how to keep crawlers

[lutzy]

I have not done this since I was a kid about 30 yrs ago but I went out and got some crawlers tonight. Don’t remember how I kept them though. I am sure this has been asked before but trying to search something here doesn’t work well at all. How do all you keep your crawlers you “hunt”? In a bucket in dirt? In damp news paper? Fat and Sassy crawler bedding? What do you use? Do you keep them in a frige? By the way it was fun doing that again. Out at night with a flashlight. Brought me back to when I was about 10 and getting ready for a morning fishing outing with my buddies. Everyone would sleep over at one guys house and we would hunt crawlers to use the next morning. It was the only time our mothers would let us be out after dark, hunting crawlers what a great time it was.

[mrklean]

have kept my in dirt and in worm bedding from the store just keep them in the fridge nice cool temp and they last for a long time

[Surface Tension]

I've got a mossy patch in my yard and I use that for bedding.

Keep an eye on moisture content of your bedding. not to wet and not to dry.

In the fridge works if you set the temp at 40 degrees.

If your basement is cool, setting the worm container in direct contact with the slab works well.

[Lund79]

I use worm bedding and buy worm food as well. Also heard corn meal works for food. As mentioned before, make sure the bedding isn't too wet ot too dry. I keep mine in a frdige set around 40 degrees. Check every few days to pull the sick/dead worms out.

When I was a kid we would place this container on the floor in the basement (cool and dark).

[tracker x-2]

I picked 6 doz or so sometime in early may, there keeping great.I put them in worm bedding fairly wet in basement we have a have a cool room were are canned goods go from garden that stays around 50 degrees keep them in a old styrfoam cooler covered and I occasionaly threw in some lettuce and old coffee grounds. I checked them last night and found no dead ones and they were very lively, you should check them from time to time and throw out any dead ones you might find.

[gurkster]

I do exactly as tracker says - works great for me.

[Grainbelt]

When I was a kid we would place this container on the floor in the basement (cool and dark).

If you use a Frabill crawler container with small vents watch out for little red ants. They will kill all your crawlers.

I keep mine in my fridge now.

[paceman]

I picked 15 dozen in early May. They are still doing great by simply placing them in a styrofoam container with worm bedding bought from F.F. and being kept in the garage fridge. I will check for dead ones about once a week. I think I have tossed out about 5 in almost 2 months.

[amateurfishing]

worm bedding & used coffee grounds, u will get the livliest fattest crawlers around.

[mnguy152]

ok tell me why mine were getting smaller. I had them stored in the frig in worm bedding and feed them. they were doing fine for about a month then started getting smaller and then ooked like they had rubber bands wrapped aroound them

[Great Outdoors]

Be careful about storing them in a refrigerator for long periods of time without the door being opened, or they will suffocate and/or freeze.

40 degrees is a good temp for them.

I currently store about 15-20 flats at a time in insulated cabinet with doors, where the cold air is supplied by a duct and fan from my walk in freezer in the basement.

The fan is controlled by a thermostat, and the air supply is constantly turning over.

I have found this to be the best method.