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Re: Selling night crawlers? [Re: KeithC] #6202455
03/29/18 11:22 AM
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They sell for $3.50-$4.00 a dozen in bait stores around here. A flat which is around 500 crawlers is 50 to 60 bucks. Cheaper from private sellers or places like Fleet Farm which usually has a box of 18 for $2.75. I'm sure the people selling privately don't collect sales tax but they are supposed to.

Re: Selling night crawlers? [Re: KeithC] #6202507
03/29/18 12:23 PM
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When I was a kid, late 60's, used to sell them to bait shops for $3.00 a pound. 10-12 pounds a night was average. My back would ache even then!
Dennis


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Re: Selling night crawlers? [Re: KeithC] #6202517
03/29/18 12:39 PM
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Here in Pa they seem to come all the way out at 44 or 45 degrees. And at that temperature they are nice and slow. Every degree warmer they speed up. Yes we I was a kid in the '50s my goal was 1000 worm and we used to get one penny each in store merchandise only (traps for me back then, 1 1/2 long spring stoploss B & L were $.65 I caught everything in them) now 100 is fine with me. Sometimes I just have to duck walk the whole time as my benderupper is not so good. But look for 44 degrees on a wet nite like tonite maybe......jk


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Re: Selling night crawlers? [Re: KeithC] #6202525
03/29/18 12:50 PM
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They were out last night here.Got a few before my back reminded me I'm another year older.lol
Why do they keep moving the ground lower each year? laugh

Re: Selling night crawlers? [Re: KeithC] #6202530
03/29/18 12:54 PM
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i just thought my legs got longer or my arms got shorter,can't tell which.filled one bed last night and will fill another tonight and in the shop fridge with them.









Re: Selling night crawlers? [Re: KeithC] #6202537
03/29/18 01:12 PM
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My 9 year old daughter loves to catch redworms and crawlers. Tonight is looking like a perfect night for it as well.

Re: Selling night crawlers? [Re: KeithC] #6202541
03/29/18 01:20 PM
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I used a 5 gallon bucket as a third leg last night, while catching night crawlers. Getting older is not much fun.

Keith

Re: Selling night crawlers? [Re: SNIPERBBB] #6202545
03/29/18 01:35 PM
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Prods if you want to catch them fast.

Day or night they boil out of the dirt.

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Re: Selling night crawlers? [Re: KeithC] #6202546
03/29/18 01:35 PM
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Around here it’s about $4 for 2 dozen


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Re: Selling night crawlers? [Re: KeithC] #6202599
03/29/18 03:04 PM
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My boy sells them out of a cooler in the front yard. He is seven this year made about $450 last year at $2 per doz. All on the honor system had a few doz go missing but we figured that was ok since some poor soul got to go fishing. Had one person put 48 cents in the cooler and take a doz but to our surprise about a week later $1.52 was left with no worms missing so he was happy with that. We pick them on side roads during rain storms easier than just picking in the grass.


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Re: Selling night crawlers? [Re: Trap Setter] #6202633
03/29/18 04:11 PM
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Originally Posted By: Trap Setter
My boy sells them out of a cooler in the front yard. He is seven this year made about $450 last year at $2 per doz. All on the honor system had a few doz go missing but we figured that was ok since some poor soul got to go fishing. Had one person put 48 cents in the cooler and take a doz but to our surprise about a week later $1.52 was left with no worms missing so he was happy with that. We pick them on side roads during rain storms easier than just picking in the grass.



Cool story, thanks for sharing

Re: Selling night crawlers? [Re: KeithC] #6202651
03/29/18 04:39 PM
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Use a headlamp with a RED lens, won't spook the crawlers and leaves both hands free.


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Re: Selling night crawlers? [Re: KeithC] #6202656
03/29/18 04:50 PM
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We were just talking about this the other day.Back in our day{70's}you saw lots of signs advertising crawlers.Now,very,very few.


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Re: Selling night crawlers? [Re: KeithC] #6202667
03/29/18 05:07 PM
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Growing up in Lewiston, Idaho we sold them for 50 cents a doz.(it was actually 13 worms , a bakers dozen...seemed to be the standard at the time ) That was In the 90s...my dad made some prods, that worked great. I remember seeing a commercial prod setup in a pasture and thought that operation was the big time. Remember getting zapped a few times as well. We had rabbits and found the bigger and best worms, under the rabbit cages. Anytime after the lawn was watered produced good worm picks. We made our own bedding using shredded newspaper and a pinch of soil. Bought the Styrofoam containers from a local corner store. I bet you couldn't go a mile without seeing a sign advertising nightcrawlwrs for sale. Man, those were the days...can almost smell the worm slime.

Re: Selling night crawlers? [Re: KeithC] #6202795
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How do you prod for them?

Re: Selling night crawlers? [Re: KeithC] #6202951
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Didn't have any out tonight. Air temp was about 46 degrees. Maybe next week.

Re: Selling night crawlers? [Re: micheal] #6203021
03/29/18 11:42 PM
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Originally Posted By: micheal
How do you prod for them?


You can make an electric prod by taking a common electric cord separate the two wires tape one and fold it back solder the other wire to a two foot long piece of 3/8" cold roll rod that is sharpened on the other end. Fasten a wooden or rubber handle over the soldered wire end. Water the ground where you think worms will be
Stick the rod in the ground an go plug in the cord. Go back where you stuck the rod in and put your hand on the dirt about a foot from the rod. If you feel an electric tingling the worms will start to surface in a few minutes. If you don't feel the tingle, go to where you plugged it in and unplug it and rotate the plug 180° and plug it back in. My dad built one for me when we lived in the north east I think about fifty five years ago. Works good especially in compost piles.


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Re: Selling night crawlers? [Re: james dymond] #6203040
03/30/18 12:19 AM
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Originally Posted By: james dymond
How many crawlers per quart or gallon, anyone know? thanks.

Jim

I would guess around a 500 - 1000 per gallon. We used to get the metal gallon vegetable cans from the school cafeteria. To the top ring was 500 or a 1000. Now thinking I believe it was a 1000 for a 5gal bucket was near 5000. Used to hang around a guy that dealt night crawlers. He made good money. He had the walk in cooler and all. I remember him complaining back in the early 90s about how Canadian crawlers hurt or flooded the market causing lower prices down here, something to that effect. I always like picking in sheep fields. They kept the grass lower than cows so you didn't fight the grass. And don't forget your bag of saw dust either.


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Re: Selling night crawlers? [Re: KeithC] #6203428
03/30/18 04:52 PM
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A local seller would pay the kids to pick them. He picked them as well. I don't know of any faster way to do it.

But he used to be real cautious of dead ones. He said one dead one will kill the whole crate....so be careful of that.

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