How To Keep Worms Alive When Fishing Or Camping

Introduction: Nothing can ruin a day of fishing like finding that the worms you have obtained for bait have died prematurely, but with a small amount of care you can assure that you can keep worms alive when fishing or camping until they have served their purpose. The two main factors why fishing worms die are due to either a lack of oxygen or excessive heat, and if you can take measures to avoid these two killers you can keep your fishing worms alive and at their wiggling best until needed.

Step 1: The first step to keep your worms alive when fishing or camping however is to make certain that they are in good physical condition before you purchase them - if they look bad in the bait shop or store they have no chance of living more than a few hours after you buy them.

Step 2: To keep worms alive when fishing or camping you will need to remove them from the container that they were purchased in and place them into a more suitable container with more room to move. The idea is that the more active the worms become the more oxygen they will receive, and they will keep much better. You can aid this process by making certain that the container you have placed them into has a large amount of air holes punched into the lid, and by occasionally stirring the worms in the container to make them more active.

Step 3: The summer heat also plays a sizable role in killing off worms prematurely, and this needs to be addressed on a constant basis while fishing or camping. While engaged in fishing activities, keep your worm container out of the direct sunlight and if possible use ice to keep the little guys cooled off. This can be accomplished in any number of ways - setting your worm container atop ice inside of a small cooler, wrapping some ice inside of a rag and setting the worm container on top or even by placing a very small piece of ice inside of the worm container with a small hole punched in the bottom to allow the excess water to escape.

Step 4: When back in camp at the end of the day, you can keep your worms alive by simply digging a small hole in the ground and lining it with a few stones which then have a few handfuls of ice placed on them. Set your worm container on top of this and the worms will stay cool long after the ice has melted because the stones will remain at a lower temperature until the sun comes up.

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