Nightcrawler bedding... how do you make your own?

[waterfoul]

I have a fishing outing planned with some buddies next weekend... we're going to float the Pere Marquette and they want to BUY bait! Buy bait I asked? What the heck for when you can get all you need right from your own yard.

I know it's been posted before... but I'm too lazy to run a search. How can I make some bedding so I don't have to use dirt after I pick my crawlers?

[devo024]

I remember reading on here to use shredded newspaper. I think they said it has to be damp also, but not sure on that.

[waterfoul]

Just paper? I can handle that. But it seems to me there was more to it than that. If not... I'm golden!

[jcurtis]

yeah i think it was just wet shredded newspaper

[bluekim7]

Check out a post by Walleye Express, he has been making his own bedding for a while and has a very good method. Here is the previous post about the method.

http://www.michigan-sportsman.com/forum/showthread.php?t=135058&highlight=walleye+express

[bigbob]

thats how i do it and never no problums, never use dirt you can go to wallmart , big k and buy some very cheep and has food mix in the bedding, like 2-3 dollars

[reddog719]

shredded newspaper and dead leaves add a little moisture and your good to go.

[waterfoul]

shredded newspaper and dead leaves add a little moisture and your good to go.

This sounds good to me. Well, I hope there's one warmer night this weekend so I can get out in the yard a pick some crawlers.

[Andy Montalbano]

Why wait for a warm night make a worm rod, thats what i use and they come shooting right out of the ground as soon as you plug it in. All you have to do is take an old extension cord cut of the female end of it and connect the black wire to a 2 foot steel rod and do the same with the white wire. place both rods into the ground a few feet apart and plug it in. Sounds crazy but it works. You can get crawlers anytime anyday for FREE!!!!

[wally-eye]

First get a matchbox, then some little bitty sheets, and if its cold a little bitty blanket. Use half a cotton ball for a pillow. Usually 2 to a bed.

:hide:

[waterfoul]

First get a matchbox, then some little bitty sheets, and if its cold a little bitty blanket. Use half a cotton ball for a pillow. Usually 2 to a bed.

:hide:

Ha ha. Very funny.

You fishing the secret lake this weekend?

[sfw1960]

You fishing the secret lake this weekend?
Does a worm have slime??
:lol:
Mike - you can get a big bag of ready made paper mulch bedding for about $4-$5 darn near anywhere (baitshops or franchised storefronts)
add water slap around and voila` ! ~ it's soup....................................
:dizzy:
C'Mon $5.
:evilsmile

[waterfoul]

Robert, that's $5 I can spend on Senko's!!! If I can make it... why should I buy it???

[sfw1960]

On the premise that your time is worth nothing , point taken.
OTOH - I was out in the garage until 9:30 'Bird riggin' AFTER my trip to boater's world.... The alarm @ 4AM this morning is something I could have done W/O :dizzy:
You probably have access to the offal from the shop's paper shredder , doncha?
I just cut your labor in HALF!
You're welcome Mike.....
:lol:
Ya gotta go check Dick's out - they got some imitation senk0s for around $2.50 a bag.... and some Gulp! on clearance.....

R
:fish:

[wally-eye]

[quote=Waterfoul
You fishing the secret lake this weekend?[/quote]

That lake sux. Probably going to Croton. That place rocks.

[sfw1960]

For those who put in the time and keep NO pennies in their boots - it SURE DOES!!

:lol:

[waterfoul]

Well, I still have no idea where I'm fishing. In my boat? Someone elses boat? No idea. I"m heading outside right now to get my boat out of the back yard... move the snowmobile to the shed (no idea how I'm going to do that due to it being broken/not runnin), mow my growing hayfield, and hopefully have enough time left to rig the boat before I have to go to work.

[wally-eye]

Nothing like waiting till the last minute to get everything ready.:D

[waterfoul]

Nothing like waiting till the last minute to get everything ready.:D

Yeah, well this third shift thing is still kicking my ****. And don't let Robert fool you, I asked him last week.... if he needed any company this weekend. I'm sure I'll be fishing somewhere!

