Artificial Worms

[Turner9087]

I am doing a project for school and i'm trying to make plastic worms tougher so they don't tear easily and cost you lots of money to buy more and i need ideas

[bkohlman]

I am a 5th grade Science teacher, this is what you could/should follow.

 

 

1. Write a testable problem question. - Will fertilizer increase the size of tomatoes?

2. Do some research on your problem.

3. Write a hypothesis, usually in an if... then... format. - If I use more fertilizer in my soil, then my tomatoes will be larger.

4. Test your hypothesis using one variable. - 5 tomato plants with fertilizer added in the soil, 5 without. All other factors (sun/temp/water) must be the same.

5. Collect and analyze your results.

6. Write a conclusion about your findings, including if your hypothesis was confirmed or not.

[Felix77]

There are numerous variables to making an effective artificial worm.  Among them are IMO ... 

 

1 - texture (soft/hard)

2 - taste

3 - scent

4 - buoyancy

5 - color

6 - flash

 

The one directly associated with toughness is the texture.  To keep it simple that roots back to the plastic, softener and the amount of salt you put into the worms.  Other variables might affect toughness too like amount of additives (scent, color, flash) you add to the worm but it's minimal to the plastic, softener and salt.

 

Hope this helps ... good luck.

[Jig Man]

I am doing a project for school and i'm trying to make plastic worms tougher so they don't tear easily and cost you lots of money to buy more and i need ideas

 

Since you only addressed one item and that was tougher.  I say hardner will make them tougher but probably not catch as many fish as the softer ones.

[Comfortably Numb]

Are you looking for household items to make soft plastic more durable? If so I can not help you.

 

Do you currently make your own plastic baits and know how to and the safety precautions?

 

I have a comercially made additive that makes plastic baits much more durable and also softer. It also makes them sink like salt does in a Senko.

 

Let me know if I can help you out.

[Downeaster2010]

Why not try to make them digestable to a fish that swallows one and gets away.  Here in Maine, we constantly catch

trout with rubber worms in the bellys.  The trout have had the rubber in their stomach for months resulting in the

eventual death of the trout from starvation.  Either a rubber product that would breakdown after a few days in the

water, or one that is digestable would work.  None of us anglers want to get rid of rubber products, but the rubber

presently used kills thousands of our hatchery, and wild trout.  Most of the rubber the trout are consuming are

pieces that broke off during fishing, or worms discarded overboard without regard for other fish.  Ice fishermen

in Maine are complaining loudly about rubber products.