Which worms are these?

[flatzie]

I went down to the beach at Scarborough yesterday afternoon, to try to dig some worms. Trying to get sorted to catch some summer whiting. Found an old guy down there who also was very helpful, we dug some quite large worms in rocks and black mud, he said they are called 'wait for it" WORMS!
lol. Then he showed me where to get wriggler worms up in the sand areas up higher.
So what are the bigger worms we got down in the mud, anyone know? Have posted two pics of them. Are they good bait for whiting etc? Up to Noosa today so hope we get a feed on them.
Look forward to your help
Flatzie

[Noelm]

bit hard to tell from the pictures, but I would be using them for Bait, no problems at all, Whiting will go for almost any Worms, they look as though there is plenty there as well, so I reckon your set.

[FNQCairns]

Unless I am mistaken...what worms where you planing to dig up??

Blood worms, usually caught by working a very fine pitch fork through the mud x sand x rubble exposed at low tide around the bay, beaut bait.

cheers fnq

[youngy]

Hi Flatzie, the worms you have there are what most people refer to as "REDCLIFFE ROCKIES''.

They are an excellent whiting bait i have used them myself and work great, some people will refer to these as bloodworms but this is not true.

The other worms you refer to are wrigglers, they also are an excellent whiting bait.

I see in your other post you were advised to use long shanked hooks, i only use short shank hooks the reason being, that if you dig your own it is hard work and you have to dig a lot more worms when useing long shank hooks.

If you buy your worms they are to expensive to waste filling a long shank hook, there are a lot more reasons but i will leave it at that. good luck cheers wayne.

[flatzie]

Hi Flatzie, the worms you have there are what most people refer to as "REDCLIFFE ROCKIES''.

They are an excellent whiting bait i have used them myself and work great, some people will refer to these as bloodworms but this is not true.

The other worms you refer to are wrigglers, they also are an excellent whiting bait.

I see in your other post you were advised to use long shanked hooks, i only use short shank hooks the reason being, that if you dig your own it is hard work and you have to dig a lot more worms when useing long shank hooks.

If you buy your worms they are to expensive to waste filling a long shank hook, there are a lot more reasons but i will leave it at that. good luck cheers wayne.

Hi Wayne
Thanks for that, I priced some bloodworms at a Tackle store, $6.40 fro 4 worms...WOW! So thats led me to chase alternatives. Could be that some people use these and call them Bloodworms? The ones in the store were different, I believe dug up by Pros somewhere.
Hope I can nail a few summer whiting with them in the future, they look superb fish and all I hear is how good they taste as well!
Flatzie

[Dirtysanchez]

They are.........................bloody beautiful tuckka?
Good luck..

[Dirtysanchez]

Cop this for a whiting report matey
http://www.ausfish.com.au/vforum/sho...d.php?t=141372

[youngy]

Hi Flatzie, the worms in the shops are Cribb Island blood worms, again not true blood worms, yes they are dear that is why i suggested using short shank hooks.

Bought blood worms are the best whiting bait you can buy, cheers wayne.

[flatzie]

Thanks for all the great info guys, managed to nail some whiting up at Noosaville, most were late in the arvo with a few up to 32cm. Im stoked, the redcliffe worms wee great, then bought some sandworms from the tackle place here, 4 whoppers for 5 bucks which was pretty reasonable.
So Mission accomplished! Got some summer whiting! And they tasted great as well!
Thanks again
Flatzie

[Jimbo73]

A bit of advice Flatzie,if you want to keep them worms a live dont keep them in that sludge you got them in in photo. Keep them in the dry gritty sand from top of beach and keep them cool.Cheers jamie

[flatzie]

OK thanks Jamie, I was hoping to keep them in something easier than the slop I found them in.
Flatzie