Quote Originally Posted by killum View Post
I always use red worms or a small piece of nightcrawler successfully. Crickets are great but I can catch 2 or 3 fish on a worm and usually it is 1 for 1 or less with crickets. Mealworms are good in some locations, mostly ponds for me.
Agreed. Especially handy when you get on a hot bed and don't have to re-bait every time you catch a fish. Also, find I have fewer missed fish when using worms. I suspect the fish takes the hook better because the worm is harder to pull of off the hook?