Here is a tip I learned from an Excellent Walley Angler that was a co-worker of mine at the fishing store we both worked at.
This will sound crazy, but try it and you will be amazed at how well it works.
Take the crawlers you think you will need for your outing and remove them from the bedding and or container they were stored or purchased in. Then, its best to use an insulated beverage type container or similar to that. Place a couple cups of water and plenty of ice cubes or crushed ice in to the container. You will want PLENTY OF ICE in the water. Then place the crawlers into the container in the ice water bath. Add ice as needed through the day if it is melting away. NEVER LET THEM SIT IN WARM WATER. The crawlers will firm and plump and will stay great all day, as long as there is plenty of ice in the water mixture and they don't get warm. You want them Icy cold and wet. If No water, Just ice they will freeze. Many times at the end of the day I will remove any WHOLE leftover crawlers and place them back in bedding in the container and put them in the fridge. My wife isn't too thrilled but she tolerates it, and she can attest they will keep for several months. (done it many times)Just check every couple of weeks, shake them up a bit and add just a few drops of water if needed and turn the container over for a few days. You do not want the bedding to get too wet, they will die. Not a pleasant thing to have in the fridge. LOL
Sounds crazy but it works awesome. and much nicer to handle the worms without bedding or dirt getting all over Boat, tube hands etc. I have used this method many times over 40 years it works.
TRY IT YOU WILL BE PLEASED WITH THE RESULTS !
The fellow angler that taught me this was Greg Jonas. Some of you may remember him, I think Pat Tube Dude will. Sadly he passed away one morning when he tried to swim out to retrieve his boat.
It was an early morning after a night excursion chasing walleye at Deer Creek, his boat had drifted away as he went to get his truck to trailer his boat. He drowned in less than 10 feet of water not far from the ramp.
The reason I mention this is two fold, one is to remember and pay tribute to a great guy and angler and Two, WARN OTHERS. Never try to swim after your boat with out a life jacket. Your boat is not worth your life. I had another friend do this once and he just barely made it and came close to drowning, when he reached his boat he was too weak to climb in. On what he figures was his last attempt before he succumbed to hypothermia he made it in and took several hours to recover but luckily he survived. Fortunately he was wearing a life jacket it almost certainly saved his life.
Tight lines
Mildog
This will sound crazy, but try it and you will be amazed at how well it works.
Take the crawlers you think you will need for your outing and remove them from the bedding and or container they were stored or purchased in. Then, its best to use an insulated beverage type container or similar to that. Place a couple cups of water and plenty of ice cubes or crushed ice in to the container. You will want PLENTY OF ICE in the water. Then place the crawlers into the container in the ice water bath. Add ice as needed through the day if it is melting away. NEVER LET THEM SIT IN WARM WATER. The crawlers will firm and plump and will stay great all day, as long as there is plenty of ice in the water mixture and they don't get warm. You want them Icy cold and wet. If No water, Just ice they will freeze. Many times at the end of the day I will remove any WHOLE leftover crawlers and place them back in bedding in the container and put them in the fridge. My wife isn't too thrilled but she tolerates it, and she can attest they will keep for several months. (done it many times)Just check every couple of weeks, shake them up a bit and add just a few drops of water if needed and turn the container over for a few days. You do not want the bedding to get too wet, they will die. Not a pleasant thing to have in the fridge. LOL
Sounds crazy but it works awesome. and much nicer to handle the worms without bedding or dirt getting all over Boat, tube hands etc. I have used this method many times over 40 years it works.
TRY IT YOU WILL BE PLEASED WITH THE RESULTS !
The fellow angler that taught me this was Greg Jonas. Some of you may remember him, I think Pat Tube Dude will. Sadly he passed away one morning when he tried to swim out to retrieve his boat.
It was an early morning after a night excursion chasing walleye at Deer Creek, his boat had drifted away as he went to get his truck to trailer his boat. He drowned in less than 10 feet of water not far from the ramp.
The reason I mention this is two fold, one is to remember and pay tribute to a great guy and angler and Two, WARN OTHERS. Never try to swim after your boat with out a life jacket. Your boat is not worth your life. I had another friend do this once and he just barely made it and came close to drowning, when he reached his boat he was too weak to climb in. On what he figures was his last attempt before he succumbed to hypothermia he made it in and took several hours to recover but luckily he survived. Fortunately he was wearing a life jacket it almost certainly saved his life.
Tight lines
Mildog
time spent fishing isn't deducted from ones life