Two questions

[klam]

Do you think keeping your earth worms in the family fridge between trips causes them to absorb odors that help or hurt catching fish?

Why can't the DWR or some University tag, a catch and released fish, with a tracking device to see what happens to them after they are released?

[fishfinder462]

Im not sure about the first question but fish are tagged quit often, I know I have caught many fish in MN that have been tagged none in utah yet though, if you do alot of catch and release you mat not notice the tag, it should be around the dorsel fin. Im sure somone else will chim in but in MN the DWR askes that when fish that are tagged and caught you remove the tag and send them the tag, size of fish and where it was caught.

FF462
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[luv2hookem]

I've used crawlers and meal worms in the fridge between several fishing trips and have not noticed a difference in catch rate from fresh ones each time. Useing unused bait for the next trip saves $$$$ too. []
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[TubeDude]

[cool][#0000ff]As long as the fish still eat them (and they do) you shouldn't worry about it.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I keep my crawlers in the vegetable crisper part of the refrigerator, to help prevent accidental freezing. Now, I do not taste test them before and after so I can't say for sure about them absorbing odors.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Actually, the chances of it going the other way are greater. If you leave crawlers in the refrigerator too long, they can croak and rot. You will definitely notice the odor, even if it doesn't flavor up your milk.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]In most households the rotten worm problem usually only happens once. You usually don't get storage space in the family fridge anymore after that. Time to look for a cheap refrigerator/freezer combo to keep in the garage for fresh and frozen bait items. Well worth it unless you know a good divorce attorney that works cheap.[/#0000ff]
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[Kent]

The UDWR tags fish. A few years ago I caught a tagged cutt out of Bear Lake.
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[ChubbyChaser]

through the winter it should be cold enough in your garage to keep them cool, (unless you have a fancy heated garage), I leave mine on the ice sled and they are usually still wiggling by the next time I go out, usually a 2-3 week span between trips.

I wouldnt do that in the summer, they do kick up a stink when they get hot and melty! [unsure]
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[Lettsfish]

Ahaa! Another Tube Dude super secret unveiled.

Broccoli scented Lumbricus Terrestris for the perch and Asparagus smelling Hermaphrodites for the bluegill.

All right - spill the beans. Where the waxies are stored??
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[N.E.T.O.]

I hope my cousin chimes in here (NETOSCOUSIN). I can't tell you how many times we've been ice fishing when the inside of the ice shack starts stinking to high heaven. I ask what the bad smell is and he calmly replies "It's just my worms from last week. I left them in my tackle bag in the house and they went rotten". He is single (no spouse at home with him) and he is rarely home, so it doesn't surprise me that he doesn't notice the stench from his fishing junk.
His fishing chair so was tainted with stench that I made him dispose of it.
Nothing worse than the smell of rotten worms. It doesn't even come out of PLASTIC.

I have taken over the "Butter compartment" in the fridge for my fishing stuff. I have worms in there, waxworms, mealworms, smelly jelly, etc. and I even place my frozen minnow chunks in there the night before I go to let them thaw. (I saw in another post that TubeDude does the same thing!). Since it has its own "door", it kind of keeps everything of mine that in there from smelling up the rest of the fridge.
I do check the for the smell factor in there quite often and throw away anything that is starting to go before the Mrs. finds it. So far she has been very tolerant. I'm sure that if she ever opened the fridge door and it smelled too badly, that would be the end of my bait storage compartment.

Randy
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[Lettsfish]

I've had the crawlers get out of the container. That's not good. They get to all kinds of spots where the Mrs. can later be the "finder". Test of a good marriage.
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[con_man]

A friend of mine just caught a DWR tagged fish at Devils creek right before the derby up there sent it in and they returned him a $100.00 check. I never have noticed a diferance in keeping worms in the frige and better or worse fishing.
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[TubeDude]

[cool]'[black]All right - spill the beans. Where the waxies are stored??"
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[#0000ff]I no longer buy waxies. After 3 years of buying in bulk at the first of the season and not using them, I quit buying them. But, when I DID have them, they do quite well in the refrigerator.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]One thing I learned the hard way was to keep them in a small Thermos while out on the ice so they did not freeze. Hard black waxworms do not make good bait.[/#0000ff]
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[Kent]

When I first started ice fishing I would store my waxies in the fridge and they would quickly die. Tincanfsh has had the same experience. I store mine in an unheated room in my basement and they keep for months. Maybe our fridges are set slightly colder that yours and that one or two degrees colder is one or two degrees too much.
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[TubeDude]

[cool][#0000ff]I have heard that COOL is better than COLD.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]There is also the issue of oxygen and the potential suffocation from volatile ingredients from other items.[/#0000ff]
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