Tiger Worms, Red Wrigglers, Einsenia foetida

hanex · July 29, 2009, 14:06:16 CET

I am wondering if anyone has ever used "Tiger worms" as fishing bait in Malta. They are similiar to the imported Korean worms avalable at local fish & tackle shops. It is a very common bait used in the UK and worldwide. Thanks

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placebo · July 30, 2009, 18:42:12 CET

ta bormla has some dried freezed new worms (not fishfarmed) which is fantastic bait especially for vopi and other small bait fish.

try them out!

hanex · July 30, 2009, 19:31:58 CET

I breed these worms myself and use them to feed aquarium fish and to make virmicompost. So I got them live! I was wondering if I could use them for fishing in the sea and for what kind of fish they could be suitable..

SPITEC · August 02, 2009, 18:11:29 CET

how big do they grow hanex?

hanex · August 02, 2009, 21:16:27 CET

They grow to more than 10cm. They are not marine creatures but wriggle when in water. Aquarium fish feast on them!!

fisheye · August 03, 2009, 08:22:52 CET

Just take some with you ,your next fishing session and try them nothing to loose.

SPITEC · August 03, 2009, 13:12:59 CET

You should give them a try,you have nothing to loose.Is it easy to breed them? maybe I will have a go with them?

hanex · August 04, 2009, 14:25:21 CET

They are very easy to breed and they feed on Kitchen waste, but you have to start with a good number of them . You have to make sure the bedding is kept wet and at 24 degrees and they will be ok. So far I have supplied them to aquarists but not to fisherman. who wants a sample to try them out leave contact.

Toninu · April 28, 2011, 21:54:49 CET

Hello Hanex is it possilbe to buy some worms for composting? If so please email me on cutant@maltanet.net

blueskip · April 29, 2011, 17:16:15 CET

Sorry men but they dont work in the salt water, they bleed through the osmotic difference between their body fluids & salt water. Salt draws the fluids out of their body as the salinity tries to equalise the fresh water in their body with the salt in the sea, very similar to the way both salt & sugar dissolve in fresh water, & they die very quickly & turn into a sticky mess, even in estuaries in the UK they die very quickly & I have only ever caught eels on them. They can be used in places such as docks where the salinity is lower than the open sea.