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.
Yes, fish hooks do dissolve. This can take months, a few years, or up to 50, depending on what they’re made of. There are many factors that will dictate the length of time a fishing hook takes to degrade. Saltwater may degrade certain materials faster than freshwater or brackish water, which is half salt and half freshwater.
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....
Thank you Mike! I've seen you comment on my videos I just didn't know you made videos. I subscribed to you and I'm looking foward to watching your videos!
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!
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.
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.
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 🎣🎣🎣
The worms you are catching are night crawlers thats what we call them in the norhern michigan if you leave in detroit they are called canadian night crawlers great video.
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.
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!
that is so awsome it is a lost knowledge i've read something simaler but you drive a stake in the grownd that has groves in it and run a brome stick up and down it but your way is much better you dont have to carrry the weight.
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.
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!
A straight circle hook will almost always catch a fish in the corner of its mouth. And offset circle hook is far more likely to be swallowed by the fish. By design, you should use regular circle hooks for fish you want to release, and offset circle hooks for fish you want to keep. When a fish swallows a hook, there's a very good chance that fish will die, which is one reason why offset circle hooks aren't allowed in most fishing tournaments.
Yep. I don’t know how the idea started that a hook will dissolve in a fish's body in a few days, because it won’t. Depending on exactly where the hook is stuck, a fish with a hook in its throat or gut will most likely die a slow death. That’s just the truth, and I don’t need to ease my conscience by telling myself a story about how a broke-off fish will be OK. That’s an unfortunate side of fishing but it’s not going to make me give it up. I do my best to choose tackle and methods that will reduce the number of times it happens, and if it does sometimes, well, them's the breaks.
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!!!
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.
If their is any creeks around brindlee mountain, try to fiddle close to them. I have'nt tryed it at brindlee mountain so I can't be for sure though. Matt I appreciate you watching them. You have been watching my videos nearly sense I started! Thank you for your support!
Psa hooks don't dissolve in a fish mouth or stomach it will either fall out, kill them, or block something or stick out of them till they croke.. even seen line with a hook tied on coming out of multiple bass bottoms before and it's a sad miss conception.
Spring and summer when the soil is warmer is best. Works best in good moist soil. Also called "grunting". Drive a 2 × 4 in the ground and rub another one over the top of it. A board that's a little rough/chewed up works the best. Sends more vibrations into the ground.
In my opinion a small flat head 5-10lbs is the best to eat. To be honest I'm not that big of a fan of eating catfish though. Thanks for watching Brandon!
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!
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!!
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!!
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
Back in florida as a kid I would just dig on the dirt that was moistured n wham. I catch my worms to fish 😁
Thanks for the pointer and God bless America .....
Good job
That's an amazing technique. Country folks are the smartest, craftiest folks.
Fine job youngman
Great tips. I want to try and catch a flathead with this method.
Thank you for watching tiefsa!
Catching a catfish in ozaukee county is a gigantic challenge
Here it is 2020 and I'm watching re runs of Richard Gene The Fishing Machine WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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.
great video
Thank you Andre!
Yes, fish hooks do dissolve. This can take months, a few years, or up to 50, depending on what they’re made of. There are many factors that will dictate the length of time a fishing hook takes to degrade. Saltwater may degrade certain materials faster than freshwater or brackish water, which is half salt and half freshwater.
I always bring an extra bag i can use to put trash in when i go fishing because there’s always trash,fishing line etc.
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....
Thank you Mike! I've seen you comment on my videos I just didn't know you made videos. I subscribed to you and I'm looking foward to watching your videos!
Yes sir, I fish for trophy blue cats on the James and chickahominy rivers in southeastern Virginia..Thanks for the sub my friend..
How do you cast so far without a weight?
What kind of rod is that?
just a machine out there
Thank you Dipshit fishing! I almost feel bad calling you that lol but it's your name XD
Enjoy watching your videos learn alot thanks
Awesome!
Thank you Backwoods brotherhood!
Would night crawlers work?
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!
Sounds like you picked the wrong tree
That's the funniest thing I've ever read on you tube lol! Can't stop laughing made my day!
Any tips for dams ?
Best fishing channel on UA-cam
Thank you Justin! That means alot!
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.
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.
love that old school reel and rod
Thank you Cmoney!
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.
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 🎣🎣🎣
The worms you are catching are night crawlers thats what we call them in the norhern michigan if you leave in detroit they are called canadian night crawlers great video.
Where you finding fiddle worms i remember as a kid my dad used them cant find any myself.
Where is this located I live in Guntersville.
New favorite channel
Whenever I get one that swallows the hook that deep. I usually turn it loose...into oil at about 400 degrees F.
Just plain fun, love it.
Im going fishing for cat fish tomorrow
great video some nice cat fish
Thank you led8541!
Way more catfish videos please
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.
Great video! Thanks for your effort.
Thank you Twinstone!
Those were some good healthy looking catfish you were catching.
Good work!
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.
Glad to hear that mike! Thank you for watching!
Another dandy !
Thank you Keith!
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 love how you teach something in all of your videos! I hope you have great success with your channel!
Thank you Tim! Comments like this keep me going
Watching this video for the first time 3 years later.... old Richard made it. He sure did
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!
What type of knots y'all using to tie them hooks bub. I use palomar knots most the time i reckon it works good.
I use both palomar and a triline. Palomar works great!
