Free fishing worms using grunt sticks

[OldBrian]

Link to a video I made about using grunt sticks to collect fishing worms.

take care, brian

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXoe732kVO0

[Splitear]

Thanks Brian, I really enjoy your videos. I had never heard of this, now I’ve got a nice little afternoon activity for my daughter and I. 

[OldBrian]

Splitear,

Thank you for watching the videos.

brian

[johnplav]

That’s cool!  And a little more humane than our old method… we used to hose down a pile of black walnuts and drive up night crawlers.

[jperch]

When I was a kid Netcraft sold "Electric Worm Getters".  Basically it was two copper rods that you stuck in the ground a certain distance apart and then plugged it in.  It was dicey, but it worked.  I imagine it went the way of Lawn Jarts, for good reason!

[G-Man]

Nice 

Ill have to try it

[Splitear]

I did this with my niece and nephew this afternoon and they had a blast. We ended up with probably 2 dozen worms (I wish I would have got a photo, but I left my phone in the house). They made sure their mom let them take the “worm caller” home. It was really cool. 

[Otto]

I always enjoy your videos Brian! 

[ApexerER]

That was pretty cool

[left field]

On 5/21/2022 at 3:16 PM, jperch said:

When I was a kid Netcraft sold "Electric Worm Getters".  Basically it was two copper rods that you stuck in the ground a certain distance apart and then plugged it in.  It was dicey, but it worked.  I imagine it went the way of Lawn Jarts, for good reason!

"Hey, sis! Hold these two rods for a minute!"

Cool video.

[jperch]

37 minutes ago, left field said:

"Hey, sis! Hold these two rods for a minute!"

Cool video.

I did a quick Google search and saw that one version of this device was recalled after 30 deaths. And that would have been 25 or so years after I bought one.  Somehow I survived.  As I recall it worked, but was not great.

[MPHunter]

Pretty cool video Brian. Never tried that technique. When I was a kid we used to go out after a light rain at night and pick crawlers. You could fill a coffee can in an hour. Haven't done that in probably 30 years.