[briansnat]

I haven't kept worms in years, but much like Denlon, when I was a kid I would go to the park on a damp night and catch crawlers. We could catch hundreds if we wanted, but usually stopped at a few dozen.

For a time my dad kept worms in the garage. He used an old cooler with airholes drilled in the lid and torn strips of wet newsprint for worm bedding.

We also had a leaf compost pile behind the garage that was a ready source for the small, reddish garden worms.

I don't fish much with worms anymore. Once in a while in a stream for trout, but otherwise I catch too many ''undesirables'' with them. Because I use them so rarely I just buy them when I need them.