butterworms

[Eskimo]

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I've never heard of butterworms until now so I just googled them. They appear to be a bigger version of the waxworms I buy at the petstore feed my pet fish.

Sunnies are pretty stupid and will hit anything small object that wiggles in or on the water. All the plastic manufacturers make panfish and trout sized scented plastics that work fine for sunfish. I think using live bait on sunfish is working too hard.

The secret is to make it move in such a way that fish attack it.




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[baetis]

Earthworms or nightcrawlers are much more cost effective than butterworms. But yes, butterworms will work very well for panfish.

[phil]

last time i took my nephew out we had to raid my mother in law's kitchen and got stuck using ritz crackers, pepperidge farms goldfish and old wheat bread. we got skunked bad and he still wants to fish with me. dont tell me sunnies are stupid AND easy to catch! i hate those sonsabitches

[Chrisper4694]

get a little jar of red gulp alive worm and pinch little pieces off, stick it on a little 1/32oz jig under a little weighted bobber and that's all you need, throw that anywhere near sunnies and it's game on!

[VintageSpin73]

Been using Elliots Jumbo Butterworms for a while now and i'll tell ya one thing, The sunnies love the buttery ooze that flows out after you hook 'em. Took my 11 yr old son last weekend to a local lake and he caught 8 sunnies on butterworms in about 35 minutes. Needless to say he was a happy young man.
Just stick em in the fridge and theyre good for 3-4 months in a semi-hibernated state.

[shrimpman steve]

Worms last for a month in my fridge.

[Cuz]

I personally know Elliot from Elliotsbutterworms.com. He is the most honest businessman you can deal with. He better be because his real job is being a pastor to a five hundred member church. He just sent me 150 of the biggest tebo fly larvae, (AKA Butter worm) I have fished. They are hand picked in Chile. They mature into a moth.
I use butter worms through the ice for pan fish. Perch, large bluegills and crappies love them. They should work in open water too.
I've kept them in my fridge for six months without a problem. I keep them high in the covered butter shelf on the door. If the stuffing mix gets old just change it with wheat germ.

[gwl2oneida]

My go to has always been 1" tubes on small jig heads. Everything will to a swipe at them.

[crewchief2]

regular worms or crawlers are easy to keep, i have the same situation where i take kids out on a last minute basis. I bought a small plastic tote, filled it with peat moss and i keep crawlers and garden worms in there, i water it about once a week and feed them now and again, and they have lasted for months. I keep the tub in the basement covered. There is a ton of info an the web about how to do it. and really does save time and money, everytime i have bait leftover, it goes in the tub

http://whatcom.wsu.edu/ag/compost/easywormbin.htm