Go to your local sporting goods store and get a decent sized styrofoam worm container, and some worm bedding. They will live in that for awhile, just be sure to keep it moistened and go through it every once in awhile to pick out the casualties.

 

I use the plastic folgers coffee containers. Fill them about 3/4 full with worm bedding and add about
8 dozen crawlers to each container. Be sure to put a few small holes in the lid for ventilation. Also,
I put a small amount of corn meal in each container every 3-4 days. Seems to keep them healthy. Have a small fridge in the garage that holds a half dozen containers.

 

Depends on how many and how long I think.

I've read that you can sue dirt with newspaper, compost, bedding, grass, etc. Just use whatever you have available.

I've also heard of sprinkling coffee grounds for them too eat. Dunno, I'll probably use all the one's I caught this weekend, but if I catch more I plan on making a larger area for them.

 

I just read that the best things to feed them (if you don't buy the actual worm food from a feed store) are coffee grounds and oatmeal. Who knew worms loved breakfast so much?

 

The coffee keeps 'em up all night, however. But they don't make much noise, so you probably won't notice.

 

rather than using coffee grounds it works better to put the used coffee filters in your worm box. the coffee on the filters is very fine and they will also eat the paper. the most important thing is the temp you keep then at, it should be 42-43 deg

 

Another key is to sort them every week or so and put them back on top of some new bedding and pull the weak/dead ones off the top that don't crawl down into the new bedding. The quickest way to kill your worms is to let one dead one contaminate the whole bucket. The bacteria off one worm will do major damage.

 

Allright Crawler guys..... question??? Wher can one get some Crawler bedding on the SW side of town? NO ONE NEAR Chatfield carries it anymore.... Tried Wally W, Dicks, Sports Ath, Nobody has it...... WTF? is it infected with Zebra mussells or what? I do miss Sportmans, I guess!

 

Jimi, I just ran some newspaper through my shredder and got it wet to use for bedding. Just going to add coffee grounds and other "stuff" to make it home sweet home.

 

Sounds really nice Jeff.... coffee ground coated worms..... on MY NEW CARPET ;D

 

I've seen coffee scented/flavored sort plastics....I wonder if feeding the worms coffee grounds makes them more effective? I might try feeding some of them some garlic...

 

Sounds really nice Jeff.... coffee ground coated worms..... on MY NEW CARPET ;D

if you wash them off when you take them out of the bedding and put enough for the day on a bed of crushed ice they are very clean

I've seen coffee scented/flavored sort plastics....I wonder if feeding the worms coffee grounds makes them more effective? I might try feeding some of them some garlic...

if you feed them garlic oil it will kill them in a couple of days, just put it in your bait box the night before you go and dispose of any that are left after you fish, i havn't found the garlic oil to help

 

When storing them in the fridge, do they have to be in insulated containers?

 

Uhhh- No-