How to Catch Worms with Walnuts

Catch more bait than you need using this trick. Black walnuts ripen in the fall and contain Juglone, a chemical that is toxic to fish and apparently earthworms too.
Soaking fresh walnuts in water will create a "tea" that will drive worms out of their holes within seconds. Because it is toxic to worms, be sure to rinse them in fresh water immediately before placing into bedding.
The first time I tried this, I was surprised with the results and even caught a 6 pound buffalo using one of the fresh caught worms!

[@BennitoJuarez01]

What's interesting about this is the little effort needed to get those resources. In a survival situation, where energy conservation may be important, this is a really great way for getting an easy resource for fishing. Awesome video!

[@Winkiedoodles]

I have never seen anything like this. Thanks so much for showing how this works; it was amazing! Thumbs way up.

[@t4705mb6]

Great! Wish I'd known this method when my daughter was digging for the squirmy critters in my flower bed using my best silver as a shovel! Thanks!

[@ps9417]

In my childhood, I heard that the Indians used walnuts to catch fish in the creek. Said that it took the oxygen out of the water without hurting the fish. Amazing to see this work. Thank you so much.

[@CatmanOutdoors]

@78LeeCY I was gonna say that's a funny joke but then I looked at your channel. You tell the walnut trees not to harm the soil, not me. And helpless or not, those worms are my bait, and no matter how many I harvest, there will still be millions more in the ground to do their work.

[@pwnagenick505]

subbed btw, this is genius. My buddy and i have always needed a decent way of finding bait, and we have plenty of walnut trees. thanks!

[@thomshere]

You seem like a fine boy that would make any parent proud. Good luck to you son...your going to go far in life I can just tell. :)

[@6771Randy]

Thanks for the tip catman! I love learning new fishing ideas!

[@JacksonCreekOutdoors]

I’ve had this engraved in my mind for years. Didn’t know where I learned it, come to find out I watched this video before and I never realized I learned this from catman. Thank you for your content! You are an OG!

[@MrJamesTimmons]

Speechless. This video is awesome. I fish all the time and have tried keeping worm farms to no success. I'm just bummed there are hardly any black walnut trees in Georgia. If it only worked with pecans or peanuts....

[@TosTinMan]

Cool! Never heard of this. Thanks!

[@1sharkync]

Unbelievable. Very cool vid and a lot easier than digging them up. Thanks for the tip!

[@greyhunter9287]

wow, that worked surprisingly well and quick too! Nice Vid!

[@ronniehallmark1278]

Simple but amazing. Just goes to show you nature provides us with many tools and lots we dont know about.

[@tomharrell1954]

This is one of the best tips I have seen on the tube. Great job. Thanks

[@CatmanOutdoors]

Thank you I appreciate it

[@BillVoelker]

I am just amazed at what I can learn from KZbin. This method of harvesting worms seems to be so easy that it almost looks fake! Thanks for the great info.

[@MRSketch09]

Amazing tip, thanks for sharing with us!

[@Thespartan117992]

Dude, love it, never seen someone catch them that quickly

[@ericmalencore1921]

Cool never heard of this thanks for sharing!! I have noticed that when I bleach my concrete patios and dog kennel the worms come out after rinsing

[@kimjones6050]

Awesome never heard of that. One before but I look forward to trying it thank u

[@jmblakeney1]

Very informative. Thanks for sharing. How did you find this out?

[@applepiebetty]

Very interesting. Might fill your bucket before breaking the hulls. This gets allot more worms at one time, then digging for them. I wouldn't worry too much about it getting in the water though. I'm guessing a ton of them fall off the tree into the water already.

[@ScrewMaga]

This is cool as heck! Thanks so much for posting this!

[@mathewdavis-adventuresandd6643]

Wow! Thank you, I had no idea about this. I have several walnut trees on my property. I'll be trying this in the summer.

[@aaronbuchholz4184]

Its probably be a good idea to get the water in the bucket before the walnuts

[@6million1]

You cant do that because then you cant carry it. The river is likely far from the trees. And if you're searching for walnuts or would slow you down.

