I have about 2 dozen earthworms that i bought for fishing and did not get the chance to use them all.  How can I keep them alive so that I can use them in the next week or two?  What, if anything, can I feed them? Do I water them?  Do I keep them in the little container that they came in?
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My grandfather used to store them in a wooden box full of wet leaves.
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Yes I would go to the doctor and get something for them. It's just worms. Poor you!
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The water isn't going to get stored any more than usual.  Your weight fluctuates.  Don't cut back on water!  You need it to flush everything out.  Just keep on, add more exercise, you'll see some movement.  And add more fiber to your diet!  One bowel movement a week isn't a lot.  Eat more greens, or take a fiber tablet if you can't get enough with your diet.
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earthworms, which generally live in the soil are unable to properly respire when the soil becomes too concentrated with water.  since water has 1/10 the amount of oxygen that air has, the worms must come to the surface, which in your case, is the concrete parking lot.  they are able to locomote by peristalsis (muscle movements that run around their bodies and well as longitudinally)
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for bait id say minnows and salmon eggs. they love 'em. for lures run spoons, spinners, rooster tails, even some rapala minnows will get eaten by the big ones.\n\ngood luck and leave a few for me!
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OK. these things are insects- so they can be killed.\n\nFirst of all, face the problem. If you have head lice, they are also probably in all your apartment, also clothes, hats, etc. Also anyone you are in close contact with.\n\nFor the hair- it is easy. Simplest solution is to shave all hair. I do mean ALL hair, because lice lay eggs on any hair (including eyelashes, armpit hair, pubic hair) they get across (they look like silvery streaks and are almost impossible to get rid off by conventional means)\n\nIt also means you have to boil all your bedclothes, clothes, caps, etc. and spray all over the flat (including the walls and behind/above/under the bed) with some good bug killer- preferably the kind for crawling insects (longer lasting). I hope you're not allergic.\n\nIf you don't want to shave all hair, cut it as short as possible then soak in vinegar for a couple of hours at least (covered in a towel) then comb out with a special comb- very close set teeth (some pharmacies may have them). You have to repeat it at least once a week for 3-4 weeks. This is because new lice hatch from eggs every 2 weeks or so, so you have to kill them before they have a chance to lay new eggs.\n\nFor mature insects it is easy enough- rub oil or butter on your hair, leave it on for 3-4 hours. Blocks the bugs breathing holes and they die. Not quickly, but they die eventually.\n\nHot iron treatment may suffice- both for clothing and for hair. Not as effective as shaving, but worth a try.\n\nRemember you got the bugs from somewhere- so you're likelly to get them again from the same source\n\nIn any case, they are alive and therefore they can be killed- just "stay the course". A bit like fighting the Taliban- some say hopeless- but if you persevere long enough they quit living
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You could fill them with honey...I got that as a favor one time, because it's the only food that lasts forever (like your love...). And it's natural, ya hippie!! :-D
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persuade your classmates on the benifits of eating worms. how enjoyable they are possible future need for a alternative food source. \nat the end of your speech hand out gummy worms.
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Live minnows for the flounder. Normally you can net them in the canals on the way there.\n\nRedfish love crabs. If you can get them alive. Hook them in the corner and take off their claws.
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I'm guessing you are talking about using it as bait I hope. I think walmart has the mix in the outdoor section, depending on where you live. It would still need a preservative still though to make it keep for as long as commercial brands.
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Okay here goes.First thing you need is great insect repellent to spray yourself completely to keep the nasty bugs away.Buy the strongest sun screen to protect your skin.Wear a hat to ward off sun/heat stroke.Buy 6 bottles of water and a cooler with ice to keep them cold.Make yourself some snack foods for lunch and for the munchies.I also brought hand wipes to clean the worm gunk and fish smell off my hands.Buy a cheap but good rod and real with a small tackle box filled with all the little goodies you may need.Remember above all if the fish is smaller than your hand throw the poor thing back into the water so it can grow some more.
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I'd be willing to bet worms might be interested. And maybe fishermen. :)
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Fellas! Let me tell you what I have used for over 30 years for trout. Velveeta Cheese in block form. This is not a joke. I have caught more trout than I can remember on it, even some catfish too. There is also a side benefit, if you get hungry you can eat the bait. Seriously, No Foolin', It does work.
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You should try a 3/8 ounce jig head , Texas rig a power worm (color:tequila sunrise) and jig it on the bottom near timber....this will give the worm a fairly slow sink rate and you will get lots of bites while the worm is sinking\n\nTry to use some Rapala baits, preferably the X-RAP, gold and silver colors work the best. Husky jerks work well in spawning bass beds and weeds.\n\nAnother tip is to use a a white tube with red glitter( Venom brand) and inset a 1/16 tud insert weight and jig that on the bottom...but don't push that tube weight all the way up. by doing this that tube twitches more and attracts more fish..also use some liquid powerbait bass attractant with that.\n\nBuzzbaits work very good. so des berkley gulp!\n\nlive shiners...never fail\n\nplastic frogs work very well as a topwater bait.
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Slow down.\n\nAnother one of my tricks is this - you say that you use senko worms.  Get the ones w/ about the last inch and a half flat.  Cut small circles in the flat part in the middle in a line from the base of the flat part to the tip.  Once you've done that, (you should be able to get about 3 holes), cut down the middle from the tip to the base.  Then you've cut the flat part down the middle from the tip to the base and each side will have 3 half circles in it.  This causes a different style of vibration while you're reeling and I'd also be willing to bet that no one else on your lake is doing that.\n\nThere's all sorts of things you can experiment with.  Try wrapping bubble gum around different parts of the worm.  Take a razor blade and bisect the worm from about a half inch past where the hook goes in all the way to the end.  if that doesn't work, rotate it 90 degrees and bisect those two halves where you have 4 pieces of worm.\n\nI've heard of people who will put cheerios on the hook between the eye and where it's buried in the worm.  (the exposed part of the hook will have like 5 cheerios on it).  \n\nUse a lizard and when you put the hook through the nose, run it down in there about an extra inch.  Then the soft plastic nose will actually be about 3/4 of an inch on the line.  Make sure you've rigged it to float and you can cast it into some lilly pads and every now and then, lift up on the line and it'll look like the lizard is picking its head up to look around.\n\nThese are just some ideas right off hand.  The best thing to do is to get creative.  That's another bonus of soft plastics.  They're inexpensive.  You can literally destroy one trying to figure out new ways and you're only out 25 cents.  Get a holepuncher and a razor blade and go to town!
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My friend Donna has some great science fair links on her page:\n\nhttp://www.lewismiddleschool.com/Earle/earle.htm\n\nAlso - my daughter won her elementary science fair one year with a great project on earthworms.  We got 2 one-gallon glass jars.  We put gravel and dirt in each jar, about half full.  In each jar, we put equal amount of organic garbage - small chicken bone, orange peel, apple core, small piece of newspaper, etc.  In one jar, we put 50 earthworms.  We closed the jars (with airholes) for one week.  Most of the garbage from the worm-jar was gone.  In the other jar, the garbage was still there.  It was a winner!
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It's actually very fun and entertaining to try to catch them with your hands. You do have to be very careful because they are extremely fragile. Whatever you do, be sure to let them go shortly after catching them because they do not survive in captivity!