Catfishing With Worms - How To Fiddle Worms 

Hey Richard. I had seen this years ago and decided to try it again. I went to a moist area and sawed off a sapling about 3 fingers thick. I started sawing the top of the stump and I could really feel the ground starting to shake under my feet. In just a few minutes I had more yellow jackets than I could ever use. Before I realized what they were, they had covered me up! I guess yellow jackets don't like fiddle tunes as much as worms do. I hope to meet you one day. You are my favorite fisherman to watch. God Bless and watch what channel you tune your saw to!

I love how you teach something in all of your videos! I hope you have great success with your channel!

Grunting worms here in south Georgia is quite common. I like to get under some pecan trees the day after the rain.

Richard I wouldn't care if you were fishing for mud cats on the backside of a rice levy with a cane pole you would still make the video worth watching and Elmer would still be jealous.

Excellent, Richard! So glad to see you keeping fishing simple, the way it used to be.

Thanks for the saw trick for big live bait... the more I watch the more I learn...

Thanks for this video :-) I live just right down the road from Guntersville in Cullman. My grandpaw taught me how to fiddle for worms back in the 70's. He did one extra thing to make the process it a little easier - he'd have me and my brother brush away all the dead leaves around the stump and get it down to bare ground - so you could see the worms easier.

I know this is an older video, but I loved watching it. I learn so much from you, and I thought I knew a good bit, but now I know I didn't. Speaking about things that remind you of fishing as a kid, one of my favorite things to do with my dad growing up was to go to a creek. We would cut down mimosa trees of various lengths with different length lines depending on the stick. We would put cut bait on most or clumps of worms on some and leave them out for about 30 minutes then run the poles. Great memories!

You fish in some beautiful, scenic locations! Thanks for all your tips! We surely appreciate your hard work and effort!

Once again you killed it. Great content Richard. Love it. Keep em coming

Dam I love how I can experience your fishing trips,, your love of the outdoors makes me feel at home and I`m welcomed along.. These are some beautiful fish your catching and your having fun doing it.. Thanks so much for videos....

I love all species, but I have a special love for the cats!! Great tips and info, thanks for sharing!

You make me want to move to North Alabama. Thanks for doing these videos - you never disappoint!

I was taught to get worms when I was a kid very similar. Find a stick 2 or 3 ft long, push it into the ground at an angle moving it around and rubbing with another stick or a rock. Always worked great for me. Always enjoy your videos and always learning something new from you and Elmo, thank you.

Hey Richard, I also grew up fiddlin worms. My daddy taught us young, but he called it snoring worms. We’d use a 2x2 stake and A brick or saw down a sapling and use the flat side of the saw and to rub the stump. I enjoy watching you fish and like the way you “learn folks” how to do things. And tell Elmo to stay outta my garden!!

Love the catfish vids Richard gene please make more as and as always love the way u explain things

I really enjoy and appreciate all of your content, but I always love a good catfish video and how you explain yourself and how/why stuff works!! I love chasing them ole whisker fish and learning from fellow fisherman, keep up the good work and stay safe out there brother, God bless!

Takes me back to the when we used to go down below Ft. Loudon Dam and Watts Bar Dam and catch them cats. Now I live up here in Washington state but I got to tell you. We got some big salmon up here. Fishing's good for you. Thank you so much. I had to come back and edit this cause I forgot to mention we used to fiddle worms a little different way. We used to cut notches in a stout sapling stick and hammer it into the ground a couple of feet and use another stick to "strum" those notches. It did the same trick as the dull saw and we got big crawlers. I guess we never thought to just cut down a sapling and use the trunk. Seems to me that works better! Thanks again!

Great channel been binge watching your vuds all week. Get em elmer!!!

You sir are a pleasure to watch, I swear you should be on a fishing tv show.

Been usin your technique for no weight straight to a circle hook. Have never hooked up on more cats in my life. Good fishin! Yeeyee! It's 6am in Texas I'm about to head to my river to catch me some lunch and dinner! Tight lines brother!