[@mdsmithinc]

That is absolutely amazing. I live in Washington State, am an avid fisherman, am always trying new ways to get bait and have this tree in my backyard. whoda thunk? Thank you very much.

[@lydiarose29]

That's incredible ...Thanks for sharing.

[@9mmkahr]

wow that's sweet! we have to wait until the fall here though in michigan. good vid!

[@FusionDeveloper]

I was just curious what this video was about, thanks for posting it.

[@amzingfishing]

this was very helpful and will try it this weekend

[@5599lovebird]

Thank you for showing this. I heard from some old timers about using black walnuts to catch fish. So apparently its true. Now I know how. This is great.

[@RD37760]

I can hear a squirrel "cuttin' a nut up there"...hilarious! Awesome video.

[@williamwilliams7706]

Dang, I learned something new today. Thanks.

[@hypersquirrel4]

This is really cool man! Thank you

[@Meattrapper]

That is a great tip! Thanks for sharing!

[@AskingAlexandria671]

This is amazing! Time to try it myself

[@MaxXHavokK]

im totally amazed at how well that works...ive heard you can wet a 4ft stretch and poke some leads into the ground and hook up a car battery and they shoot out of the ground just as fast

[@jimconley6115]

That is a great way to get worms! Very good survival trick to know. Thank you for posting.

[@147skyler]

Great tip man, thanks for shareing

[@6771Randy]

Awesome trick!

[@1337CJ1337]

This actually works well, I have a bunch of black walnut trees in my yard and I do a good bit of trout fishing so I like using worms. This saves me some money and the fish seem to like the worms I catch over the store farmed ones.

[@jcvitt01]

two thumbs up! Where did you learn this great trick? Could be the iodine too. If it's the tannins, then there's a lot of things this trick would work with. One thing that comes to mind is acorns. I'd like to see some video responses trying other things like plant's with juglone, or stuff with tannins to see what it is causing the worms to rise so fast.

[@ParadiseReptiles1]

if i may ask, how do you make the sweet water? im trying to find ways to get more worms faster and nothing seems to pop up.

[@CatmanOutdoors]

I haven't had them die from being touched before... re-used worm cans from multiple fishing trips and they live just fine when you put em back in the fridge, after they have been dug around a lot.

[@GrumpyOldFart81]

November here cold 35 outside and this works great!!! & I use orange hand cleaner to take off the walnut mess!!! Anyone know if you can freeze these for later usees

[@1977rth]

Nice video, thanks for the tip!

[@pdoug54]

Nice trick thanks man!

[@POWARENJA]

Does this have any long term affects on the site that you put the "juice" on? Like will the worms return there? Will it kill a lawn also?

[@BMDrew3]

will this work in very dry weather?

[@aliciajones-rainville5304]

That's actually really freaking cool!

[@Jesse28male]

Will it work with walnuts bought from the store,& can you use any nut?

[@MrDeLeon82]

Great video Catman.

[@sjsuccess]

cool buddy. good way for bait, thanks for sharing

[@PlanetRockJesus]

That was totally cool. My dad taught me how to "hypnotize" and catch a frog, and I've taught my kids, and they teach other kids. No one thinks it's real until they see it being done!

[@davem979]

good little trick to know...thanks..

[@Skyhi.Visuals]

I’ve tried this and it works 100% of the time . It’s crazy how fast they come up

[@Moyniac]

Very sick video man!

[@jamesingram5463]

I didn't know worms used flashlights.

[@TONYCOSSEMANS]

Only headlamps!

[@quicksilver1343]

+James Ingram yep L.E.D style lol

[@jamesingram5463]

So that's how they see in there tunnels. All this time I thought they had the tunnels wired for lights or used torches.

[@optimusprime7412]

wow that work surprisingly well.

[@ottawadigs]

wow that is an impressive trick for worm hunting! thanks for sharing

[@Throbzilla11]

Pretty cool, I have a big Walnut tree, I'll try it this fall.

[@lewandlo]

I used to use mustard powder mixed with water too. But this looks like a good way too. The mix burns their skin and they have to eject out of the soil . I like the rinse method too we didn`t do that . Thanks for the gr8 help.

