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To save for a later date put them in a zip lock sandwich gag with enough corn meal to coat them real good and freeze. Use them just like fresh when you go fishing. Only put up in a bag what you think you will use on a trip. Some people say they come back to life but Nawww, although they seem like they were just plucked off the leaf when you put them on the hook. :fingerdance
thanks, good info.
I have tried freezing them as soon as they thaw out they turn black??
Did you freeze them in corn meal?Quote:
Originally Posted by no luck
yep sure did freeze in corn meal maybe not enough?
Not as good as fresh once frozen but still fishable and still gets bites. I used to fill a 5 gal bucket with old sawdust and putn in worms. They'd hybernate in the sawdust in the fridge in my barn. A week later when set in the sun they'd start crawling. Never tried keeping them much longer than that.
A friend would have a bowl full of water with ice cubes inside. He would also have a boiling pot of water and drop the worms into the boiling water. After no more than a half-minute or so they'd come out of the hot water straight into the cold making them become really tough and "tight"...then into baggies and frozen. He said they were better than just freezing alive once you thawed them to use and said they werent as mushy.
If you haven't used catalpa worms for bream you don't know what you're missing!
The best way I've found to keep alive is vacuum seal about 8-10 worms in a small pouch.
I freeze mine in water but..... you have to sort of blanch them before freezing in water or they will turn black. I take an Ice chest fill half with ice and half with water as soon as they come off of the leaf they go in the ice cold water. Then I package and freeze when I get home. They start decaying on you from the time u put them in the tap water til the time the tap water gets ice cold when freezing. So they have to go into ice cold water immediately. I have had some turn out good in cornmeal, and also some bad.
I grew up Nockin togga worms for 3 cents a piece! Trees everywhere. Trees still there but no togga worms. BEST bait ever!