If you're a fisherman you know the effectiveness of
night crawlers and worms on freshwater fish! It
would be very difficult to name a more effective
bait. No matter how you use a worm, knit it on a
hook, finesse rigging, jigs or tipping the trailer
hook of hard body baits, the worm will increase your
catch ratio. With many provinces and states limiting
the use of other live baits, the demand for worms
increases each year along with the price. Many
anglers are picking and growing their own worms, so
Wonder Worm would like to pass along some basic worm
care instructions.
NATIVE WORMS
Native worms or wild worms are not ordinarily raised
commercially except for the Canadian dew worm. There
are dew worms, leaf worms, drift worms, dug worms,
pink worms, grunt worms to name only a few.
Regardless of the name all native worms do the same
job; they aerate the soil with tunnels, allowing
water to penetrate to the plant roots. They supply
organic humus with their castings feeding plant
roots. Native worms also help prevent commercial
fertilizers from leaching and will also hold down
water run-off after a rain fall.
WONDER WORM
BEDDING
Wonder
Worm Bedding has been especially formulated for
worms to keep them healthy and lively. Did you know
worms have a gullet? Well Wonder Worm Bedding has
the ingredients to help worms digest their food.
This is an ingredient that most other beddings do
not contain. Fill your container or Wonder Worm Bait
Box to the desired level, add water (distilled if
available - if not, use tap water) until the bedding
is moist, not wet. When you squeeze a few drops of
water from the bedding, it is ready. Put your worms
on top of the bedding and they will burrow their way
to the bottom of the box. Any worms that do not
burrow down into the bedding after approximately
twenty minutes should be removed as they are either
unhealthy or dead and could spread mold or disease
to the other worms.
Mold is a killer of worms. If you are not going to
use your worms for an extended period of time, make
sure you turn the bedding every two to three days to
prevent mold from forming and lightly sprinkle water
on the surface of the bedding every couple of days
or when needed. Store your container of worms in a
cool dry place.
If you are going on an extended trip and cannot keep
the worms cool, put some ice cubes or crushed ice in
a poly bag and lay the bag on top of the bedding or
if possible surround the bait container with ice
bags.
FEEDING
WORMS WITH WONDER WORM FOOD
Worms grow faster, healthier and remain more active
when fed regularly.
Wonder
Worm Food contains all the necessary food
elements for worms to maintain freshness and
increase their life span. Spread the food over the
bedding sparingly. Wet the food until moist or if
your bedding is too moist simply sprinkle the food
on top without wetting.
When the food disappears from the top of the
bedding, replenish in the same manner. As a guide,
apply Wonder Worm Food at a rate of 20 grams per 100
worms, 10 grams per 50 worms, 5 grams per 25 worms
an so on.
CONCLUSION
We hope you have found these tips useful and wish
you success on your next fishing expedition whether
it is at your local pond of some far away never been
fished before lake. Remember, you won't find a
better bait than Mother Nature's very own Wonder
Worm.
"Good Fishing" from all of us here at Wonder Worm
Products.
