I used to, Many years ago, try for 500 a night, now happy with 25. Will wait an hour to make sure most are fully out. Go get'um.......jk

a good night for me is around 50-60

In a good never picked yard, I could fill 2 1 pound coffee cans in a couple hours , years ago.
If you have a new road , sometimes they cover it up. Easy pickings.
Need a good steady rain , it used to be fun.

I learned to not trim your finger nails before catching them.
LOL You can't feel them.

Use to get them ..2 at time...when they were having sex..

Any night crawler knows that trick

OH YEAH!

Best night for me and my younger cousin was 7000--this was on a golf course.Sold night crawlers for several years.
After midnight was best time to catch those locked together.
Tom

I’ve collected a few dozen already,, my pet map turtle loves them.

I fairly often, catch a whole lot of nightcrawlers to go fishing with, get busy and forget about them, until I smell something terrible.

Keith

Crawler picking, morel picking, sucker spearing and smelt dipping were spring time rituals growing up..

I was told fresh crawlers catch more fish than ones kept for a while. This guy showed me how a fresh picked crawler would have a more pink tail. Used to get upwards of $50 a 1000 back in the late 80s. A 5 gallon bucket was around 5000 worms.

The other day some were on the parking lot during the rain. Easy pickins.

There was a full moon a week ago. That's why the Indians called it the Worm Moon. Used to either water the yard down or wait for a decent rain then have at it.

my yard growing up was always covered in worms at night was nothing to catch 3-4 dozen for the next day where i live now lucky to catch one but probably because i live in a subdivision and they stripped all the topsoil before building and than just put sod over the dirt have also found over the years if you really need worms fast for a last minute fishing trip all you need is a 5gal bucket and sunlight dish soap

How’d ya do last night jk?

Maybe two dozen, back started to hurt and got tired, knees would not cooperate, I think I might be getting too old for this stuff but will try again tomorrow. Now I wear hip boots and use those blue neoprene gloves, times have changed. I think the worms are getting smarter too .......jk

At least ya got a few, good deal.

Maybe grab a pair of those foam knee pads b4 your next hunt. You could wear them under the hip boots. They really make a difference for me. I got mine me at Menards.

Been a very dry spring here. I plan on giving them a going over after next/first rain. Going to make up some bedding boxes today.

In 1968 -69 ..as 13 year old kids...my friend and I would sell

Our night crawlers to a guy that owned the corner store.

We got 1/2 cent each....but there was penny candy back then too