Worms

[Flatrock]

I went thru my old worm box the other day and found a lot of my worms are still pretty supple...

However they are all very old.. I'm talking like 30+ yr old.  

Are they any good still ?

[Harold Scoggins]

Throw those babies, like vintage wine they get better with age.

[WRB]

Yep!

You can soften them by putting them in boiling water for a few minutes and laying straight to cool. The worms will not get any softer them they were originally after they cool, but they will be straight if laid straight.

Tom

[OnthePotomac]

And hose them down with a little Jack's Juice Garlic spray and they are good to go.

[N Florida Mike]

I still have some worms from the late 70s and 80s and I don’t do anything to them. They work fine.

[WRB]

A few years back I discovered a bag of Otay Special 10" DeLong worms from the late 60's that had tacken a bent set. I boiled the stiff bent worms a few minutes, laid the straight to cool and they were better then new.

My advice is never store soft plastics in attractant scent, add scent as needed when fishing.

Tom

[Catt]

They're fine like @OnthePotomac said add a little spray, I prefer Baitmate Classic with a ½ oz of pure anise oil added.

 

Storing them in attractant doesn't hurt a thing, been doing since the old days if Fish Formula.