Archie Loc: Abingdon Maryland

When I was about 8-10 years old, my neighbor and I would use a saine (sp?)net to catch minnows and we’d sell them to the bait shop in our neighborhood. One day the owner asked us if we could help him do something. His refrigerator wasn’t working and his bloodworms were going to go bad. They came in boxes of several hundred each. He asked if we could throw them overboard for him. He said that we could have some if we wanted them. We took 13 boxes home and my buddy put them in his refrigerator in their basement. The next day, his basement smelled awful, like a dead animal. We threw them away, but the smell lasted for quite a while. His parents weren’t too happy with us. It was a lesson learned about bloodworms. I’ve never liked using them ever since then.

Flytier Loc: Wilmington Delaware

I get Everclear in 175 ml bottle, but I don't use it for pickling worms.

Huntm22 Loc: Northern Utah. - West Haven

Our bottles are 240 ml or about a half pint. They probably charge you about the same price 🙄 hehe.

Flytier Loc: Wilmington Delaware

I dint know about that. Pretty sure it was thirty something a bottle, but each one makes about 8 or 10 750ml bottles of fruit brandy

Passingbye Loc: Reidsville NC

It seems some states like NC still worry about Indian blooded people getting hold of certain percentage alcohol fire water and raid a US Army encampment on the Yadkin
NC river 😬 I know Texas beer, whisky and blended alcohol fun drinks that makes a ladies clothes fall off in the Heehaw state, two shots get ya her shirt and bra. It's takes half a pint might get ya her 🎽 shirt off.

Grizzly 17 Loc: South central Pa

When I was regularly going to OBX I always got bloodworms. Then one day on the pier i talked to two good Ole boys. One white one black said they was brothers. Actually looked like twins. Asked me why I was wasting money on bloodworms when night crawlers worked just as good. Never use bloods after that. Crawlers n fish bites 👍

Passingbye Loc: Reidsville NC

I agree with ya, I've speckled trout fished in Texas Gulf piers throwing fuzzy spinner lures and jigs at night's under dock lights as live baits brought more trash fish.

ranger632 Loc: Near Yosemite Park Ca.

What do you do with the left over Everclear???

Passingbye Loc: Reidsville NC

Make punch that stuff is NaStY tasting on its own, Shine will do the trick imo

123FishingRigs Loc: Maryland

I'm not a drinker so I've had that same bottle for about 10 years. I'm always testing stuff out in a quest to make fishing better.

Barnacles Loc: Northern California

Can't get Everclear in California. Our state government knows better than we do what's good for us and what's bad.

Kerry Hansen Loc: Bremerton, WA

Thanks for the info, i always called them Night Crawlers and Angle Worms around here since started using them in the 1940's. Got a couple quarts of Everclear in my cupboard that has been sitting there for over 40 years. Reminds me when I took my Non hunting neighbor Deer hunting so he could get some Cheap meat. Took my young son too and "we" filled our tags. So after getting them home, the Neighbor came over and we cut up the dressed out meat. Was a long ordeal. When done my wife said come on up and have Pizza. Jack wasn't interested so I said, "hey Jack, I have some Everclear up there, want a Screwdriver? He of course said yes so I made him a stout one. I said to Jack, he better have something to eat. Nah he wasn't interested and when all finished He was snockered. When he went to pick up the heaping PEAR box of meat to carry to the front door, he was staggering so bad that I was afraid for my wife's Very Antique Glassware she had around the room so I took the other end of the box and backed out of the house and helped him carry it next door to his place to the freezer. Afterwards Ella his wife invited my wife over and we chatted the evening away. Sometime during our visit, Jack excused himself to go to the Head and he never returned. The next day I learned Jack passed out on the floor in the bathroom and when Ella found him, see was so pissed that she just left him there. The next morning he was all stoved up from sleeping on that hard floor and with a bad headache.

David Davey Loc: San Diego

Berkley gulp sandworms, camo color, is about the go to bait out here on the west coast. Blood worms cost an arm and a leg out here. They seem to work pretty well here.

HarryS Loc: NJ

Thanks, good tip for blood worms.

ranger632 Loc: Near Yosemite Park Ca.

We make what we call Apple Pie, boil down apples, red hots, raisin's, and pour that into a quart of 150 proof Everclear, good but dangerous .