From what I've been told, that wood sound is almost identical to the sound of a mole digging. The worms' response is to hide from the mole, and since moles don't usually go up to the surface, that's where the worms go.
@@CONEHEADDK Worms actually breath through their skin, and can absorb the oxygen in the water allowing them to live for up to a week or 2 fully submerged. The reason they surface during rain, or in super wet environments is for faster travel. 😎
@@Coelumadventures Can you suply some proof of that claim? I would put my money on, them drowning, if you drop them in water - I'm actually pretty sure of that. And what would the have the desire to travel fast to?
I'm 42 just learning that I like fishing... Been looking for info on gruntin/charmin/fiddlin... This is THE MOST direct, 2tha point & "down home" info I've seen yet! THANK YOU for presenting like ya was a neighbor! 🤘
My grandfather in Alabama called it fiddling worms. He taught me how to look at the ground to know where to “fiddle”. He would use a wood hand saw. Sometimes we would cut down a small tree about 2…. 3 inches thick about 3 feet from the ground. The roots of the tree works great at vibrating the ground. And we would go back to the same stump and “fiddle” to get worms.
@@jonathanlowe8465 personally, I tend to go closer to creeks in the woods (if you have access to any near you) if not, just find damp, leaf littered clearing near trees... the soft and damp, semi silty soil I find works the best in my neck of the woods, but in a pinch, just about any shaded woods location should provide a few... also, I have always had more success using an aluminum trowel, or the spine of a fixed blade knife to make my "grunts"
My Dad used to have me put his used coffee grounds in the same place in our yard everyday when I cleaned up after dinner. This will draw worms too. He would simply dig his worm hole when he was goin' fishin'. I started a worm hole at my house as an adult. My chickens found the spot, but they didn't get all the worms. My son always had worms.
Ha ha ... 😂 My neighbours think I've gone fecking crazy 😂 Sounds like a woodpecker gone daft ! Made one yesterday and it rained last night, tried it this morning with my grandson. .. yippee Going fishing when the sun goes down a little. Thanks my friend 👍🐍
The county I live in, has an annual “worm gruntin” festival. My grandfather taught me to do this when I was around 4 years old to get fishing bait. I was not aware of the festival until my late teens. His way was a variation of this, where we tap a sapling around 8-10 inches in the ground with another stick or log, and then rub the side of the blade, with medium pressure, across the top of the stake to cause vibration. I use it to this day for bait, and worms for creating compost for the next years planting. It makes me happy to see the old ways being taught still. I’m going to give this version a try as well.
Well hot damn! I'm an old salt and I've been fishing for 50 years and I " thought" it was a bunch of worm shit but figured to give it a shot. I have a 5,000 gallon koi pond but I have seven or eight largemouth bass and some of them are pretty good and they eat a lot. I couldn't keep them fed buying feeder fish at the pet store at $0.20 a piece simply because it cost a fortune. Buying shiners wholesale was a pain in the butt both in cost and in keeping them alive. Them first don't want no dead bait. Stupid as it was I made a grunting stick out of wood and I made one out of inch and a quarter PVC pipe. I just used the chop saw and cut little V's into the PVC for my notches. The first time I tried it I swear by all that's holy big old worms for basically shooting out of the ground. I kid you not they were fast coming out and they mowed it away like they were snakes. They weren't night crawlers and they weren't little red wigglers they were some kind of worm that was just the perfect size. Well I'm able to catch enough just wandering around my acre to keep the fish fed and they keep coming. I really can't believe I'd never heard of this! It's strange but the worms back out of the ground most of the time and then flip over and motor away. Sometimes there are so many that I can't grab them all so I just go for the biggest. Try it and if you've never seen a fast worm you're in for a treat. ( Plus it's fun when your a simpleton)
thank you, its been two years and ive never seen any of your content before but I needed a good simple way to make one on my own so i can catch them to help keep my box turtle fed- shes super picky and wont eat anything unless if shes had a worm or two first
My Dad and my brother and I we were kids would go out to a field out at the city airport , and drive a stick down and grunt worms with a brick rubbing it on the top of the stick , and wow how the worms will come up to the top , we know we be going fishing soon. 😊
So here's something else I stumbled on accidentally: I had picked up a bunch of black walnuts and stomped on them to remove the green hulls. I put them in a wire fish basket to dry. Before I hung the fish basket up, I set it on the lawn next to the driveway and went and got the hose to wash some more of hulls and juice off the nuts. When I got done and picked up the fish basket to hang it in the garage, I found 2 dozen night crawlers around and under the basket. I'm guessing that strong tannic acid that got washed off those walnuts, drove the worms out of the ground.
