Jello for cats? Has anyone tried Jello chicken or Jello hotdogs for bull head. I am also open to any other baits that do not break the bank when fishing three youngsters on a regular...

bapabear Loc: Blaine, Washington

Has anyone tried Jello chicken or Jello hotdogs for bull head. I am also open to any other baits that do not break the bank when fishing three youngsters on a regular basis. Worm digging here sucks even with electric probes.

Robert J Samples Loc: Round Rock, Texas

Bapabear: I don't know what worms cost at the local shop there. We buy worms here, and what we don't use we have started our own worm farm here at home in a large flower pot. Started out with just a few after a fishing trip and now there is a bunch, due to reproduction. Just Sayin...RJS

greenfrog Loc: Central NJ

Try some cheese hotdogs. Pretty cheap. I always see people fishing with hotdogs for catfish at the park.

PapaJ Loc: South of Greenville, TX. Near Lake Tawakoni

Robert J Samples wrote:

Bapabear: I don't know what worms cost at the local shop there. We buy worms here, and what we don't use we have started our own worm farm here at home in a large flower pot. Started out with just a few after a fishing trip and now there is a bunch, due to reproduction. Just Sayin...RJS

RJS - So you've had success worm farming in a flower pot? Night crawlers or reds? What do you feed them?

I used to have a worm bin for composting worms. Did quite well but they were way to small to use as bait. They were red wigglers. I've wondered about trying again with the bait size worms. Can't wait to hear your response.

PapaJ Loc: South of Greenville, TX. Near Lake Tawakoni

bapabear wrote:

Has anyone tried Jello chicken or Jello hotdogs for bull head. I am also open to any other baits that do not break the bank when fishing three youngsters on a regular basis. Worm digging here sucks even with electric probes.

I tried jello soaked hot dogs a couple of times with no luck. But, that doesn't mean it won't work. Just didn't work for me.

EasternOZ Loc: Kansas City Metro

bapabear wrote:

Has anyone tried Jello chicken or Jello hotdogs for bull head. I am also open to any other baits that do not break the bank when fishing three youngsters on a regular basis. Worm digging here sucks even with electric probes.

I get fresh chicken livers from a chicken restaurant.

They have only been out of the chicken 3 days and never frozen hang on a single hook just fine.

They are also cheaper than the grocery stores.. Here anyway.

Robert J Samples Loc: Round Rock, Texas

PapaJ wrote:

RJS - So you've had success worm farming in a flower pot? Night crawlers or reds? What do you feed them?

I used to have a worm bin for composting worms. Did quite well but they were way to small to use as bait. They were red wigglers. I've wondered about trying again with the bait size worms. Can't wait to hear your response.

We feed them alternating between coffee grounds and oatmeal. Dont over feed them, perhaps once a week. These are red worms. You also need to keep the ground moist if it hasn't rained. I suppose where you are, it might get a little cold, so you need to keep your pot or other Worm home sheltered enough from freezing cold.
My mother also had a cold frame for tender garden plants in the spring. She put a small electric bulb she left burning at night when it was freezing weather.

My father kept a worm bed, which was a wooden frame he had buried that was perhaps 4 feet by 4 feet justr out in the open if far North Texas. In the winter he would put a canvas over the top and as best i remember we never had them freeze, but there they could go down further in the soil to avoid freezing. Just Sayin...RJS

Jeremy Loc: America

Paper shreddings are good food for worms. Its basically wood. REd wrigglers don't need refrigeration like earth worms will once dug up.

OJdidit Loc: Oak Creek Wisconsin

Magic Worm Bedding works great in a vented cooler. They have food for them as well. It belooks a bit like cornmeal, but oatmeal works, too. Night crawlers do very well if you keep an eye on them. It will also give your fishing partners something to get them engaged in the process.
Buss bedding was something I used about 50 years ago, too. Not sure if it is still around, but I believe it was shredded and powdered newspaper.

JOB Loc: Joliet, Il

See topic 'new to cat's. Describes jello chicken recipe and success.

bapabear Loc: Blaine, Washington

Robert J Samples wrote:

Bapabear: I don't know what worms cost at the local shop there. We buy worms here, and what we don't use we have started our own worm farm here at home in a large flower pot. Started out with just a few after a fishing trip and now there is a bunch, due to reproduction. Just Sayin...RJS

Thanks, but I don't have a red thumb. I have tried growing them, but so far all I have done is turn worms into soil. I have used both purchased worms and worm's I have gathered. I have tried different types of worm farms and home made ones. All with no luck. I had no problem growing them in Maine, Kansas and France as a youngster.

bapabear Loc: Blaine, Washington

EasternOZ wrote:

I get fresh chicken livers from a chicken restaurant.

They have only been out of the chicken 3 days and never frozen hang on a single hook just fine.

They are also cheaper than the grocery stores.. Here anyway.

Does liver work well for bullheads? Liver is a bit hard to keep on the hook with 10 year old's constantly fidgeting with their rods. I have had great luck with channel cat, but until now never targeted bullhead.

EasternOZ Loc: Kansas City Metro

bapabear wrote:

Does liver work well for bullheads? Liver is a bit hard to keep on the hook with 10 year old's constantly fidgeting with their rods. I have had great luck with channel cat, but until now never targeted bullhead.

When they have been frozen it starts to break them down the fresh ones are firm.
Have heard several say use thread to keep them on the hook.

jescarbo65 Loc: League City, Texas

Take one of your old coolers and fill with topsoil 6" from the top. Drill some 1/8" holes thru the side 3" down as this will allow airflow. Put a container of COUNTED worms inside. Cover with old newspaper or peat moss and apply a dusting of yellow cornmeal every couple of weeks. At birth, earthworms emerge small but fully formed, lacking only their sex structures which develop in about 60 to 90 days. They attain full size in about one year. Scientists predict that the average lifespan under field conditions is four to eight years, while most garden varieties live only one to two years.
Food Waste for Worms
• Apples• Baked beans• Banana peels• Bread• Cabbage• Cake• Celery• Cereal• Cheese• Cream cheese
• Cream of wheat• Cucumber• Deviled eggs• Eggshells• Grapefruit peels• Grits• Lemon peels• Lettuce
• Molasses• Oatmeal• Onion skins• Orange peels• Pancakes• Pears• Pineapple• Pizza crust• Potatoes• Tea leaves
• Tomatoes

Robert J Samples Loc: Round Rock, Texas

[quote=bapabear]Thanks, but I don't have a red thumb. I have tried growing them, but so far all I have done is turn worms into soil. I have used both purchased worms and worm's I have gathered. I have tried different types of worm farms and home made ones. All with no luck. I had no problem growing them in Maine, Kansas and France as a youngster.[/quo

Bapabear: Remember Thomas Edison, paraphrasing him. After hundreds of failure in trying to invent a lightbulb, he is reepeorted to have said, I just discovered one more way not to invent the light bulb. You are on an expedition of exploration. You can learn how to grow worms, just don't give up, it is not rocket science. just sayin...RJS