Redworm Tips

I'm a firm believer (without scientific studies to back up my "belief) that if you feed your redworms a grain based feedstock for several weeks prior to using them for fishing they"ll be more attractive to the fish. When you place the redworm on the hook you expose the contents of their digestive tract, right?

Fish prefer grain to say... fruits or veggies, right? So is it impractical to "assume" ( we all know the definition of that word) that fish would prefer grain based smelly guts to fruits based smelly guts? Anybody want to do a scientific test?

Let us know your results!

A few facts about redworms. They will stay at home and will not crawl under normal conditions they will not crawl, migrate extenively, if there is plenty of food and moisture provided. Redworms are the finest of bait worms. they will live long periods under water and remain active.

Newly hatched redworms will grow to breeding age in 60 to 90 days, even though they are not fully grown. Each heathy redworm under idea conditions, may produce an egg capsule every 7 to 10 days.These eggs will hatch in about 14 to 21 days with an average of 2 to 20 worms with an estimated average 2 to 3 worms.

Redworms can be raised in just about anything, from the plastic containers you buy at the department stores. They come in all sizes and shapes. Be sure to drill drainage holes in the bottom at least 1/4 up to 1/2 inch in size, and some 1/2 inch holes in the top for air to freely move across the top of the worm beds. Containers for your redworms. Big plastic cut in half either way Pits in the ground dug 18 inches or so with good drainage. Old bathtubs washtubs.

When growing redworms learn everything about raising them you can. If you make a mistake learn from that and try again. I made my share of mistakes when I fisrt started but I did not give up.