| There is little question that nightcrawlers are one | | | | if you are wading. If you are wading (or |
| of the best known and most readily available | | | | otherwise mobile while fishing) and using |
| fishing baits that there is. Everyone who has | | | | nightcrawlers as fishing bait a bait bag should be |
| wetted a line has probably used a nightcrawler as | | | | employed for carrying them. A Bait bag is simply |
| fishing bait at one time or another. I have | | | | a small pouch that hangs from your fishing vest |
| personally been using nightcrawlers as bait for | | | | or is attached to a belt loop on your pants and |
| more than two decades and in that time have | | | | holds your nightcrawlers for you while fishing. The |
| learned some tips that will make anyone a much | | | | other cool thing about using a bait bag is that |
| more successful angler when using this popular | | | | when temperatures are hot, you can simply |
| fishing bait. | | | | un-clip the bait bag, dip the entire bag into the |
| As a matter of fact I consider fishing with live | | | | water to cool off the nightcrawlers, and then |
| worms to be every bit the "art form" that other | | | | simply re-attach it after the "dip". This will help |
| forms of fishing have been proclaimed to be | | | | keep your nightcrawlers cool while fishing in hot |
| throughout the years, as long as it is taken | | | | weather. |
| seriously and some simple rules are adhered to. | | | | The next and probably most important tip when |
| My fishing mentor, who preferred fishing with | | | | using nightcrawlers as fishing bait is to present |
| nightcrawlers (or similar live worm species), taught | | | | them to the fish that you are attempting to |
| me some of these tips many years ago and I | | | | catch in the most realistic manner possible. This is |
| have been using them ever since. | | | | accomplished by using a set of gang hooks, which |
| The first tip is to keep your nightcrawlers as cool | | | | is simply a pair of small hooks tied in tandem, |
| as possible while fishing. The cooler they are the | | | | enabling nightcrawlers to be presented in at |
| more lively the nightcrawlers are and thus the | | | | outstretched and natural manner. Actually, when |
| more effective they will be as bait. Obviously | | | | using gang hooks and nightcrawlers, the worms |
| when temperatures are hot, this can be a | | | | should be pinched in half before rigging up, so as |
| challenge, but keeping your nightcrawlers cool is | | | | not to leave too much of the worm "hanging off" |
| key anytime they are being used as fishing bait. | | | | of the second hook. The bottom line is that gang |
| The next thing to consider is how the worms are | | | | hooks should always be used when live worms of |
| carried or held while fishing. If you are fishing from | | | | any variety are the fishing bait. |
| a boat or still fishing in a lake this isn't a problem. | | | | Keep these simple tips in mind and you will |
| The nightcrawlers can be kept in the container | | | | experience much more success on your next |
| that they are purchased in and taken out as | | | | fishing excursion. |
| needed. The place where this is truly a problem is | | | | |