Learn To Use Fishing Bait Worms

There is a right way and a wrong way to do things which is exactly why you need to learn to use fishing bait worms properly.  It is not as simple as spearing the poor nematode with your barbed hook and tossing it into the pond.  While this might work every now and then, you can definitely increase your fishing odds if you actually learn how to bait worms correctly.  

In order to learn to use fishing bait worms properly you will need:

• A steady hand
• A hook
• A worm or larvae

1. Worms and larvae.  Before you learn to use fishing bait worms, you should know not all worms are equal.  Besides earthworms, red wrigglers, nightcrawlers or whatever else you call them locally, there are also many types of larvae that are lumped into the worm category due to the lack of limbs.  Meal worms are baby beetles, wax worms are baby moths and if you use maggots you probably know they turn into flies.  While earthworms and their brethren are more forgiving, you must definitely learn to use fishing bait larvae properly due to their fragile skins.   
2. How to do it.  The most important aspect to of learning to use fishing bait worms or larvae is the hook.  You do not want to allow the fish to bite the bait without putting the hook into it's mouth.  To accomplish this, you must thread the worms or larvae onto the hook.  Stick the hook into one end of the worm or larvae and pull it over the hook.  This bait fishing technique works perfect for larvae because they are shorter than worms.  A longer worm like the nightcrawler can also be wrapped around the hook. 
3. Spear the worm, drag it over the hook and wrap the excess around the hook while making sure to spear the last bit of worm to the hook.  This hook speared ball of worm means the fish must bite the hook to take the worm allowing the fisherman to a great opportunity to hook the fish.     

Tips and Warnings:

• What goes wrong.  People who are learning to fish often get squeamish at bait time.  These are the people who must learn to use fishing bait worms correctly or they will basically end up feeding the fish.  A quick poke on the hook leaving most of the bait worm or larvae dangling is no good.  Fish will simply grab a hold of the bait, tear it off the hook and swim away.  You are just feeding the fish and not fishing.