Night Crawler Fishing: Tips to Help You Catch More Fish

Since “fishing” became popular, live earthworms, and specifically nearby caterpillars, have been used to fish and for good reason. Almost any species of freshwater fish will easily bite a night tracker that has been impaled on a fishing hook. The biggest problem with using live worms like this as bait while fishing is that the bait is often “stolen” before the fish is hooked. In this article, I will outline some tips that will help anyone catch more fish when fishing with night crawlers.

Live worms have been my bait of choice for fishing for almost three decades and during that time these tips have allowed me to be more efficient and effective anytime I am fishing with this incredibly effective type of bait. Tea first tip is to use an appropriate portion of the worm. Think about it, a night tracker is a pretty big piece of bait, especially when rigged and many of the freshwater fish we catch are not that big by comparison. I mean, sure if you’re fishing for largemouth bass or trolling for walleye, a full power tracker might be necessary, but if you’re pan fishing or drift fishing in a small river or stream, a piece of bait will do too. it is. great is at the expense. In the most popular fishing situations, a smaller bait is needed and in these cases pinching the worm in the middle with your fingers is the way to go. This makes for a much smaller and more manageable piece of bait, resulting in more snags and less “theft” of your bait from curious fish.

Tea second tip It consists of adjusting the size of the hook that is used to the size of the worm that is being used. Don’t be afraid to use smaller fishing hooks that match the size (or portion) of the worm being used. In this way, the focus of your offer will be on the night tracker, rather than the hook, which will also result in more success. When using this variety of fishing worms, I have always found that size # 6, # 8 or increasingly # 10 fishing hooks are the most effective size options.

Now we come to what I consider the most important aspect of night crawler fishing, the third tip, which consists of presenting your night tracker in the most natural and realistic way possible. Many anglers present their live worm in a way that is by no means “natural” and ends up costing them hungry fish bites. A night tracker should be presented as bait to fish extensively in the way that it appears naturally. The more natural your worm appears to the fish you are trying to catch, the more effective it will be – plain and simple.

Keep these simple and effective tips in mind the next time you’re night caterpillar fishing and you’ll start to experience the success you should have always experienced.