Another Great fishing video! Thanks for sharing your tips!

love your videos Gene. Keep them coming!

My grandparents took me" fiddling" worms back in the 70's in North Alabama. We cut a sapling and raked a flat rock over it. Thanks for the video

I learn something new every time I watch you , thank you Richard.

Wonderful video!! Thank you -- brings back so many great memories!!

Pretty cool video...educational and always fun to watch someone enjoying what they are doing!! Thanks for sharing. I'll be on Weiss Lake a week from tomorrow...hope the Crappie are still biting. Water temp here on Lake Alatoona 70.8 yesterday. Caught a handful of bass during the heat of the day which I believed was a good day considering!!! Hope you have another crappie video up before next Friday so I can see where you are finding them!! Thanks for being GREAT!!

Very informative. This is a great channel i can already tell after watching your first video. Subbed :)

Love your videos Richard. Very informational

That's an amazing technique. Country folks are the smartest, craftiest folks.

We take 2 pieces of rebar and stick one about an inch into the ground and rub the other one up and down on it and it makes the worms boil up out of the ground. Never saw anybody do it with a saw and a sapling, but it seems towork the same. Great videos Mr. Gene.

Dam! This is an AWESOME TIP BROTHA. Ill be doing this in a few days. Thank you for the info on how to get them worms, thats an awesome tip.

I haven't seen someone catch worms like that in over 20 yrs..good to go. some great catfish. keep up the great work

Love your videos more informative than all the tv shows put together

I guess I need to go catfishing. Thanks for another awesome video. I learned something new again.

man Richard I've been looking for a place to fiddle worms my whole life, I can't find them anywhere on brindlee mountain , I believe they are the best catfish bait as well.. looks like u had a great time over here on the south side of the lake great video I appreciate you making them and sharing ur trips with us! I learn alot from them.

Absolutely love your content, you've got an old wise fisherman's way about ya, it's refreshing compared to some of the bigger channels ... Nothing wrong with what they do , they've just got a copycat new way about them .

i like bank fishing to and i really like pond fishing.i like how you teach and explain how you do it GREAT JOG KEEP IT UP

Great video. That's a Shakespeare model 2062 ain't it? Those reels are great! Worm drive gears, 6 stack drag, all metal! Love them!

We always had good luck with dogwood tree stumps on rocky ground. You can also rub the stump with a rough cinder block to get it to vibrate. My pawpaw showed me how to do this around the Guntersville state park campground.

Richard you are one old school dude!!!! Another great video!!! Thanks for teaching us how to get them worm. We need to hook up and go fishing Richard.

Just plain fun, love it.

Never seen that before. Interesting way for worms. Thank you.

im 56 yr old.. been huntin n fishin all my life and i aint NEVER seen that done before.. never too old to learn somethin new

Really enjoy your videos. Did some fishing in Scottsboro Al and would purchase a sack full of fiddle worms from a lady on Sand Mountain. Fiddle worms are massive and boy do the catfish love em. Would rather eat a catfish than just about any other fish. Keep the videos coming!!!

Never heard of fiddle worms being from Kentucky and the dangest way of gathering them that I ever could imagine. Love your videos! Tell Elmo hello!

I know I say that I say this a lot.....but I love this channel you r an amazing person and fisherman

love your videos just started watching thanks

dude ur a good fisherman your tips made me catch a 78.6 pound Flathead

Enjoy watching your videos learn alot thanks

great job you are the fishing machine

Awesome vid Sir. You've earned a new subscriber!

I'm late as can be for comments but I'm glad I saw this fiddlin technic for worms I'm gonna go try it. Thanks for the info.

That Blue Cat look like a dolphin taking off!!LoL

I love catfishing. I prefer a 2 to 5 pound blue catfish for eating. Channel catfish just taste muddy to me. Great video. Thanks for the worm getting tips.