Thanks Richard Gene your a fisnin machine.!!! Keep it HillBillY!
that is so awsome it is a lost knowledge i've read something simaler but you drive a stake in the grownd that has groves in it and run a brome stick up and down it but your way is much better you dont have to carrry the weight.
Thank you Texas Camper!
Great video bro 👍👍👍
Thank you hookthembasstv!
Oldest trick in the book. Keeping it old school
Looked my old Mitchell 300, with the bent hadke and all.
OMG! If anyone else did this I would swear it was fake. Incredible.
I used to do this as a kid. except we would pound a 2 by 4 in the ground and rub it with a brick. great times
Agreed Jason great times!
A big gob of worms below a spillway releasing water caught big flatheads sometimes better than a live bluegill, here in kansas.
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.
No probelm Ben B! I agree with you on that channel cat are fun to catch but not to eat! Thanks for watching!
Thanks for sharing bank fishing
Great Video I like those catfish
Thank you Dwight!
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!
I don't do any guiding but thank you for watching Josh!
I miss these Cat fishing videos. We are overdue for one!
A straight circle hook will almost always catch a fish in the corner of its mouth. And offset circle hook is far more likely to be swallowed by the fish. By design, you should use regular circle hooks for fish you want to release, and offset circle hooks for fish you want to keep.
When a fish swallows a hook, there's a very good chance that fish will die, which is one reason why offset circle hooks aren't allowed in most fishing tournaments.
Yep. I don’t know how the idea started that a hook will dissolve in a fish's body in a few days, because it won’t.
Depending on exactly where the hook is stuck, a fish with a hook in its throat or gut will most likely die a slow death. That’s just the truth, and I don’t need to ease my conscience by telling myself a story about how a broke-off fish will be OK. That’s an unfortunate side of fishing but it’s not going to make me give it up. I do my best to choose tackle and methods that will reduce the number of times it happens, and if it does sometimes, well, them's the breaks.
awesome video
Thank you i.am.remy.!
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!!!
Worm grunting.
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.
If their is any creeks around brindlee mountain, try to fiddle close to them. I have'nt tryed it at brindlee mountain so I can't be for sure though. Matt I appreciate you watching them. You have been watching my videos nearly sense I started! Thank you for your support!
Another great vid hope elmer enjoyed the catfish
Thank you Bruce! He did! He ate it with some beans and a glass of buttermilk! Don't know why bout mad me sick!
Wow I can't believe this lol lol you got a like from me
Damn. Went fishing today with a buddy and nothing was biting...
on the wave
Gotta try flathead fishing here in the Florida panhandle with small bluegill. I fish the choctawhatchee river.
Is that an old Mitchell reel? I have one i love it old and all
Where do you fiddle for worm in Etowah County, Alabama?
Love your videos more informative than all the tv shows put together
last time i done this got a rattlesnake also
love your videos Gene. Keep them coming!
Thank you Steve! and will do!
Psa hooks don't dissolve in a fish mouth or stomach it will either fall out, kill them, or block something or stick out of them till they croke.. even seen line with a hook tied on coming out of multiple bass bottoms before and it's a sad miss conception.
What season do you fiddle for worms?? Spring? summer? Anytime?
Spring and summer when the soil is warmer is best. Works best in good moist soil. Also called "grunting". Drive a 2 × 4 in the ground and rub another one over the top of it. A board that's a little rough/chewed up works the best. Sends more vibrations into the ground.
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.
In my opinion a small flat head 5-10lbs is the best to eat. To be honest I'm not that big of a fan of eating catfish though. Thanks for watching Brandon!
love your videos just started watching thanks
Love your channel
Thank you Big swimbait bass fisherman!!
Flatheads on worms??
Yes sir you can! I'll get it on video one day! thanks for watching levi o hansen!
"Forrest Gump Searching for worms"
Those fiddleworms are most likely NIGHTCRAWLERS
Love your videos Richard. Very informational
they sell bait ya know?
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!
Another Great fishing video! Thanks for sharing your tips!
No problem Matt! thank you for watchin!
Do the hooks really disolve? I have always had my doubts and usually take them home to eat if they swallow it.
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.
it good for you lol kept them coming
lol Will do Terry! thanks for watching!
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!!
Thank you William! Yes sir I will have a Video on crappie up tomorrow or friday! Thank YOU for being Great William!
Never knew about fiddle worms! Just moved to north Alabama, I’m gonna have to try that out
Man those channel cats are very pretty in Alabama. There not that dark here.
Luvin ta fish with worms, under a cork
Catchin every durn thaing !
Wonderful video!! Thank you -- brings back so many great memories!!
Where do you buy those hooks. Wal-Mart, Amazon, or a local bait shop
Anywhere that sells hooks
Excellent, Richard! So glad to see you keeping fishing simple, the way it used to be.
Yes sir thank you for watching Dave! I think the more simple the better!
Great Video
Thank you Thomas!
where is Elmer??
He's at home eating pickled eggs and buttermilk. Him and his wife have been fusing all afternoon! LOL thank you for watching Gregory!
Richard Gene The Fishing Machine. lol... love your shows bro.... get Elmo out of the house and go fishing..
Great channel been binge watching your vuds all week. Get em elmer!!!
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!!
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 learn something new every time I watch you , thank you Richard.
No problem Danny thank you for watching!