I'm planning on taking my grandson and his friend 'perch-jerking', that's what my grandpa called it..
as a kid we always dug our own worms,..I know we probably won't do that. Just wonder what everyone
is using that would be ok for a couple of 8-9 year olds, thanks jim

Go buy a carton of night crawlers. You will not go wrong. I use em about 90 percent of the time while fishing for sunfish.

arent they a little big,..I guess ya cut em up,..?

Yes Sir! I usually quarter em up. I Texas Rig em on a size six cricket hook. Thread em just like you would an artificial worm.

I used hot dog, works every time and leave no mess...good luck

Live crickets are the best for bluegills. Bits of nightcrawlers are the all around best for sunfish because they let you catch a variety of species. But for large bluegills nothing beats live crickets.

1. Crickets
2. Crickets
3. Crickets

Yes Sir I can agree with that! I have seen some "MONSTERS" that were caught from crickets!

Waxies(wax worms)...gills go MADD krazy over em

Don't fish for em all that much but after following this section over the years I would have to go with worms. Like the "Banker" call em. "The Bait of Champions"!

I love using crickets, just hard to get in my area! Not as messy as worms, but a couple of 8/9 year old kids don't care about messy!

Yes Sir I have caught more than one fish on a single piece of worm

This is standard operating proceedure using a military term.

All the other baits mentioned work, but you are mostly chumming the bait stealers.

Worms giterdone!

Thanks guys,..my neighbor told me about meal worms,..OMG..!!

Growing up we had 3 lakes behind us, all the neighborhood kids fished all the time the very best bait we had was either a worm of a small piece of bacon, the bacon was excellent.