[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"learn-glossary-nightcrawler":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"aliases":6,"body":11,"category":28,"definitionShort":29,"description":17,"disciplineTags":30,"extension":32,"meta":33,"navigation":34,"path":35,"relatedCards":36,"relatedTerms":39,"seo":43,"sourceRef":44,"stem":45,"term":5,"__hash__":46},"learn_glossary\u002Flearn\u002Fglossary\u002Fnightcrawler.md","Nightcrawler",[7,8,9,10],"night crawler","garden worm","dew worm","lumbricus terrestris",{"type":12,"value":13,"toc":24},"minimark",[14,18,21],[15,16,17],"p",{},"The nightcrawler is the bait fishing version of \"tie one on and start fishing.\" Almost every freshwater predator will eat one — trout, bass, smallmouth, walleye, panfish, catfish, even the occasional pike. They're sold live at every bait shop in worm country, kept refrigerated in tubs of bedding.",[15,19,20],{},"Pick worms that are firm and active when you tap the container. A limp worm is half dead and won't wiggle in the current. Keep your remaining stock cool and out of direct sunlight on the bank — a wet sponge in the worm cup helps in summer.",[15,22,23],{},"For drifting streams, hook them lightly through the collar (the thickened band) so they keep some wiggle. For stillwater, thread one onto a worm hook so it hangs straight. Replace when the worm goes soft.",{"title":25,"searchDepth":26,"depth":26,"links":27},"",2,[],"lure","A large earthworm (Lumbricus terrestris), 4-8 inches long, used live as the deadliest universal trout, panfish, and bass bait. Bigger and tougher than garden worms; hooks well and survives multiple drifts.",[31],"bait","md",{},true,"\u002Flearn\u002Fglossary\u002Fnightcrawler",[37,38],"worm-rigging-for-trout","the-drift-rig",[40,41,42],"split-shot","leader","dead-drift",{"description":17},null,"learn\u002Fglossary\u002Fnightcrawler","B_hRb_xHKcjoKo5EGW5F_MwrjIiFIbYP_kABR-tgZQU"]