling redworms as a business, after a year or so of raising them you may find that you're producing even more than you need for fishing and your vermicomposting bins. Don't forget that many creatures will enjoy worms including your chickens, pond fish, and wildlife.
Create tasty, edible worms. This recipe is simple and great for Halloween, April Fool's, or anytime you feel like snacking on wormy goodness! If you can make jello, then you can make these cool looking worms.
Ingredients
2 packs (3 oz) Raspberry jello
1 pkg unflavored gelatin (for extra firmness)
3/4 cup whipping cream
3 cups boiling water
15 drops green food coloring
100 flexible straws (or enough to fill your container)
Tall container (1 quart or 1 liter carton of milk)
2 packs (3 oz) Raspberry jello
1 pkg unflavored gelatin (for extra firmness)
3/4 cup whipping cream
3 cups boiling water
15 drops green food coloring
100 flexible straws (or enough to fill your container)
Tall container (1 quart or 1 liter carton of milk)
Directions
1) Combine gelatin in bowl and add boiling water.
1) Combine gelatin in bowl and add boiling water.
2) Let it cool to lukewarm and then add the whipping cream and 15 drops green food coloring.
3) Gather your straws (don't forget to flex them out) and put them in the container. It's important that the straws have a tight fit so the jello stays in the straws. For this reason, a 1 liter carton may be better; you will probably get longer worms since there is a tighter fit. If you have a bigger container, a rubber band around the straws is helpful. Or you could just add more straws to fill the container.
4) Add the gelatin mixture to the straw-filled container and let it set until firm.
5) There are multiple ways you can remove the worms from the straws. You can roll a rolling pin over the straws and squeeze them out or you can hold the straws over warm water. The worms will slip right out.
And voila! Jello worms are served.