[wally-eye]

Robert? Geez, a mouse couldn't fit in his boat. And now he even has another graph to trip over. 2 graphs = more time watching and less time fishin. Probably has both hooked together and they'll start talking to each other and as soon as someone comes by with a nice Tracker boat both graphs will abandon ship........:mad:

[waterfoul]

Robert? Geez, a mouse couldn't fit in his boat. And now he even has another graph to trip over. 2 graphs = more time watching and less time fishin. Probably has both hooked together and they'll start talking to each other and as soon as someone comes by with a nice Tracker boat both graphs will abandon ship........:mad:

LOL!!! You know anyone with a Tracker??? ;)

I even offered him cold hard cash for the Bird. He's a Lowrance man... what does he need a Bird in his boat for?? Think of all the X-Raps and jigs he could have bought with the cash I was offering. :rolleyes: At least 5 X-Raps and a dozen jigs! :cwm27:

[alex-v]

Nothing like waiting till the last minute to get everything ready.:D
Isn't that the way it is supposed to be done??

[waterfoul]

They don't call me "last minute Mike" for nothin!!

Got the Glastron started yesterday. Checked and greased the trailer bearings. Replaced the kneuter valve and checked the muffler bearings on the Merc. All set... other than a good wash.

Batteries are being topped off as I type.
Rods have all been re-lined.
X-Raps are all layed out in a nice new Plano box.
Senko's are at the ready

[sfw1960]

Ok guys....
First Dan (who fit in biG BL00 just fine) ; you are slightly larger than a mouse , eh?? BeeFY B0Y???
LMAO!!!
Now I gotta watch for snipers on the water !! LOL!
:yikes:

BTW - one unit will be used as just a Sonar and the other will be used as just a chartplotter.
I am indeed a Lowrance man , but it's good to have a backup plan!

Mikey -- I got 18 X-Raps and lord knows I got just a few jigs.....:lol:
All I gotta do is buy about 120 HJ's , 120 - F13's and maybe 100 ReefRunners and I'll start catching up to the Notorious X-Rapper himself (tkpolasek) !!

Shredded office paper has SOY ink , so your crawlers will be big & strong AND glow in the dark!
:evilsmile

[BassFisher91]

:DHey, when you put all the worms in the bedding and pale, and leave them for long enough, do they ever make any baby worms??:D

[wally-eye]

If you ply them with a little alcohol and turn the lights down low they will do the nightcrawler mambo. After that you have to be real real careful and not crush the nightcrawler eggs. They are real real tiny, so if your getting some bait watch out for female crawlers and the little bitty nightcrawler eggs. They are fragile so don't break any.

:grouphug:

[Westlakedrive]

I am not sure but a couple of the big fat females I impaled squirted. I dont know if that was their eggs or they were just bloated.

[waterfoul]

So you're saying that if I want an omlette, crawler eggs might not be the wise choice??

[Mister ED]

I am not sure but a couple of the big fat females I impaled squirted. :yikes:
Ahemmm .... never mind I will keep my fingers off fom the key board!:whistle: :whistle: :whistle:

[Still Wait'n]

Hope you were wearing a condom. :lol:

[wally-eye]

Mr. Ed. Why ain't ya fishin? I went by the launch at around 0930 and it was packed. The lake was pretty lumpy and not pretty looking at all. I was going out today around 2PM but might wait a touch longer to see if it calms down some. Talked to Robert a while ago and he was thinking the same thing.......

Even with the bad wind there were hardly any parking spots left. Lots of guys coming and going. Due to the wind almost everyone I seen was trolling.

[waterfoul]

I was there... it was way lumpy. All I caught were smallies. No body got a legal eye that I talked to... in fact... I don't think anyone got a single eye.

Went over to Big Whitefish around 1:30 or so. Found a bunch of largemouth (we caught 13 I think) but again, couldn't find an eye anywhere. The wind killed my trolling motor battery at Fremont so we were stuck with the big motor and the anchor at Whitefish.

[sfw1960]

See what ya get for NOT using the commercial worm bedding & trying to be cheap??
:lol:

After talking with Dan today, and a quick review of the WX forecast - Dawn & I decided to say "no way jose`" LMAO!!
:SHOCKED:
In the words of the great Shoeman....
FTF!!!

:evilsmile

Someday during the week we'll try to whack a few. Tomorrow's out as well , as the forecasted winds are supposed to be higher yet , plus a free wedazz.
Anyways ; I still got quite a few fillets in the deep freeze - so NBD.
:gaga:


I guess you can say the secret lake suX too , & add that to your list with croton & hardy then as well...........
:coolgleam
R

[waterfoul]

It doesn't suck, I caught 3 fish! Sam didn't catch a one!

[wally-eye]

I ended up taking a nap this afternoon. Watched part of the Red Wings game between naps. They lost.

No fishing for me today. Looks like Wednesday is the next favorable day for fishing.