The reason why it works is because worms have this response to when they feel the vibrations of moles digging to go to the surface and avoid them and when you worm grunt it makes the same type of vibrations.
Studies have concluded that the vibrations mimic that of moles digging, hunting the worms. The worms leaves their holes to escape predation. So cool! Great video!
The real explanation behind that phenomenon was worm thought that sound was coming from a mole (blind mammals that dig underground to hunt worms) so as adaptation to survive, worm goes up simply because they thought moles are coming to eat them. Sorry for my grammar
Actually, earthworms cant hear but they can feel the vibrations. So the vibrations when you worm grunt are supposed to be similar to when moles dig in the ground. Worms have a brain that connects with nerves from their skin and muscles.
My theory is the worms instinctively are programmed to investigate vibrations of potential animals moving around and crapping or eating on the ground surface knowing that is a potential rich nutrient food source
Fun fact: they've actually done some tests in why worm grunting works. Turns out the vibrations mimic the sound moles make while digging through soil, and since moles don't like going aboveground, the worms surface to escape.
00:20 - Try this: Cut that sapling to 2 or 3 feet tall, but don't cut it down. ==> Notch THAT sapling in place, still rooted to the ground. Cut your sweep stick from the tree top you just tossed off in the woods. Pull the sapling back a little to make it bend over a bit, but don't break or crack it. Now stroke it with the 'sweep' stick. This uses the root as vibration carriers. Also, your work of art will still be there next year, since that short tree is still alive! Neat huh! I know...you can't take it with you... But you can always sit next to it next year and carve your portable grunt stick set. 7.10.2023 -- North Central Florida
I hadn't done this in about 40 years. Used to do it the night before a fishing day as a kid in Texas, and always got gobs of worms. But now I live in northeast Washington State, and tried for hours last night, in several spots, and found zero worms. Wonder why that is. BTW, I learned this technique from my grandpa's brother. And he told me NEVER use a live sapling. He always said a good piece of lumber or a dead piece of hardwood on the forest floor is always better than killing a sapling that could grow into a larger tree, that will provide more food for more worms. He said when you use saplings, you're limiting your worm hunting in the future
I’ve been doing this since a kiddo, 67 in July. Never made a stick like that. Garden fork in the ground and tap on it, or a piece of wood and tap. I like your attitude and laugh. I’ve show this to a bunch of kids over the years.Weeding a garden bed today and some started rising. Took a break and found your video.
(I’m not an expert) when wetting the ground (maybe like a 5x5 ft area) , do the grunting sorta lightly I’m sure it mimics rain and that’s why we see them all around the driveways during storms along with because the impact makes small vibrations from water of course. But idk, could be wrong
Here’s how this works. The vibrations in the ground trick the worms into thinking it’s raining. Works function better in a more muddy area, so they crawl to the surface
This is a great lil trick to pull em up my papaw showed us this when we were lil and it amazed us. Dang good trick for someone that hasn’t seen it ! Thanks for sharing Currin1776!
Well the true meaning to why they do this is because the vibrations makes it sound like rain so the worms go up to the surface because they like to move more up on the ground and if it where while the sun was there they would’ve dryed out so the rain make it so they dont dry out
Did this till an old man taught me Pape towel and mustard powder not mustard sauce it has to be power u make like a paste just warm water and mustard powder cover the paper towel then leave it on a bare dirt spot in the morning there will be a bunch of worms underneath
I looked into, apparently it has the same frequency as a mole digging, it has nothing to do with what we hear but that vibration! It's not perfect but it does work.
In Denmark they're called rainworms - because they come up, when it rains, so they don't drown. This activates the same reflex as dripping water, is the theory, and it sounds legit to me. And it works in daylight, unlike just picking them up on wet short grass at night, using a red lamp - and NOT stamping at all, as they are fast as fuk to pull back into the hole.
@@iphgfqweio I don't believe that theory. But I'm guessing. Watch sea gulls stamp their feet, to make them come up. I doubt moles dig for worms - worms are soo much faster than moles can dig. They might find them in their tunnels, but "hunt them" by digging, doesn't seem effective to me.
@@swayback7375 I'm not sure, if you agree with me or not. But I agree with your comment. Just remember - TED-X isn't science. They just, sometimes, have scientists on. And even science changes, as scientists get new info.
Did you hear of this new invention called a shovel.. it’s pretty new, but I guess it works well for finding worms in the dirt.. yeehaw 😄 I’m just being a smart ____. Cool video, I might have to give this a try.
i think it feels like rain to the worms and they come out ...We used to collect them for fishing by using dish soap / washing up liquid and water ...pour it on the ground and wait 10 minutes and they will come to the surface
