What are these???

[slipperylimpet]

Hi All,

Was digging a new spot today for Rag and came across a worm I have never seen before and wondered what it was and if they are any good for fishing? They're about 3-6 inches long and when you pull them out they have a long blood red snotty trail to them ( I first thought I'd choped a worm in half when I pulled the first out) that looks like some sort of anchor for it? Anyway here's a pic - answers on a postcard! Their snotty foot is not so obvious in these as they have lost most of the snot - the one on the right has some left - looks 'orrible!

[Henry]

Not sure what they are called but have dug plenty of these in the past in among other worm.....my old man always used to refer to them as 'funny duddies' so thats what I know them as!!! ;D

Don't see why they wouldn't catch fish but they are usually quite soft.

[skatenchips]

cant elp ya mate............

but saw a few of these trying to get back down their holes
after todays snow......... ;D

Gazza

[squideyebarnes]

we used to call them sludge worms caught loads of bass on them but they are soft never found out what they were but the head seems to be fine hair they vary in colour from pink to brown thought they must filter feed at high tide with the hair sticking out the mud!

[MJB]

Some kind of tube worm at a guess.

[squideyebarnes]

they dont live in a tube just a hole like rag easy to tell the difference as is has a mucus lining which is brown much easier to see than a rag hole lining and normally come from areas with less grit the blow hole is different to! As kids we thought they were a cross from rag and lug but obviously not ;D
Andy

[slipperylimpet]

There holes definately had a harder lining that a rag - anyone know their common name?

[solehunter]

Apr 7, 2008 12:09:03 GMT MJB said:

Some kind of tube worm at a guess.

Not a tube worm. Out of interest, i have an old book written in the 60`s about sea angling . It mentions the tube worm beds as being the most likely place to find plaice as they ADORE them big time. Their `home` is made from sand and what ever `glue` they produce to make their `tube`. There are thousands at colwell bay and you can see them whilst digging for lug. I have tried the mark for plaice a few times but never had a sniff. The worms themselves are pretty much useless as bait as they are VERY thin and brittle and almost impossible to extract from their sand tubes (trust me we have tried)

[crazyplums]

Apr 7, 2008 21:00:30 GMT @solehunter said:

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have you tried them in a d-vice?

Hugh

[solehunter]

No mate, they really are as thin as a pin!

[squideyebarnes]

Apr 7, 2008 21:00:30 GMT @solehunter said:

Apr 7, 2008 12:09:03 GMT MJB said:

Some kind of tube worm at a guess.

Not a tube worm. Out of interest, i have an old book written in the 60`s about sea angling . It mentions the tube worm beds as being the most likely place to find plaice as they ADORE them big time. Their `home` is made from sand and what ever `glue` they produce to make their `tube`. There are thousands at colwell bay and you can see them whilst digging for lug. I have tried the mark for plaice a few times but never had a sniff. The worms themselves are pretty much useless as bait as they are VERY thin and brittle and almost impossible to extract from their sand tubes (trust me we have tried)

thing is Dave were you find the tube worms you will find white rag so that may be the reason!
Andy

[jonnyb]

Someone on wsf says these are mason worms.I would say they are not but i have only seen these worms out of water and the pictures found on the web show this worm underwater.

[smudger]

I've always thought they were ragworm that were full of milt ready for breeding but thats only what me uncle told me as a nipper