lugworm advice

[8shot 192]

ive just got back from digging some lugworm

its my 2nd attempt and i must have got around 60 lug

 

i got soaked doing it as the rain was pissin down

 

the help i need is

im not going to be using them for a couple of days

and i was told that i needed to dry them out

instead of them in my bucket

which i kept them in last time and they only lasted 12 or so hours before they died

 

do i just wrap them in paper or something to try to draw out some of the moisture

 

 

 

cheers 8shot

[watchman 256]

ive just got back from digging some lugworm

its my 2nd attempt and i must have got around 60 lug

 

i got soaked doing it as the rain was pissin down

 

the help i need is

im not going to be using them for a couple of days

and i was told that i needed to dry them out

instead of them in my bucket

which i kept them in last time and they only lasted 12 or so hours before they died

 

do i just wrap them in paper or something to try to draw out some of the moisture

 

 

 

cheers 8shot

my old man would separate them on news paper,lightly sprinkle with salt and wrap them up and put in fridge till needed,

[watchman 256]

if its black lug then im impressed with the amount you have dug,if its blow lug,well that's a different matter,

[moses 5]

I used to get a kg bag of salt from the supermarket and submerse them in it and put in the fridge.

[8shot 192]

I used to get a kg bag of salt from the supermarket and submerse them in it and put in the fridge.

 

[Malt 379]

Lug are tricky to keep in good nick for any length of time. Some lads I know keep changing the water, others gut them and put them onto a frozen metal tray and put them straight in the freezer. I just keep them in a big bucket with seawater & a good bit of sand in the bottom. They keep OK like that for 24 hours of maybe 36 at a push without changing the water. Where I live they are readily available, so I don't usually have the problem of keeping them.

 

Tight lines!

[Malt 379]

Shit, double post!

Edited June 7, 2010 by maltenby

[8shot 192]

if its black lug then im impressed with the amount you have dug,if its blow lug,well that's a different matter,

 

 

only the one black one in there

does this mean the rest are blow lug???

 

have a look at the pics

 

cheers

[watchman 256]

if its black lug then im impressed with the amount you have dug,if its blow lug,well that's a different matter,

 

 

only the one black one in there

does this mean the rest are blow lug???

 

have a look at the pics

 

cheers

yes they are blow lug mate,dug in between the castl and the small hole about a foot apart,found tight to the shore line usually,black lug dug right out at low tide single cast straight down,bloody fast and hard work preventing the hole filling with sea water,obviously a lot harder to dig

Edited June 7, 2010 by watchman

[johnrthrfrd 223]

best way to keep them for a couple of days is to lay a few sheets of news paper in the salad tray of a fridge lay the worms on the paper so they do not touch each other lay some more sheets of newspaper on top of them and do the same till all the worms are layered in paper then put a couple of sheets of paper on top of them. keep mine for a few days like this no bother.