Conference wahoo::fishing

    
    I don't remember were I saw it but.....
    
    It was in this conference.... Something about gifts for fishing
    people.  You may have trouble getting ahold of a syringe unless
    you have some other needs that you probably don't want to discuss
    here but it is difficult at best to obtain them   laws ect.
    
    Someone does sell a syringe lookin thing designed for what you have
    desribed.  
    
    Anyone remember seeing it in the conference?
    
    

    You don't need a syringe -- I have seen ads for a "crawler blower"
    that is a plastic squeeze bottle with a needle attached (probably
    more like the needle used for inflating basketballs than a hypodermic
    needle).  Look the in Bass Pro catalog in the section with walleye
    fishing gear.

    TBDW, I'm pretty sure it was one of the Dave Barry entries that
    mentioned it, he said they sell "Worm Blowers"... I thought he was
    kidding at first - but shortly after I read that I saw serious
    references to them.......  donmac

    (from note 130.13, Barry's gift giving list...) 
    ...                                            
    EVERYBODY ELSE ON MY LIST:  Thanks to an alert reader named Wendy
    Klemick, I have found the perfect gift concept for everybody else on my
    list:  worm blowers.  I swear I am not making this concept up.  It
    comes from a company called Cabela's out in Sidney, Neb., "World's
    Foremost Outfitter of Fishing, Hunting, and Outdoor Gear."  The worm
    blower, which looks in the catalog like a nasal-spray squirter with a
    little hypodermic needle sticking out, is described thusly:
                                                   
    "A must for all serious worm fishermen, the Lindy Worm Blower is a
    practical way to inflate night crawlers with air."
                                                   
    I don't know about you, but hardly a day goes by when I don't hear a
    serious worm fisherman say:  "Darn it, if we can land a man on the
    moon, why can't we come up with a practical way to inflate night
    crawlers with air?!"  And I cannot help but agree, as would anyone who
    has ever tried to do it the old, impractical way.  The worm blower
    sells for a very reasonable $1.99 per pair, and I myself have used
    Cabela's convenient toll-free number (800-237-4444) to order five pair
    already.                                       
    ...

    
    
    I got one of these at the bait shop on rt. 68 in Hubbardston.
    It's the Lindy Worm Blower all right and it works "ok" but I would
    not call it great. Depends a lot on the size and freshness of the
    crawler. At $1.29 I guess it's not a waste of money.
    
    In ref to the "mush" mallows, part of the reason you can use them
    is to float your bait, but another reason people use them is for
    their scent. (I've seen people catch trout on nothing but the mallow.)
    Most are scented with Anise, which was a popular fish scent, and
    some are cheese flavored. (I take the word of the manufacturer,
    I've never tried any myself to find out.)
    
    Doing_home_remodeling_until_ice_in,
    Mike
    

    If you all only want to catch those little fish, Bass, Trout, Pike,
    etc), then go ahead and use those little worm blowers. If on the
    other hand you want to catch big things from the water, do the
    following:
    
    Get a can of air (Dust off used to clean cameras and films).
    Stick the nozzel in the worms mouth.
    Empty the can of air in said worm.
    
    You'll end up with the biggest worm your eyes have ever seen. He'll
    be mad to.
    
    Put him on a 24 inch hook attached to a wire cable and you will
    have a rig good enough to catch whales :^)
    
    Paul

     There's another tactic you can try in conjunction with "inflating"
    your worms which also works well, and we used to call it
    "supercharging". Take an empty margarine tub or cottage cheese
    container and poke some holes in the lid. Throw in a bunch of worms
    (no dirt, moss etc.) and add enough water to cover the worms. close
    the lid and stick them in your refrigerator overnight - they don't
    keep vey long in that environment, so I generally do this the night
    before I go fishing). The results are amazing - the worms pick up
    some of the cold water and get real feisty; tons of action. Considering
    the lethargy that most worms purchased in baitshops exhibit, this
    method makes sense to me.
     By the way, it may be wise to get divorced before you do this,
    because if your wife hits the reefer for a midnight snack you may
    deem it unwise to subsequently close your eyes. On the other hand,
    kids eat that kind of stuff all the time anyway, and if your wife
    disagrees tell her it's nature's way of teaching them not to eat
    between meals.
     Let me know if you try this; as Hunter says on his tv show "It
    works for me...".
    
