Attention! After an amazing response to sales over Easter, and a recent power outage that fried our tech gear - we have decided to put online sales on hold for a few more weeks as we wait for our new tech to arrive. Apologies for the last minute change. We have plenty in our system but not quite up to premium size.
What are ENCs?
ENCs - European Nightcrawlers - also called Night Crawlers, Euro's, Jumbo Reds, Catchall Crawlers, Dendro's etc.
They are a species of Nightcrawler worm widely used around the world and the rest of Australia as the go-to Premium Live Fishing Worm and pet feed for a decades.
They outfish other worm species (even scrub worms) due to their size and liveliness combined with being robust.
Premium European Nightcrawlers are achieved through specialised complex commercial lab systems. This creates the large, lively and robust condition that they are renowned for.
Based on our vast research, European Nightcrawlers have never been commercially available in WA
— UNTIL NOW!
We are proud to be breeding them here locally in the South West and introducing them to the WA fishing industry for the first time.
When kept refrigerated or quite cool they maintain their large, lively and healthy size for much longer.
Versatile for upper estuary and freshwater fishing.
Throughout the rest of Australia ENCs have been used for: Redfin, Cobbler, Trout, Golden perch (yellowbelly), Carp, Murray cod, Bass, Silver perch, Bream, Flathead, Estuary perch, Whiting, Mullet, Trevally, Dart and many more! These are not a common household or garden/earthworms - the common red wrigglers are about 2-3 times smaller in size and aptly called Eisenia fetida - fetida meaning foul smell, which is a natural anti-predation mechanism, this is why axolotls spit them out.
Our ENCs average between 1.1 to 1.6 grams with the odd one coming in around 1.85 grams.
NOW OFFERING Buy online with express post!
Read all details before purchasing!
We will open availability to a limited stock weekly on Tuesdays 12pm. Limit of 2 tubs per purchase.
Important information:
These are a live product. Track your package!
Summer / warm weather deliveries: Please use a home or work address where someone can accept the parcel straight up and keep cool or, instruct to be placed in a prepared cooler box with a few frozen water bottles in a full shade location. Worms won't tolerate being over 30 degrees for too long!
Express post schedule: We post orders on Mondays to avoid your worms from spending the weekend partying in a Post office. Orders placed after 3pm Sunday will be dispatched the following postal week.
Delivery typically takes 2–3 business days. We may delay postage in heat waves to avoid potential losses.
Remote long distance postage is not recommend as extended high temperatures in transit are not friendly to our worms. The risk is on you.
We post Mondays from Manjimup Post office.
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1, Take a photo of your catch with our worm tub
2, Post it on Instagram or Facebook
3, Tag @hookedonwesternworms
4, use #hookedonwesternworms
Find a Stockist
We are seeking stockists to supply our Hooked On Western Worms and to support independent stores. To become a stockist and be listed below please contact us.
Stockist
THAT FISHING SHOP IN WAROONA.
PEMBERTON GENERAL STORE.
About us
Hooked On Western Worms is a family-run business breeding and supplying premium European Nightcrawlers for anglers and pet owners. We take a science-based approach to breeding and husbandry in our specialised commercial worm lab so our ENCs are consistently large, healthy, vigorous, and long-lasting. Our ENCs are lively in the tub, tough on the hook, and dependable as premium live feed. For clean, reliable, WA-grown ENCs, you’re in the right place. We love living and fishing in the South-West and are so excited to offer this quality product in Western Australia.
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