Why did my ragworm die ?

[leeds4ever]

???went to St Helens last night bait digging with Sean and when i got up this morning they were all dead When i got home i put them on newspaper with a bit of seaweed on top hoping to use them today but they are all dead , anyone got a theory on why?

[greysfanboy]

One minging one will kill the lot. You'd have probably been better putting them on top of the weed and letting them wriggle through, and the paper holds the moisture in.

[meoc4life]

greysfanboy has probably hit the nail on the head or it could be there was a contamination were u were digging

[Henry]

Always pays to sort them into whole ones and tails, dry them out a bit by rolling them on a few sheets of newspaper and most importantly keep them in the fridge!

If you do put them in weed, use the dry weed nearest the high tide mark......not wet stuff.

[AdamG]

well ive told ya wot to do mark

[colbythecodking]

st helans worm doesnt seem to keep that long normaly i would use sandown bay water to run all te crap throgh them and u get a big ball of mud the next day then they keep for weeks

[AdamG]

Jun 24, 2008 20:20:04 GMT @colbythecodking said:

st helans worm doesnt seem to keep that long normaly i would use sandown bay water to run all te crap throgh them and u get a big ball of mud the next day then they keep for weeks

1.ive kept st helens worms for 3 weeks at least.
2why water from sandown bay? by time mark drives out to st helens to get worm, then to sandown and back he might as well buy his worm. the way i told him is perfect cos it works for me

[steve1965]

i guess you was just unlucky mark you know how to keep em just hit a bad batch mate

[Richieawt]

well the worms i dug right next to you were fine Mark ;D

Adam is spot on though when he said to put the worms on the weed to wriggle through.

Deffo keep them in the fridge, if not available the coolest possible place.

As Ben said, dry weed as oppose to wet weed, the wet weed saturates the newspaper and when a worm splits it will just lay in the worm jipper as oppose to the paper soaking it up, this will also kill the rest.

For keeping them 1 week+ keep them in a cat litter tray with a very small amount of water in the fridge, change the water every other day and remove the dead worms, kept them for upto a month like that.

Or you can keep them in vermeculite that the builders centre sells (what scotties use) keeps them dry but they dont last for more than 3-4 days

[michael1923]

You can also use an aerator. I don't usually keep rag but if i do ( i must stress i've only done it for a few days). i use an aerator and clean sea water, sort out dead ones then put the whole worm in a tub in the fridge and bingo. Lively bu**ers too. There not very firm though

[michael1923]

One other thing that hasn't been mentioned,

They might of all been old and had a heart condition and you digging them up sent them over the edge.

Your so heartless!!!!!

[maxfli]

I had worm from St Helens in the shop last week...........it didnt last 2 days,

[AdamG]

Jun 25, 2008 11:30:22 GMT @michael1923 said:

One other thing that hasn't been mentioned,

They might of all been old and had a heart condition and you digging them up sent them over the edge.

Your so heartless!!!!!

mark did say they were massive so they musta been old lol. i wonder if worms can actually get a heartattack...

[leeds4ever]

Thanks for the advise lads lets hope they dont die next time eh! On a brighter note i beat my PB for a smoothound last night with a 5lb 14oz monster i bet your all impressed with that!!!!!!!!!!!!(NOT)

[solehunter]

Nothing wrong with ANY fish at 5 pound, good going. Its a good size to easily beat as i found out monday!