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In the 1960s and 70s hundreds of people earned a living by grunting for worms to sell as fishing bait.
When the grunters rub a metal bar against a wooden stake that s been driven into the ground worms seem to spring from the soil.
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Worm grunting has been going on in florida s apalachicola national forest for decades.
For generations the revell family has gone into the apalachicola national forest in florida to collect bait worms using a technique called worm grunting.
The resulting vibrations cause all the nearby worms to come out of the ground where you can easily pick them up.
Reporter peter white went with the revells on a recent early morning to find out how this technique works.
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It seems like magic as if the worm grunters are really worm charmers.
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How to do worm grunting january 9 2020 by ajn84 if you are looking to find your own worms from your yard or out in the woods there is quite a simple way to get a lot of worms in a short amount of time.
The most talented worm grunters are the ones that most perfectly mimick the vibrations made by moles a natural earthworm predator.
Learn how to catch worms by worm grunting worm charming worm fiddling worm calling.
It s part of the identity of the 460 person town of sopchoppy which celebrates every year with a worm gruntin.
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Worm grunting is where a person creates soil vibrations by driving a wooden stake into the ground and rub a steel rooping iron across the top to generate a kind of grunting noise causing the.
With a stake and metal bow in hand they make vibrations in the ground and cause worms to rise to the surface by the thousands.
Worm charming worm grunting and worm fiddling are methods of attracting earthworms from the ground.
The activity is usually performed to collect bait for fishing but can also take the form of a competitive sport in areas such as east texas as a skill and profession worm charming is now very rare with the art being passed through generations to ensure that it survives.