Strange worms

I was down the local rocky beach looking for peelers the other day i lifted a rock an came across this wierd looking worm it was curled up in a ball and when i unravelled it it was about six foot long! it was a dark wine colour. just wondering if anyone has seen these before and if they would be any use for bait :?:

6 foot!!! :shock: did it look like a ragworm or lugworm? , did you get a pic?

six foot!!!! feck the bait run for your life :D

Me thinks St. Patrick didn't do his job properly :)

Wow what a worm you could use that attached to a beachball as a float and hang it off a meat hook you might catch a shark :lol:

never saw one that was that big but it sounds a little like a "pigs tail", presumably cos the tail is curly like a pigs tail :idea: . got a few before but was told they were no good for bait, however the only cod i got in the session came to it.

yea honestly iv even seen them bigger than that they dont look like rag or lug so i dunno!

have found whites while upturning rocks looking for peeler, maybe you found a giant white. :lol: :lol:

have found whites while upturning rocks looking for peeler, maybe you found a giant white. :lol: :lol:

:lol: a Great White Worm :lol: :lol:

Could be a bootlace worm Lineus longissimus . They can grow to enormous lengths.

Could be a bootlace worm Lineus longissimus . They can grow to enormous lengths.

yea they look like bootlace seaweed might try them as bait during the week

think ive seen the same ones, up to 20 ft. long :shock: , they are very strechy like rubber band :) there are lots of other types though not as big