There may be little question that nightcrawlers are top-of-the-line recognized and most available fishing baits that there is. Everyone who has wetted a line has most likely used a nightcrawler as fishing bait at one time or another. I have personally been using nightcrawlers as bait for greater than two decades and in that point have discovered some ideas that can make anyone a much more successful angler when utilizing this in style fishing bait.
As a matter of fact I consider fishing with live worms to be every bit the "art form" that other types of fishing have been proclaimed to be all through the years, as long as it is taken critically and a few simple guidelines are adhered to. My fishing mentor, who most well-liked fishing with nightcrawlers (or similar reside worm species), taught me some of these suggestions many years in the past and I have been using them ever since.
The primary tip is to maintain your nightcrawlers as cool as possible whereas fishing. The cooler they're the more vigorous the nightcrawlers are and thus the simpler they are going to be as bait. Clearly when temperatures are hot, this generally is a challenge, but preserving your nightcrawlers cool is key anytime they're being used as fishing bait.
The following factor to contemplate is how the worms are carried or held whereas fishing. In case you are fishing from a boat or still fishing in a lake this is not a problem. The nightcrawlers can be stored in the container that they're purchased in and brought out as needed. The place the place that is really a problem is if you are wading. If you're wading (or otherwise cellular whereas fishing) and utilizing nightcrawlers as fishing bait a bait bag needs to be employed for carrying them. A Bait bag is simply a small pouch that hangs from your fishing vest or is connected to a belt loop on your pants and holds your nightcrawlers for you while fishing. The other cool factor about using a bait bag is that when temperatures are sizzling, you may simply un-clip the bait bag, dip your complete bag into the water to cool off the nightcrawlers, and then simply re-connect it after the "dip". It will assist keep your nightcrawlers cool while fishing in sizzling weather.
The subsequent and doubtless most vital tip when utilizing nightcrawlers as fishing bait is to current them to the fish that you are attempting to catch in essentially the most practical manner possible. This is accomplished by utilizing a set of gang hooks, which is just a pair of small hooks tied in tandem, enabling nightcrawlers to be offered in at outstretched and natural manner. Truly, when using gang hooks and nightcrawlers, the worms should be pinched in half before rigging up, in order not to go away an excessive amount of of the worm "hanging off" of the second hook. The underside line is that gang hooks should at all times be used when live worms of any selection are the fishing bait.
Maintain these easy suggestions in thoughts and you will expertise rather more success in your subsequent fishing excursion.