Apon watching a cartoon i noticed that the character used worms for bait. I was wondering if anybody out there has tried earthworms or similar to any success for gurnard, cod, snapper or any other fish that feed on wormbeds.

In Africa earth worms are considered about the best bait around for fresh water fishing. most guys breed there own in drums out in the back yard. I wonder how well they would do for snapper fishing? I,ll let you know

Good Morning & welcome to the forum Kally,hope to hear more from you.

Barrell

sea worms are a massive bait if u can get them  I REMEMBER AT THE petone beach [wellington] when if u were real  quick u could dig them up  they were real ugly suckers  with bodies and heads like something out of a sci fi film  they  had retractable folds of skin over there heads that when peeled back revealed a real  nasty pair of pincers they seemed to range from about  100 to about 350 mm in length.  similiar worms can be found  under the little black mussels that u find on rocks but these tend to b much smaller  and not as desirable  to species that  predate on similar types of tucka . These  r  dinamite  on trevs  though u hav to cotton them on a bit or there lost after the 1 st hit  another worm i thought of trying  was the milk worm that u can dig up in clay soil these really grew  to quite  a size like about 600  to  800mm's  i never tried them but if size of worm is the prereq1uisit for success  these guys would have to b the primo

just turnover a half dried out cow paddy and you will find it full of big fat earth worms i use to collect them to bring the gold fish into breeding mood.....

One easy technique for extracting worms from the soil is to run an electric current in the ground. Electric fences are ideal. Just short the wire to earth and any worm in the vicinity will head for the surface. 

Wonder if a portable electric fence unit would work on your seaworms in the same manner Uncle. Connect the unit to a couple of probes pushed into the vicinity of a worm hole...... could be worth a try. 

Kraken. You would have to ask the fish that one mate.

You dont have to inject them with oil. Plain air will make them sit up in the water and can be a killer method.

Rainman. When I was a kid, much to my old mans disgust, I used to sray the lawn with a quite strong solution of water and washing up liquid. Sit back and wait 5 mins. and the worms come to the surface....easy peasy.

It doesnt make for a very pretty lawn after a while though.

I can remember doing that as well Penguin, though it was usually Mum who was giving us the third degree for skiving off with her dishwash liquid.  Then there was always the temptation to test out the new skating rink

Ive seen people spend ages trying to find worms. Under Cowpats as mentioned,  timber but an electrical current is almost instantaneous.

Most farms here in NZ have an electric fence system of some description and i'm sure the cocky (if you are on his property) wouldnt mind you utilising it for a short (pun intended) time. LOL just dont leave a permanent "short" though as that could be bad for your health.

I'm dead keen to hook on to some of the Koi we have here and what you have mentioned about worms is going to be hot on my list of things to  try.

And Uncle, if you ever want to try a portable unit on Seaworms i have one here you can use. I'd be interested to see if electricity has the same effect on them as Earthworms. Might even work on those small shrimps.

Get hold of some dog bickys. Chum mixer is best if you can get it. Chuck a few handfulls out to get the koi on it. Suoer glue one biscuit onto a hook (size 6 or 8).

You dont need any other terminal tackle apart from a hook, unlees you need a bit of distance. Then you can just use a see through bubble float or a cork threaded on the line. Flick your bait out so it is sitting with the freebies, and wait.

This method is killer with a partly inflated earthworm sometimes. Good luck, and dont forget to bang them koi on the nut.