Conference wahoo::fishing

    I used to use some stuff called "buss bedding" or some such thing.
    This was back when I was about 12. If I remember correctly, all
    I did was put some old coffee grounds in there with them, and they
    lasted a very long time. Treat yourself to some fresh brewed coffee
    (not instant) and your worms will last a long time.
    
     The Doctah

    RE .1
     I tried something like that one time and ended up brewing the worms
     for another pot of coffee??????
     correct me if i did it wrong what i did was add the worms to the
     coffee grounds? I knew that coffee grounds kept them going for
     awhile what i should have done was add SOME coffee grounds to the
     soil to keep them for awhile correct? I didnt want to reply cause
     the worms I think I kept I ended up sending to HILL'S BRO. for
     an observation treatment and they told me they took the decafe' out
     of the grounds, maybe I invented decafe' and now they add worms
     to the grounds and took credit for decafe'!!!!
     any  I DID SOMETHING WRONG, I THINK.
    						Ronni

    Wen chew use Luzanne coffee wit chickory chew hab to slap dem on
    de side ob de boat before chew kin put dem on de hook!!!
    
    An keep dem away frum de house caus dey stey op all nite an party!!
    
    Coonass

    re: .2
    
    Gee Ron, sounds like something you would have done when we were
    in school! :-)
    
    Did you ever make any money off the decaf? With the worms passing
    that much coffee through them, you could have marketed decaffeinated
    coffee pellets!
    
    John

	As I understand it, worms will live indefinitely if fed corn
    meal.  A little added should feed them for over a month at a time.
    

    re: .5
    
    Or if you leave the corn meal out long enough, you'll get worms!!
    
    
    :-)
    
    John

	About 8 years ago I made a worm box from Styrofoam module
	packing.  Not the popcorn stuff, these were trays, or flats
	that interlocked when stacked.

	What I did was this:  I took about ten flats stacked up, and 
	taped them tightly together.  I then cut the center out of 
	each flat, leaving the bottom flat intact.  An other flat
	acted as the lid.  

	I took this home and filled it with decaying leaves and some
	good top  soil.  When the crawlers started to come out in 
	spring, I'd fill the box up say 50 to 70 at a time.  About once 
	a week I'd toss brewed coffee grounds into the box.  Once in
	awhile I'd moisten the soil, and maybe add more leaves.  I'd 
	replenish my supply of crawlers a couple more time until summer.

	My worm box stayed outside under the deck.  On more than one
	occasion, the following spring, I'd have crawlers left over.
	Kept worms/crawlers better than anything else I've seen.
	
	The only time I used corn meal, it molded and killed my worms.
	

		Bryan
    

    
    A small point; careful about adding TOO MUCH water.  Nothing dies
    faster than a wet worm.  Why do you think they're all over the road
    after it rains?
    
    steve

    
    
    	Howdy,
    
    I've kept worms in styrofoam cartons in my fridge for weeks.  The
    trick is to use wet newspaper as holding material.  I learned this
    trick from a book called Lunkers Love Nightcrawlers which was sold
    by Fishing Facts a few years back.  Also I've kept worms alive and
    wild in my minnow bucket by adding ice to the water.  Both minnows
    and worms do real well if you keep the temperature low.  It makes
    it easy to use either a worm or minnow by simply reaching into the
    bucket and choosing the one you want instead of having to go through
    different containers for separate baits.  
    	Try it, you'll like it!
    
    Larry Bass