Fishing with worms

[Ranger99]

I've probably caught as many
fish with plain ol earthworms
over my lifetime as with anything
else, especially when I was young
and only used worms as bait.

I was considering putting together a
worm bed like we used to have, except
on a smaller scale.
If I'm remembering correctly, and not
fuzzy headed about it,  we used peat
moss with some sphagnum moss
mixed together for bedding.
I know for certain that my grandpa fed
loaves of old bread a couple of times
a week and watered everything down.

Do the stores not have peat and sphagnum
moss anymore, or is that another thing to
add to the shortage list of scarce things?

[Dee]

We had an old sheet of plywood behind the shed, and kept the ground wet under it. When we wanted worms we'd just lift up the plywood. Lotta times they were laying on top of the ground.
Sometimes a little diggin was required. Seems like my fishin buddy would sometimes throw a handful of oatmeal under the plywood.

[Ranger99]

Yeah, I've done that in the past.
A couple of times there were
surprises there I didn't care for

[Graybeard]

Hard to have a worm bed around here for all the fire ants. Lowe's has peat moss in various size bags and most all potting soils are almost pure peat moss.

[Ranger99]

Yeah,  fire ants are a bad problem
here also. Having 5 section 8's in a
row right next door doesn't help
anything.
The last bags of potting soil I bought
were about 75% mulched tree limb
shreds mixed with various humus
Might have to try a different brand
and store.  There's not any Lowe's
stores close, but it has more lawn
furniture items and pergolas and
expensive barbecue grills and such
more so than things to get your
hands dirty with.  I tried to get some
pavers there not too awful long ago
and most were the expensive faux
granite and the like and out of my
price range. Not many vegetable
plants either, all flowers and ornamentals

We'll see

[northwoodneil]

I've had good luck with shredded newspaper as worm bedding.

[Doublebass73]

I've had good luck with shredded newspaper as worm bedding.

X2

[Ghosth]

No reason you can't go indoors if need be. Garage, basement, storage shed.

Toughest part is keeping them cool.

I kept nightcrawlers for years in 5 gallon buckets in basement. With 6 7 layers of damp newspaper on top.

Shredded leaves was the best as far as media, although peat moss is not bad.

But you have to look for peat moss not potting soil.

One of those bigger tubs about 3/4 full would do well I think if you can keep it cool.

I'll admit I've gotten lazy in my later years. I just buy nightcrawlers as I need them. No more crawling around in the rain or worm farming.