    The Skoal Bandit 

	Your Dentist or Doctor will probably give a needle to you. Mine
    did. This is my secret weapon for spawning Bass. Use a Tru-Turn
    worm hook, as you would with a plastic worm. Then inject the tail
    so the tail will float. Then just walk it slowley accross the spawning
    beds. The Bass love the real stuff. Also the floating worm is great
    for grassey bottom lakes where you dont want the bait on the bottom.
    For heavily fished areas this works well also. The fish will find
    your bait first. Also great for stocked rainbows.
    
    
    
    			BUCKETMOUTH 
                                                          
    

    Hmmmm.
    
    So this explains the seedy types in the launch area parking lots
    pawing through the trash barrels!!  Careful with those dirty needles,
    guys...you all know what you can catch!!
    
    Got a needle from your doctor??  Shame on him.  Hey Doc, can I have
    a couple used hypos; it's for fishing, really??
    
    RE:.6 SUPERCHARGING.   If you put the nozzle in the worms mouth,
    how do you keep from blowing a wad of dirt out the back?  Feed him
    a little Kaopectate first to stop him up?
    
    Spend the $1.29 if you wanna blow worms.
    
    Steve (W. Springfield Ma - Where the Westfield & Connecticut
           converge to form an even bigger, dirtier river)

    	My dentist is an Angler also. And it was a new needle... 
        An I am always looking for new fishing --aids--
    
    PS: I dont realy think LIVE-BAIT is the best way to catch BASS.
        I only do it when nothing else works. Please remember to use
        a  big enough hook so they dont swallow it...

I'd suggest exercising some caution when inflating your worms...

If you over-inflate, you'll end up wearing worm guts...yuk.

    re .4
    
    Spoken like the true MODERATOR I knew you would be.
    
    Thanks big Don, I take back some of what I've said about you.
    
    TBDW (MA.)
    
    

    Nice job sucker up to the brainless co-moderator TBDW!  
    
    Now why do you guys talk about this kind of stuff when you know
    I'm trying my damness to be good.  
    
    I was thinking...Do they make a rectum devise that we could try
    out on the famous WORM at the next tourney?  It would be great...we
    could all pin him down and insert the hose...you know where...then
    have Joe T. blow some of that hot air he has plenty of into the
    hose!!!!!  I'd like to see that!  Then the Legend will run a #78
    hook through the worm....A gold hook so there is no chance of
    infection!
    God....I can't wait till the next tourney...WORM, gives us your
    home address so we can try this tonight!
    
    						Legend

    
    
Ref .11...
    
Feisty Joe:
  
    Since your all doing all these durty doings to the poor worm..I
    suggest using a butt plug to prevent this fettid problem. Of course
    if you want really lively worms you dont stick em with a hook, you
    use a harness..RIGHT!!!! So first you put on their harness, then
    put in the butt plug, then blow your worms.......     

    HEh HEH HEH.... Real "sports" right!!!!   

    Moderator, moderator...delete me if you must!!! otherwise..go bust.
    

You got me all wrong, Ed....

Aside from just stickin' the worm once with the hook, I DON'T blow my worms 
up! (In fact, I don't use LIVE worms!)  It's bad enough that when a live worm 
gets stuck once they tend to start shi (oops)...ah..er...defacating all over 
you.  Blow em up too much and kapow....you're covered with worm poo-poo!

Thanks...but if I want a worm to float, I'll use a floating Culprit.

No mess...no bother...no missing and blowing air into my finger and dying of 
an air embolism.

-HSJ- (do rubber worms make rubber doo-doo?)

    (co-dictator hat on)
      
    Ahem.... I *knew* this topic would be dangerous...  
             Let's not stretch it to much further....     
         
    (co-dictator hat off)