[@CatmanOutdoors]

@RedneckOutdoors1 Bet that worked great. Did you rinse the worms off and did they survive well? Also, I hear very diluted bleach works too, but I don't want to put bleach in the ground.

[@watertothepeople]

wow that was quick! never thought they'd come out so fast..thanks for the lesson mate!

[@sirchillalot6602]

yea they "teleportet" upstairs. sus

[@Crimsontide798]

Nice video i'm gonna have to try that. Does it irritate the worms or something?

[@EdWeibe]

I wonder if that liquid has other uses. This is really cool. I am edumacated. thanks

[@arkiegold]

Yes it is good for fungal infections of the skin used externally like ringworm and athletes foot. Taken internally is said to rid the body of parasites like tapeworms, pinworms, etc. Caution using this around your yard as it will kill most any plant and is toxic to horses.

[@jonburnett7137]

Makes a great stain. Wear rubber gloves, otherwise your hands will end up black.

[@micahjones7355]

hey does this work with any type of walnuts

[@dakellymon]

Interesting, thanks for sharing

[@eam3211]

THIS IS AWESOME! But do you have to use walnuts couldnt you just use regualr water?

[@saiaddict]

WOW that was cool thanks for showing that

[@pr4runner]

very cool. Dried walnut leaves make a great pain tea.

[@austinflynn3877]

very cool , never new u could do this

[@Reptokid101]

THIS IS THE BEST VID EVAR I GOT SO MENY WORMS AND FISH THANK YOU

[@ph1shzilla]

Genius. thanks for sharing.

[@cookiesandmilkvids]

ok so where did you put that stick for stirring after using it in this video? cos i tried to do this, but i couldnt find that stick :/

[@steveinnola5587]

That was freaking awesome. I wish there were more walnuts in New Orleans.

[@thomasreddick5908]

thank you ill try this myself sometime

[@JR306]

I can't think of any black walnut trees in my area. I do know of some beechnut trees that look exactly like those you have there. Think those would work?

[@marylizbel2178]

can i use this kind of worm for fishing?? i have a trouble catching beach worm

[@rubikdubz7414]

i have a question, around what time do worms come out of the ground

[@ashtonbutcher3487]

can you use other kind of walnuts

[@christinamoneyhan5688]

Wow! wish I would have known this 60 years ago. Thank you.

[@flatblack300zx]

wow thats a great how to video right there haha i gotta try it just dont have acess to a black walnut tree lol great video bro..

[@SanFoutofmyA]

thats pretty cool actually. i live on lake palestine, tx. squirrels have walnuts all over our yard from the neighbors tree. thanks for the bait tip.

[@renewedmind8460]

That's amazing dude never heard of that befor

[@villagefem]

Wow... thats excellent, ... Thank you for teaching this city gal of usefull Trick.... always welcome to stay on the coach in payment.... NY NY.. ha!

[@mrgetrealpeople]

Walnuts and hickories nuts produce the chemical juglone (5 hydroxy-1,4- napthoquinone) Hickory and Walnut leaves also have high concentrations the chemical juglone, both will work.

[@jacobtaylor9235]

thats cool ddo i have to use fresh walnuts?

[@GPgundude]

Awesome video and a great tip !!! Thanks, Just Liked and subscribed ! ! !

[@jojoyojimbi]

for causing pain or relieving it?

[@virginiabassin]

Wow that is great trick! Im def trying that soon!

[@aaeonfluxx2]

Neat trick , think I’ ll try it . Beats digging !

[@XisaiahxXx]

do u have to use black walnuts

[@slimepig]

does this work when its really dry n the worms are deep?

[@CatmanOutdoors]

@Flynn1011111 do you have black walnuts, and do you have earthworms in wisconsin?

[@mustluvkatina]

will this work in Pennsylvaina

[@bigdogfang5772]

Nice thanks for the tip ill try this

[@glove100994]

Does this work in the winter?

[@pestyone1024]

Excellent survival skill to know. Thanks.

[@robe1kanobe]

Im gonna have to give that a try that is awesome! That will catch some fish!