Another great vid hope elmer enjoyed the catfish

Thanks for the pointer and God bless America .....

I tell you what Richard..I tune in to your channel for crappie but I loves me some catfish..As a matter of fact my channel is all about catfish...You did a mighty fine job there with those kitty's...I had fun watchin' ya....

Ive used freelining for years, i love using bream heads for this kind of fishing.🇺🇸

Those were some good healthy looking catfish you were catching.

Great video! Thanks for your effort.

Idk Mr. Gene I’ve caught some cats with some old rusty hooks in them lol love the content!

More catfish videos please!! Awesome vid

Never knew about fiddle worms! Just moved to north Alabama, I’m gonna have to try that out

New favorite channel

Best thing I learned all day...very cool ty ...

love that old school reel and rod

Best fishing channel on RU-vid

Fine job youngman

Richard I was hoping to c u go in swimming for the rod if he pulled it out of your hand.. lol another good video buddy

If Elmer ever showed up on one of these outings, I'd be almost as surprised as Richard.

RICHARD GENE THE FISH MAGNET MACHINE !! I think you could catch fish in a mud puddle !

Its always fun to fish for catfish along rip rap. Here if the water is a little stained they will come in very close. On those days it is fun to float a slip bobber over 4 or 5 feet of water. A catfish popping a float under is a rush. You will have to do a little fish fry video with Elmer sometime.

Gotta try flathead fishing here in the Florida panhandle with small bluegill. I fish the choctawhatchee river.

Here it is 2020 and I'm watching re runs of Richard Gene The Fishing Machine WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

I love watching ur videos! I'm a new subscriber from South Carolina 😉 I've been binge watching u for the past 2 days since I've found ur channel. U r so funny but a great teacher at the same time! I gotta try that trick with the sapling to get worms. Pretty neat. I caught and fried up some baby catfish last night and I'm tellin ya they were the best I've ever cooked. By the way wat lb test line r u using?

wow this is awesome, I've got to try getting worms like that, I'm from nc, I sure hope their that big here ! I appreciate your videos, country boy will survive

Hey Richard, I really enjoy your videos. Thanks and GOD bless you and for being a good Christian man. Well caught up to you later.

You have a great channel!

I just love when you catch a smaller catfish and hold it up, it "talks" to you. I don't know why I always chuckle when a catfish does that.

Love your channel

Good work!

great video some nice cat fish

Great Video

Richard what type of soil condition do you look for when fiddling worms? Are low light conditions better ?

Hi Richard - another great video. How is the different between night crawler vs fiddle worm ?

Great Video I like those catfish

Nice video. Good catches of catfish I have a question what kind of line do you use and how many pounds?

That's interesting. That's freaking interesting, man.

Great video bro 👍👍👍

I make ol worm grunts out of a thick oak wood branch bout arm length and size and make seven notches on it and drive it in the ground and rub a stick against it creating the vibration 'and I'll catch a couple of earth worms in the forest but on the cow pastures I'll catch a load of nightcrawlers on a misty or rainy night' unique video there ol gene' your a legend man 🎣🎣🎣

I love your videos. Do you do any guiding? Fun fact: the vibration from "fiddlin" mimics the vibration from a mole which is a natural predator of the worm. When they sense a mole is around, the worms come to the surface to escape!

Luvin ta fish with worms, under a cork Catchin every durn thaing !

dissolve the hook? Are you sure? 😂 I hope you're right! Love your videos either way!!! Thanks for the great content

just a machine out there

great video

Hey man! I live in G’ville. Where about is this bank? I can’t put the scenery together in my head. Lol

I love this channel, and I love that you're local to me! I'm from Arab. Got me wanting to leave work and go catfishing. PS- Roll Tide!

What are your thoughts on the best and worst catfish to eat? I cleaned a 2 lb blue the other day that was pretty good from the lower end of Elk river.

Good job