Digging Lug

Looking for some help on digging lug . Decided recently to start digging my own bait, so having first checked the section in Fox Guide to Sea Angling and watching a few guys dig off Bull Island....I gets my buckets, fork etc and off I goes, I mean...................how hard can it be !!!! An hour and a half later, I'm knackered and 6 worms to show for it all (and only 3 were big lug) I wont bother with the detail of the following session but suffice to say it didn't get any better I dug on both occasions off the Bull Wall at Dollymount, in fairness a popular spot as we all know...........but jesus the lug musta seen me comin. Some guys I had watched previously were digging round holes and they looked reasonably deep.....but they were getting worms !!!

Any general information as to how I should proceed would be very very much appreciated. Should I dig round holes or trench, how deep, in front of cast, behind cast etc etc. Everything I've read says to dig for blacks at the waters edge on the full ebb or just as it turns but every time I go out to Dollymount the diggers are always way up at or near the bridge and the tides miles out On the subject of.............what about digging Rag ? The spirits willing, the forks brand new but the auld back wont stand up to much more without something to show for it lol. My thanks again for any help from the members who I have found to be a mine of knowledge and information and always more than willing to help.......poor eijeets like me lol, thanks

I have only ever dug for rag in Wexford ,I just dug a long trench and it worked I got loads of them ,good look and it will interesting what the other replies will be:)

Lugs are scarce at the moment, tried pilmore and whiting bay last week and only got two dozen after a couple of hours digging and they were very deep in the sand , probably still a bit cold. Wait for the next spring tide , should be better.

Thanks lads, whatever about digging lug..................I just discovered how to do "thanks" for replies

when i find the digging hard over the north side i always dig in sandymount the worms are not as big but you get lots

Hi Highwatermark, i found this link very useful, has a couple of pictures.

http://www.fishing-lugworm-bait.blogspo ... -been.html

Hi Highwatermark, i found this link very useful, has a couple of pictures.

http://www.fishing-lugworm-bait.blogspo ... -been.html

Great link, thanks a mil

when i find the digging hard over the north side i always dig in sandymount the worms are not as big but you get lots

henry mate of mine use to dig in sandmount but he got monster lug..... You know who he is...

trench diggin allways worked for me dig deeper in cold weather

henry mate of mine use to dig in sandmount but he got monster lug..... You know who he is... [/quote]


not like that anymore the lug in sandymount are not the best dug them alot last year they would get you by though,its very hard digging too seapoint will throw up big lug but have to be dug in singles

Get a flat tined fork, much better for digging lug, as the lads say digging a trench works and try different spots until you locate them. After a few outings digging bait you'll know what areas to get the lug and what kind of sand they can be found in. Digiging for lug around there isn't that productive mostly rag to be got around bull island.