Strange worms

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#1 Post by **cd07** » Thu Oct 04, 2007 9:51 pm

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

#2 Post by **James Barry** » Thu Oct 04, 2007 10:47 pm

6 foot!!!

did it look like a ragworm or lugworm? , did you get a pic?

#3 Post by **Adam S** » Thu Oct 04, 2007 11:11 pm

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

#4 Post by Al » Thu Oct 04, 2007 11:23 pm

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

#5 Post by **nthclare** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 10:22 am

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

paulocallaghan · #6 Post by **paulocallaghan** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 12:28 pm

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

. 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.

#7 Post by **cd07** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 2:34 pm

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

#8 Post by **eric** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 2:59 pm

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

#9 Post by **stevecrow74** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 3:14 pm

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

a Great White Worm

#10 Post by **Sonaghan** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 3:57 pm

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

#11 Post by **cd07** » Sat Oct 06, 2007 1:21 pm

Sonaghan wrote: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

#12 Post by **cortaz** » Sat Oct 06, 2007 1:54 pm

think ive seen the same ones, up to 20 ft. long

, they are very strechy like rubber band

there are lots of other types though not as big