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Merwin: There's Always Room for Worms
By John Merwin
Every fisherman needs a few earthworms once in a while. I was using a small backhoe (pictured) to clean out some drainage ditches the other day. A bunch of garden worms that I saved in an old coffee can were a happy by-product.
I might head up to one of the small, back-country creeks nearby, using the worms to catch a mess of little brook trout for dinner. Or maybe I'll anchor my boat in a quiet cove, toss out a couple of bobber- and-worm rigs, pop open a cold beer and put my feet up.
Either one is partly a nostalgia trip. Back in about 1950, digging worms with my Grandpa was just one highlight of a fishing day. He'd shovel. I'd grab the worms and drop them carefully into an old lemonade can.
These days I tend to get all wrapped up in the ardent sophistication of dry flies or a deep contemplation of the latest in bass lures. It's all fun, but sometimes gets a little exhausting, too. For really laid-back fishing, it's hard to beat a simple worm.
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Comments (17)
No thrills,just chillin',doesn't get any better!
That's called livin'!
That KUBOTA is quite the worm digger!
You got that right! I've had more fun catching pan fish with worms this year than any fishing I've done thus far.
Just the fact that the yuppies disdain them gives me satifaction.
man some times worms woork a LOT better than any other lures do.
Not ashamed to worm and bobber it here and there, either. Reminds me of being a young kid. I would love to have running out of worms be my #1 worry again. Some worry. All that means is you caught a lot of fish!
I take a few trips a year to break it down to the basics and throw a worm and bobber. I've been pulling a bunch of weeds out of my neglected vegetable garden and lemme tell ya what, everytime I come across a good crawler I can't help but to think about snappin' him up and heading for the pond. I will say that you have resorted to cheating with that bucket loader though....
John Merwin: the last paragraph summed it up perfectly...
takes me back to those care-free boyhood years...thanks
I haven't dunked a worm for years. What a great reminder of the simple days. I reckon I'll be back to dunking when the grandkids come along.
i used to love diggin for worms when i was younger it brings back memories.
worms worms the best bait ever besides hot dogslol
If all else fails use a worm, a real one. Still the best.
Well I'm going to be using worms tommorow for Brookies. I'm just hoping the creek isn't too high because as I speak, it's raining pretty damn hard.
me and my dad just got back and i used a redworm caught 10 more bluegill than he did usig a good ol' rooster tail
Gotta love when all you have to do is sit back and relax and wait for something to take the bait instead of adding action and all that is necessary for rigs, jigs, and artifical bait now-a-days.
My brothers and I use to love catching crawlers at night at our grandparent's house and then using them as bait when fishing with our grandpa the next day...those were good times.
Oh sure John - I say I might be a purist but in reality I've been known to scissor off a nightcrawler segment and stick that puppy on the end of a wet fly - adds a gourmet touch, don't you think? Dad used to say, "Guess who's the biggest fan of fly fishing? The worm."
Just today I dug some worms and went to a small little brook. Caught 6 brookies. Have to say that nothing works better for brook trout than a nice red wiggler on a small hook. I still love to go get night-crawlers at night with my younger cousins. Its like I am a young kid again.
I call them "Garden Hackle" when trout fishing. Diggin' worms with the kids is a good way to intro them to fishing. I STILL use them as my "GO TO" bait. I can't cast as much as I used to, so they are good for some kick back fishing. The K.I.S.S.(keep it simple stupid) method.
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i used to love diggin for worms when i was younger it brings back memories.
No thrills,just chillin',doesn't get any better!
That's called livin'!
That KUBOTA is quite the worm digger!
You got that right! I've had more fun catching pan fish with worms this year than any fishing I've done thus far.
Just the fact that the yuppies disdain them gives me satifaction.
man some times worms woork a LOT better than any other lures do.
worms worms the best bait ever besides hot dogslol
Well I'm going to be using worms tommorow for Brookies. I'm just hoping the creek isn't too high because as I speak, it's raining pretty damn hard.
Not ashamed to worm and bobber it here and there, either. Reminds me of being a young kid. I would love to have running out of worms be my #1 worry again. Some worry. All that means is you caught a lot of fish!
I take a few trips a year to break it down to the basics and throw a worm and bobber. I've been pulling a bunch of weeds out of my neglected vegetable garden and lemme tell ya what, everytime I come across a good crawler I can't help but to think about snappin' him up and heading for the pond. I will say that you have resorted to cheating with that bucket loader though....
John Merwin: the last paragraph summed it up perfectly...
takes me back to those care-free boyhood years...thanks
I haven't dunked a worm for years. What a great reminder of the simple days. I reckon I'll be back to dunking when the grandkids come along.
If all else fails use a worm, a real one. Still the best.
me and my dad just got back and i used a redworm caught 10 more bluegill than he did usig a good ol' rooster tail
Gotta love when all you have to do is sit back and relax and wait for something to take the bait instead of adding action and all that is necessary for rigs, jigs, and artifical bait now-a-days.
My brothers and I use to love catching crawlers at night at our grandparent's house and then using them as bait when fishing with our grandpa the next day...those were good times.
Oh sure John - I say I might be a purist but in reality I've been known to scissor off a nightcrawler segment and stick that puppy on the end of a wet fly - adds a gourmet touch, don't you think? Dad used to say, "Guess who's the biggest fan of fly fishing? The worm."
Just today I dug some worms and went to a small little brook. Caught 6 brookies. Have to say that nothing works better for brook trout than a nice red wiggler on a small hook. I still love to go get night-crawlers at night with my younger cousins. Its like I am a young kid again.
I call them "Garden Hackle" when trout fishing. Diggin' worms with the kids is a good way to intro them to fishing. I STILL use them as my "GO TO" bait. I can't cast as much as I used to, so they are good for some kick back fishing. The K.I.S.S.(keep it simple stupid) method.
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