Earthworms for bait

Did a search and found a few posts on using earthworms as sea-fishing bait. It's something I've wondered about from time to time. The advice seems to be that they work, but die quickly. Would it really matter if they're dead? I'm hoping to give them a try, as I haven't much hope of getting my hands on lug or rag.
Alex.

hi mate hit the serch button (top of screen) and trpe in earthworms, you will get a lot of threads on the use of earthworms...

Go ahead and use them, i do . Flounders will readily take them and they can be a good bait on thir day like anything else. I get Dendro worms from the tackle shop as i cant be bothered digging . You will of course be laughed at, but when you catch then who will be laughing.

they are deadly for seatrout

must try em

have had flounder on em ,they wriggle like mad for a minute and then die but they still catch

Ive seen people use them in a harbour for eel and he was catching loads around a foot and a half long....... They seemed to be just hugging the wall of the harbour!!

cought nice wrasse on them earth worms worked well

Saw a young lad catch a flounder on a spoon baited with earthworm just lopped out onto the sand a couple two weeks ago.

I have got to try this, Im quite lazy collecting Lug and Rag, This be quite a bit cheeper also!