Re: Selling night crawlers?
[Re: KeithC]
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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]
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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]
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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.
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Re: Selling night crawlers?
[Re: KeithC]
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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]
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03/29/18 04:11 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. Cool story, thanks for sharing
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Re: Selling night crawlers?
[Re: KeithC]
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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]
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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.
Buck(formely known as Zandra)
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Re: Selling night crawlers?
[Re: micheal]
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03/29/18 11:42 PM
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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]
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03/30/18 12:19 AM
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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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