With live worms and fishing being paired as closely as peanut butter and jelly.. With live worms and fishing being paired as closely as peanut butter and jelly, from your experience...

FS Digest

With live worms and fishing being paired as closely as peanut butter and jelly, from your experience what do you think of live worms as bait?

Personally, I'm not a big fan of live worms - in my local lake the fish (mostly sunfish and catfish) rarely bite live worms. When I cut nightcrawlers in half, they're difficult to hook and ooze out a dark liquid that gets all over my hands and rod.

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Robert J Samples Loc: Round Rock, Texas

I disagree that sun fish and catfish shun worms. They probably were just not hungry at the time. That, along with crawfish and minnows is thier basic diet. I would not cut the worm in half, but thread it up on the hook. Just Sayin...RJS

OJdidit Loc: Oak Creek Wisconsin

Those are what I started with over 55 years ago and they still produce lots of bites from fish that are great table fare. They are still a go-to when nothing else works!

Rock Hound Loc: Southeast Minnesota

Live worms have caught more freshwater fish than all other baits combined.

Jeremy Loc: America

Rock Hound wrote:

Live worms have caught more freshwater fish than all other baits combined.

Maybe someone got the peanut butter and jelly containers mixed up with the live worm containers. All that jelly you got everywhere was not worms.

Huntm22 Loc: Northern Utah. - West Haven

Jeremy wrote:

Maybe someone got the peanut butter and jelly containers mixed up with the live worm containers. All that jelly you got everywhere was not worms.

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Fish Dancer Loc: Guntersville, Alabama

Jeremy wrote:

Maybe someone got the peanut butter and jelly containers mixed up with the live worm containers. All that jelly you got everywhere was not worms.

There’s that sense of humor I love. 😂🤣🤪

Mikeinmac Loc: Central Kansas

Well in my experience worms are a staple. Sun fish, fresh water drum and crappie love them. I catch most of my walleye and sauger with worms and a jig head. I don't cut or pinch the worms for larger fish just hook them twice with one twirl around the hook shank. Most pan fish only need 1/3 of a worm. I rinse my hands in the water I fish in. Make sure you leave that worm enough length to move and wiggle.

Just1Fish Loc: Woodstock, GA

If your worms are too lively and crawl back off your hook before you're finished threading it on, try putting the container on ice. The cold will slow them down so you can handle easier. Once they hit the water they will warm up and get wiggly again.

aha Toro

Can't go wrong with God's bait.

thirdwillie Loc: Missouri Ozarks

I've often wondered: at some point closer to the beginning of time and life on earth, was there a FIRST FISH who saw, pursued, bit, and swallowed the FIRST WORM to ever become bait? Was it a worm who accidentally slipped into the creek or pond? Or was it a high energy level fish who over jumped and landed on the bank, only to see within grasp a big juicy worm that she/he just had to have? Was/Is there not in the past a first time for everything?
Whatever the story we will never know, the fish and the worm, the predator and the prey, will always go together like love and marriage, a horse and carriage; you can't have one without the other. . .

thirdwillie Loc: Missouri Ozarks

I've often wondered: at some point closer to the beginning of time and life on earth, was there a FIRST FISH who saw, pursued, bit, and swallowed the FIRST WORM to ever become bait? Was it a worm who accidentally slipped into the creek or pond? Or was it a high energy level fish who over jumped and landed on the bank, only to see within grasp a big juicy worm that she/he just had to have? Was/Is there not in the past a first time for everything?
Whatever the story we will never know, the fish and the worm, the predator and the prey, will always go together like love and marriage, a horse and carriage; you can't have one without the other. . .

Robert J Samples Loc: Round Rock, Texas

thirdwillie wrote:

I've often wondered: at some point closer to the ... (show quote)

You have asked the chicken and egg quesrion! Just Sayin...RjS

Bcmech1 Loc: Clinton Wisconsin

thirdwillie wrote:

I've often wondered: at some point closer to the ... (show quote)

In my part of the country we have what we refer to as 'snow melt' catfishing. The reason is melting snow will often pick up the odd worm or two and wash it into the river. I have to believe this is how the first worm ever eaten by a fish happened.

hemihappy Loc: pawleys island s.c.

Down here we use crickets they can't say no to them.