Any feedback about using these for bait?

[horseshoer]

Am collecting them as I plant my garden. Have never used cutworms but figgered mealworms/waxworms aren't normally swimming around as part of a fish's diet and they work. Have never seen a wad of 1-1/2" chartreuse/red
twister tails being chased around by a school of fish either come to think of it.

Anyone have an experience with em?
Thanks, appreciate any feedback.
If nothing else I have a Wok, sesame oil, & curry powder, can whip up a Thai dish.

[DC Crappie Kid]

I don't know about crappie, but we used to catch other panfish like bluegill out of farm ponds on them. Try 'em and let us know!

[Billy2]

Am collecting them as I plant my garden. Have never used cutworms but figgered mealworms/waxworms aren't normally swimming around as part of a fish's diet and they work. Have never seen a wad of 1-1/2" chartreuse/red
twister tails being chased around by a school of fish either come to think of it.

Anyone have an experience with em?
Thanks, appreciate any feedback.
If nothing else I have a Wok, sesame oil, & curry powder, can whip up a Thai dish.

horseshoer, Some years ago we would use them to catch catfish in the
winter months. Was a good bait to catch good eating size cats. As the
weather warmed the cats would say "no thanks"

[deathb4disco]

If you found them in your garden, you can be sure they're not a regular part of a fish's diet. Still, I think they'd be great as bait.

[whackmaster]

I've used them before and did quite well on bluegill...not sure if you would so well for crappies

[kamikaze82]

One of my first fishing experiences was with those. In elementry school on the playground I would take a twig and put them in the dime-sized holes they made when I found an occupied hole they would bite the twig and it would start twitching and I'd pull them up.

Never thought about using them for real fishing though but my leopard gecko sure does like them. They come up out of the ground after a good rain and have a lot of inards to.

[blankace]

I had much better luck on worms. Fish will take grub worms though.

[Glowgood Jigster]

As a kid I got a nickel a piece for those things digging them up at my friends' dad's nursery... I've tried them for bait, and the guts really come out when the hook goes in... I think the smallest hook you can use would be good, like a #14 or smaller fly hook, they are thin and tiny. I use #18 fly hooks to fish carpenter ants. Oops, there goes another secret...

[Charger]

One of my first fishing experiences was with those. In elementry school on the playground I would take a twig and put them in the dime-sized holes they made when I found an occupied hole they would bite the twig and it would start twitching and I'd pull them up.

That just brought back some memories:D

[Baditude]

We used "garden Grubs" up north , they work very well on trout , and yep , seeing the pic you posted sure does bring back childhood memories.