How to Properly Hook a Worm (Nightcrawler Rigging Perfection)

Nightcrawlers (AKA crawlers, AKA worms) are one of the best chunks of meat you can put in the water, whether you're fishing walleyes, bass, panfish, pike.... you name it! 🔥
In this video, we run through a few ways to hook a nightcrawler to catch more fish and waste less worms.
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[@NickLindner]

Thanks for watching guys! Don't leave the nightcrawlers at home next time you hit the water. Thanks to my buddy Brad Hawthorne for sharing some good hooking tips in the second half of the video 🔥

[@mikecollins8241]

These are the exact kind of "so simple everyone knows" tips that not ALL of us actually know 😅 that help SO much.. keep these "quick tip" videos coming 😉

[@NickLindner]

Glad I could help Mike. I think there’s a lot of value in videos like this. Like you said, not everyone knows some of this stuff. And 99% of videos don’t actually demonstrate some of these little things.

[@davidrauschenbach6871]

Definitely agree! So easy to share with other people also!

[@5199John]

Crawlers have become a bigger part of my walleye arsenal. I'll be using these tips in the future. Thanks, Nick. Good video!

[@NickLindner]

Thanks for watching John. Glad you got some value 👍

[@evanmalison4489]

Great info! Thanks Nick!❤️🎣

[@NickLindner]

Thanks Evan!

[@CTSHOYT]

This is embarrassing to admit but I have been fishing for over 20 years and have never know to hook them this way.....cant wait to try this out. Also on a side note, when trolling for Walleye what speeds are you targeting? Thanks!

[@Loganharmelink]

Thank you for the informational videos! As a brand new fisher, they have been very helpful.

[@NickLindner]

Glad I can help Logan!

[@jasonvogel211]

Nick, is there a set direction to place the hook on the line (Pre-polomer knot) when setting up the dropshot to make sure it ends upright? Great videos..

[@TerrySprey]

Good information

[@NickLindner]

Thanks Terry! Glad you found the info valuable

[@catfishstalkeroutdoorswith530]

Thanks for the video

[@NickLindner]

Thanks for watching!

[@jtn-minn8105]

I save the crawler tails and hook them on just jig the the first time through the nose, the jigs i use have a wire bait keeper that pokes through the crawler skin, and holds the tails on pretty good,the walleyes seem to hit the tails just as good as the nose hooked 1/2 crawlers.

[@NickLindner]

Right on! Anything you can do extra to get more out of a crawler is great

[@erics667]

Great tips. For me, I break them in half, hooking through open end. Typically they're long enough. Then I like jigs with a wire batikeeper pushing the crawler down onto it.

[@NickLindner]

That’s a good option, too!

[@LexLutha]

Can I just use a regular hook followed by a swivel/sliding weight and bobber? Also how much line between the bobber and the hook do you recommend? I think I’m fishing in like 8-10’ of water

[@NickLindner]

I think that could work. 5-6 feet of line under the bobber at those depths.

[@craigwavra3495]

Brad’s first method is what I have done!! Much easier to get them threaded up!! Squirmy little suckers!!

[@NickLindner]

I prefer the straight method typically, but sometimes those squirmy crawlers drive me crazy after I try to get the perfect hooking for 60 seconds.

[@dionbrandt6176]

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[@NickLindner]

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