early morning dew worm hunt yields 100+ in 15 mins

[Chris Russell]

I came home from work around 4 this morning knowing there won't be to many more opportunities like this, I decide a worm hunt was in order to re stock my supply for some weekend steel. So after taking the dog for a lap or two, got the head lamp out and headed out to the front yard aka "worm hill". This is the name we,ve come to call it, as you can stockpile an insane amount of dewies in a short period of time, never seen anything quiet like it. So as usual got my trusty 2L ice cream container in one hand as I scan through the grass looking for easy pickings, everywhere I look a reflective shine from the head lamp gives up their location. Within 15 mins, I manage to fill the entire container with at least 100+ dewies, allowing for proper spacing of the soil which allows them to live for weeks on end in the fridge with the occasional table spoon of milk as a food source. Wouldn't want to deplete my resource or something as I,ve got a good thing going one here over the last 10 years or so, could probably start my own little worm farm business on the side rofl... Anyways hope ya'll get into some nice steel over the weekend cheers, TMD 8)

 

[salmotrutta]

Nice, that's very productive pickings.

Another great way to do it is after a big rain, they will wash up alongside curbs, and you can grab tonnes of them real fast, without even getting your hands dirty. Just have to find streets that aren't busy with traffic, like courts in residential areas.

 

[NADO]

Jealous....I have to work for mine lol Im gonna try a golf course one of these days hopefully that turns up some easy picking.

 

[salmotrutta]

Was it RiverNinja who said he keeps a pile of leaves on his lawn, and the worms just inhabit that pile and there are tonnes up for grabs?

I've heard this from a few guys, sounds like a great way too.

During the day in the summer, if you need some fast and it hasn't rained, dish soap works like a charm. A few tbsp mixed in a pale of water, hosed down over a small section of lawn, would usually produce 20 or so worms in a short period of time.

 

[Chris Russell]

yeah... it's really a narrow window here of 2 days or so after a good rain before everything dries back up. There won't be two many more days that I'll be able to harvest some fat dewies, I'm thinking the frost is right around the corner :-?, on the flip side more favorable conditions for steel lies around the bend with less traffic on the tribs ;-)

 

[Chris Russell]

Was it RiverNinja who said he keeps a pile of leaves on his lawn, and the worms just inhabit that pile and there are tonnes up for grabs?

I've heard this from a few guys, sounds like a great way too.

During the day in the summer, if you need some fast and it hasn't rained, dish soap works like a charm. A few tbsp mixed in a pale of water, hosed down over a small section of lawn, would usually produce 20 or so worms in a short period of time.

I'll have to section off part of the front lawn with some leaves and see how this works... to bad the back yard doesn't produce like the front does

 

[salmotrutta]

yeah... it's really a narrow window here of 2 days or so after a good rain before everything dries back up. There won't be two many more days that I'll be able to harvest some fat dewies, I'm thinking the frost is right around the corner :-?, on the flip side more favorable conditions for steel lies around the bend with less traffic on the tribs ;-)

Got 'em last year well into December, they won't appear at night if it's below 0, but if afterwards you get more rainy nights above 0, they come back!

 

[jlisk]

I went to a baseball diamond across the street from my gf's place early one morning after waking up and heading downstairs for some water.


She was baffled to see my walking back towards the house with an empty pickle jar now filled with worms.


So many worms on the infield.

 

[Float_On]

I went to a baseball diamond across the street from my gf's place early one morning after waking up and heading downstairs for some water.


She was baffled to see my walking back towards the house with an empty pickle jar now filled with worms.


So many worms on the infield.

+1

My go-to spots are baseball infields and parking lots with grass perimeters.