Magic Bait Worm Bedding

[James]

Will this bedding be OK for crossing the border? It is darker than standard newspapaer bedding and looks like it is a wood-type product. I've got 1,000 worms on order and don't want to lose them to customs. Lake of the Woods in less than 5 days, literally praying that the weather stabilizes.

[fishinnut]

Should be OK; as long as it's not dirt you shouldn't be bothered. I'm going up to Whitefish Bay tomorrow and bringing 500 myself.

[Robert]

Jim,
I asked about this earlier, and was told you can only bring worms in in "SOIL", e.g., not bedding. I'm going to LOW in 2 days too. By the way, I keep losing my worms in bedding because it's too wet, or warms up too much from the bio-mass, while in a cool room. How do ou keep em alive?

Good luck fishing.

[zman]

mix bedding with non-chlorinated water and keep in frig

[Andy]

I have used magic worm bedding to take crawlers to Canada for years. I have been checked several times at the border and never any problems other than the delay in time. I use the refreezable cold packs for travel and to keep the crawlers in good shape for the week I'm in Canada. I usually have crawlers left out of the flat I take up there. Good Luck!

[Dave in Mpls]

Don't you mean anything BUT soil??

[Fritz]

I just was just in Canada from 6/17 thru 6/24.

I had my worms in Buss bedding. Told the border guard that we had them in Buss bedding, and they never looked at them.

I keep my crawlers in an old coleman cooler on my basement floor. I keep 2 half gallon jugs frozen with water on them at all times. While in Canada, I kept them in the shade.

[jeff reed]

I keep mine in a plastic ziploc bags in my boat. They last a long time too. No problems and I even use some the next year.

[Big Al]

Hi Guys,
I'm from Ontario and keep worms for months using the best mother has to offer, Moss that is found in almost anywoods in north america and a refrigerator will keep your crawlers alive and healthy for years, and yes ziplock bags with a bit of moss in it and kept in a cooler on ice, but be careful when you reach in for one to bait your hook, moss fed worms are "aggresive".
Best of luck fishing,
Big Al.

[jeff reed]

I am a big fan of Berkely PowerCrawlers, so I don't need any cooling. Nobody bought the riddle in my post, so I gave you the answer.