Worm Shockers

[quantumman1]

About a month ago my wifes grandfather passed away. Wayne (her Grandfather)Was an avid fisherman. He had a lot of fishing gear that was passed on to me. But befor his death he had told me about his most prized possesion his homemade worm shocker witch i now have . But i dont seem to be able to get it to work. Wayne only used worms and swore by this setup. Any advice would help me a lot .Thanks.
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[Kent]

You probably had the poles reversed when you plugged it into the outlet. Plug it in one way nothing happens, turn it over and you have current.
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[quantumman1]

ok i'll try that . he swore by this thing . And i know that i have worms in the backyard . so i'll give that a try.How far apart should the probes be?and will i have better luck @ dark?
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[tlspyder13]

Also watch out for the breaker in your bathroom to blow when you plug them in. Sounds crazy but it's true. My dad has a set that we have used for years. Brought them over to my house and they wouldn't work. Next morning my wife found the breaker in the bathroom was triped. She didn't think much about it other then to reset it and moved on. Several months later had a short in the house and had to have a electrican come to track it down. Mentioned that everytime I tried to get worms the breaker in the bathroom upstairs would blow. He couldn't stop laughing. Then he informed me code required the outside plugs to be on breakers like the bathroom so you don't kill yourself if something shorts by getting wet. Since the shockers are simply a short they blow the breaker. He told me to be carefull and find a outlet in the house not on that line. They work well but can be dangerous. Something to think about. I still use them but keep my kids back now.
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[Kent]

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ok i'll try that . he swore by this thing . And i know that i have worms in the backyard . so i'll give that a try.How far apart should the probes be?and will i have better luck @ dark? [/reply]
How far apart varies. Mine has several probes and I usually form a circle with them with the probes about 18" to 24" apart. It also depends on how much moisture is in the ground (more moisture the further apart you can usually place the probes). Just try experimenting. They can be gotten this way in bright sunlight. If the ground is not already moist forget even trying to get them this way. As has already been posted, be careful (wearing rubber soled boots wouldn't be a bad idea).
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[wiperhunter2]

Hey Kent, were you planning on adding a message to the "IN REPLY TO"?[]
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[Kent]

Thanks for letting me know that the response I previously typed didn't post. Using "Quote" sometimes works and sometimes doesn't. I went back and edited my reply.
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[quantumman1]

I only have 2 probes on mine. But still have yet been able to get the little buggers out of the ground. I have really soaked the ground really well. and have tried switching the plug in the socket. So i'll try it again tonight .
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[quantumman1]

I finally have seen worms as a result of using the worm shocker. Enough to take to wet a line . They were good size worms. i see know why Her Grandfather swore by this thing. I'll never have to buy worms again. Thanks for all that gave me tips on this thing.
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[danzilla]

try running it through a 220 instead of a 120 that way you can catch them on the way back to earth LOL.
I've used a few of these shockers and have had good luck with them but the only drawback is after a few hours the worms will die.
another way in coaxing them out of the ground is trying mixing some dishsoap and water or if you have a trolling motor put it in a tub of water and run it. the exaust gasses and dishsoap does something to the water and irritates the worms to come to the surface. I dont know if it takes the oxygen out or just exactly what it does but it seems to work.
DZ
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[Kent]

Danny, I haven't experienced any problems with them dieing any faster than any other crawlers.
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[danzilla]

when I used to shock them I had a hard time keeping them much longer than a couple hours but the ones I'd picked with a flashlight or used chemicals lived for several days.
I know that frabill used to have some stuff called "worm up" that was really good. it was a tablet that you put in a bucket and then overflowed it with water until it was completely disolved and it would bring the worms up fast and furious.
DZ
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[Kent]

I don't know what to say other than I have kept them for several weeks after shocking them up.
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[BADFISH]

we used to make these deal with the car, take jumpers and put the clamps on a metal rod bout 3 feet long i guess, push them in ground at least half way in a flower bed or something, if its a bit dry run the hose on it for 5 minutes and give it 10 after that to soak in, then hook up the jumpers to the battery terminals on the car start it up and give it a few revs...have somone else collect worms as they jum outta the ground...

this is a bit safer setup as you are only dealing with the 12 volt DC current system of a car and not the AC power coming out of a cord.....same result safer way to do it...you can try without runing the car too...it takes a little longer but it gets em up the same.
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