raising your own nightcrawlers question

  • lucasjames
    Posts: 2
    April 29, 2011 at 5:01 pm #1272031

    could someone direct me to a thread, book, artical or website with simple directions for raising crawlers for my own use.
    many thanks.

    bzzsaw
    Hudson, Wi
    Posts: 3506
    April 29, 2011 at 5:25 pm #961937

    I don’t know anyone that raises them. I know lots of guys that pick them. If you go out during the right conditions, you can pick 12 dozen in less than an hour.

    cshurtleff
    Northeast Iowa
    Posts: 95
    April 29, 2011 at 5:31 pm #961940

    I pick my own nitecrawlers up. I use a frabill bedding and frabill worm food. I keep them in my fridge in my garage. Make sure the temp is not to cold or you will freeze them.

    Good Luck
    Chad

    joemama
    North St Paul
    Posts: 392
    April 29, 2011 at 5:32 pm #961941

    i agree with the last post spend $ 15 and buy a crawler cooler and the bedding ..keep in the fridge for the entire season..add some coffee grounds a week before you use them and thet get nice and fat

    mike-west
    Amery, WI
    Posts: 1422
    April 29, 2011 at 5:41 pm #961950

    1st I’ve ever heard about adding coffe grounds.

    deertracker
    Posts: 9281
    April 29, 2011 at 5:45 pm #961952

    I read on the Jewell Outdoors website that you should add peat moss to the bedding.
    DT

    joemama
    North St Paul
    Posts: 392
    April 29, 2011 at 5:54 pm #961955

    not sure who told me to add the coffee but it works and get the crawlers all worked up too

    bret_clark
    Sparta, WI
    Posts: 9361
    April 29, 2011 at 6:08 pm #961956

    Careful when using coffee grounds or eggs shells. To much will actually add heat to your bedding. Been there and done that

    Mudshark
    LaCrosse WI
    Posts: 2972
    April 29, 2011 at 6:15 pm #961958

    Here is a link to a book…..Facts About Nightcrawlers by George Scroda….. Amazon.Com
    Everything you want to know

    stuwest
    Elmwood, WI
    Posts: 2254
    April 29, 2011 at 6:26 pm #961960

    Asa kid we always dumped our trim bucket into the crawler bed. It was heavy on coffee grounds. Best crawlers I’ve ever had.

    wes_bergemann
    Crystal, MN
    Posts: 458
    April 29, 2011 at 7:34 pm #961974

    Quote:

    not sure who told me to add the coffee but it works and get the crawlers all worked up too

    Caffeinated crawlers….NICE!!!

    Wonder what happens when we dunk a minnow in cooled coffee

    STEVES
    New Richmond, Wi
    Posts: 724
    April 30, 2011 at 1:47 pm #962070

    8:48 am on sat… the crawlers are on the move!!! The boys are harvesting right now.

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