If you are looking for live fishing bait, you could dig up some worms – or, you could use a bizarre trick involving vibrations to conjure earthworms out of the soil. Correspondent Conor Knighton looks ...

Some of us are natural-born worm grunters. Guess I fall into the category of worm groaner. Groaning, as in complaining, is all I did while trying to grunt a few earthworms a couple of weeks ago in my ...

Vanderbilt biologist Ken Catania has discovered the secret of "worm grunting" -- the Florida practice of driving a wooden stake into the ground and rubbing it with a long piece of steel to produce a ...

Many anglers are familiar with the intricacies of finding their own bait, particularly when it comes to nightcrawlers. It’s an entertaining activity to say the least, but it’s often wrought with ...

SOPCHOPPY, Fla. -- As professional grunters, Gary and Audrey Revell get up before sunrise and drive 25 miles over dirt roads deep into the heart of the Apalachicola National Forest to catch worms. As ...

SOPCHOPPY, Fla. (WCTV) - The 23rd annual Sopchoppy Worm Gruntin’ Festival is right around the corner and Discover Sopchoppy is excited to bring friends and family together for another successful year!

Sopchoppy’s annual Worm Gruntin’ Festival on Saturday, April 13, is a way to pay tribute to local folks who made their living by grunting worms. In times past, it was the only “job” some people could ...

Few folks find earthworms charming - except maybe 10-year-old boys who cut them in two and watch them writhe to see if both halves live (in fact both head and tail ends can regenerate, depending upon ...

When biologist Ken Catania heard about the peculiar practice of worm grunting practiced in the Apalachicola National Forest in the Florida Panhandle one of his first thoughts was an observation made ...