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Title: Tiger Worms, Red Wrigglers, Einsenia foetida
Post by: hanex on 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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Title: Re: Tiger Worms, Red Wrigglers, Einsenia foetida
Post by: placebo on 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!
Title: Re: Tiger Worms, Red Wrigglers, Einsenia foetida
Post by: hanex on 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..
Title: Re: Tiger Worms, Red Wrigglers, Einsenia foetida
Post by: SPITEC on August 02, 2009, 18:11:29 CET
how big do they grow hanex?
Title: Re: Tiger Worms, Red Wrigglers, Einsenia foetida
Post by: hanex on 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!!
Title: Re: Tiger Worms, Red Wrigglers, Einsenia foetida
Post by: fisheye on August 03, 2009, 08:22:52 CET
Just take some with you ,your next fishing session and try them nothing to loose.
Title: Re: Tiger Worms, Red Wrigglers, Einsenia foetida
Post by: SPITEC on 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?
Title: Re: Tiger Worms, Red Wrigglers, Einsenia foetida
Post by: hanex on 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.
Title: Re: Tiger Worms, Red Wrigglers, Einsenia foetida
Post by: Toninu on 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
Title: Re: Tiger Worms, Red Wrigglers, Einsenia foetida
Post by: blueskip on 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.