Worm Oil

[Johnny Bass]

Alright guys,

Want to keep this short and sweet. 
 
How do I make my own worm oil?  I have experimented with canola oil/ vegetable oils etc..

What oil is the best to baggage my baits. Where they will last and not go rancid after time.
 I make baits for bass.  I go through a lot of this stuff and I need to bring down costs.
 I am all about supporting local business and small but its all about the money in the end.
I am sorry.   

What are the secret ingredients to making worm oil ?

[ctom]

Any organic oil, oil that you can cook with, might or will get rancid with time. Organic oils are a crap shoot in that regard. I have a 6 ounce bottle of cod-liver oil that's maybe 15 years old that I use to re-fill a small dropper bottle I keep in the tackle bucket and its as good today as it was back then, so who knows. I would assume there is a preservative in it. I tried some high end canola oil and that turned into a fiasco when the oil started to dry out and got real tacky.

Maybe check out mineral oil.

[Johnny Bass]

Wicked, As I dig farther and farther into the wonderful world of the internet. It seems to me, its been a secret forever and no-one wants to give out the ingredients.  Very interesting! lol.  Not sure why companies don't but ingredients on the bottle. I mean we are working with harmful chemicals lol. We should know what we are working with.
Either way, there has to be a good oil that works the best and doesn't get rancid. It seems the answer should be easy. I wont rest to I figure this one out lol, I am way to curious now, especially if we still don't know what worm oil is.

Come on guys, lets figure this out, we are all smart, and lets squash this worm oil question once and for all! lol

[ctom]

Maybe find a source that makes the oil and buy it by the barrel?

[Lamar]

  Of all the products we use to make baits worm oil is the cheapest one. You can't just make oil it has to come from a product. I would think like Tom said buying in quantity would be the way to go. For me a quart last a long long time.

[ctom]

I've had a pint for a long time. I mix some anise essential oil [1/4 ounce] in a 4 ounce yorker bottle and add 1 drop to a bag of plastics along with 4 drops of plain oil.

[Les Young]

I don't think worm oil is that expensive myself since it only takes a few drops to lubricate a whole bag of baits. I've had a gallon that i bought from Do-it probably 5 years ago. I keep some in a pint bottle to lubricate my injector. I remove the tip & pour some into it & reinstall tip & then squirt it back into the pint bottle. I also use the same exact bottlle to squirt a few drops into bags of baits & I still have about a half gallon left so in my opinion it's  way cheaper by far than anything else  we use to make baits. 

[Shaunm81]

Yeah I agree with les I think it's best to just purchase it from do it a bottle will last a long long time.  I am about out probably order some in here soon.

[Lines]

Worm oil does last a long time. I bought my first pint bottle at Do-It in 2013 I believe, and still have about a fourth of it left.
Although, I am just as curious as Johnny Bass about how it is made. 

[Johnny Bass]

Groovy guys,
   All are great answers, thanks guys.
      Now, I will move on to making my own plastisol. 

[Johnny Bass]

@Ctom

I bought some anise oil from amazon..  Its LorAnn Anise Oil SS, Natural Flavor, 1 dram bottle (.0125 fl oz 3.7ml ) - Twin pack blistered. 

That should be okay and will work mixed with my softener?

I am thinking, I can mix this stuff with softener, softener should be okay as a substitute for worm oil correct?