Frank,
One of the most common reasons for losing night crawlers is that
fishermen tend to use the entire crawler when half will do the job just as
well. A lot of the strikes you're missing are prob short strikes. Try using
just half the night crawler at a time. When I fish with live bait with the
kids or wife I place the point of the hook through the head of the crawler,
pull it all the way through and place it back "into the body of the half
crawler again" then let a small portion hang naturally. If you use half a
crawler this will work. Hope this helps

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Josh The Bad Bear