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Old 05-07-2015, 02:13 PM
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any of you guys use butterworms for pan fishing? I need to have stuff on hand for random days when my son and nephew want to go out. driving to buy worms is a hassle and theyre too young to go out and dig their own. I never have good luck keeping earthworms or nightcrawlers in the fridge, but it sounds like the elliotts butterworms are idiot proof and easy to keep around. any ideas appreciated.
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Old 05-07-2015, 02:23 PM
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i have had good luck with the gulp red worms & nightcrawlers when in a pinch & obviously they are easy to keep
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Old 05-07-2015, 02:32 PM
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sunnies/bluegills love them
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Old 05-07-2015, 02:36 PM
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Berkeley maggots and honey worms in the jar more than suffice in a pinch for panfish. I use trout magnets and the small powerbaits when I take my 6 yr old out. It's been pretty successful
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Old 05-07-2015, 02:41 PM
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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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Old 05-07-2015, 02:52 PM
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Earthworms or nightcrawlers are much more cost effective than butterworms. But yes, butterworms will work very well for panfish.
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Old 05-07-2015, 02:59 PM
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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
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Old 05-07-2015, 03:37 PM
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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!
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Old 05-07-2015, 04:02 PM
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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.
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Worms last for a month in my fridge.
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