A dying art worm grunting
By snowy
@snowy22315 (211237)
United States
July 26, 2026 9:12am CST
So, just watched an interesting story on the quasi news/ lifestyle show. They were doing a feature storyu on worm grunting. It is rubbing a flat piece of iron on roots or short stumps to bring earthworms to the surface. They are cleaned and packaged and sold as live bait. However, not many people are doing it these days. I will have to do a bit more research on this. It's an interesting topic.
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@snowy22315 (211237)
• United States
7h
People used to make their living doing it.
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@AliCanary (4710)
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6h
@snowy22315 my dad tried something similar at a spider hole by making a little noise, trying to get the spider to come out. It didn't work, though.
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@snowy22315 (211237)
• United States
6h
@AliCanary The worm noise is supposed to mimic a mole.
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@Ineeddentures (39456)
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3h
I know what my neighbour and I will be doing tomorrow then
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@snowy22315 (211237)
• United States
53m
Good luck. I think it may only work in the SE United States.1 person likes this
@snowy22315 (211237)
• United States
7h
Well now a days they are more apt to use commercial worm farms.
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@wolfgirl569 (137981)
• Marion, Ohio
55m
They were showing that on one of the morning shows here
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@snowy22315 (211237)
• United States
Just now
@wolfgirl569 I watch that almost every week, that and Face the Nation.
