I have a very large compost pile from lawn trimmings. It serves me well for red worms. Right now I have 50 bluegill in barrels and i have enough worms to feed them every day and still have bait. Im the opposits when i comes to crickets. Ive never had luck with them, also when using them as soon as them hit the water they never move again and drown, I always have luck with the worms.