Seeking beach worming tuition

[pueter66]

When you go for a worm dont let your shadow fall over the worm, use a fairly firm piece of fish bait with out to many trailing edges. Maintain loose pressure between thumb and finger. When the swell washes over the worm wait for him to arch up his back between your fingers. Apply tension with fingers and here is the important bit Pump the worm as you are pulling him out this avoids the tug of war and your success rate will be much higher. If you get a skitish worm its best just to move on and try another. You will get him on a different day. I often use an old fish frame on a rope to excite other worms while I am chasing a different worm a few meters away. I once saw a guy catching them with his toes. smartarse.
Cheers Pueter

[mcchaddy]

I have seen an old guy catch them one single handed on a beach near yeppoon. Amazing to see.

I use whiting tales for bait. easy to hold in the hand and reasonably tough flesh so the worm cant just rip it off.

Flex is right about the build of pressure. It took me a while but once you do it once it will come naturally. Keep some sand between worm and fingers.

If they are not coming out easy just dig your foot/toes/hand in front of them to loosen the sand and they should come out ok.

[fish'n'chippy]

great to read the techniques of others, especially the way you can wait 30 seconds whilst applying pressure.........interesting.

funny story.......
many years ago, i was worming at broadbeach early one morning with a large mullet for burley. an elderly couple stopped to watch, and after about 10min of moving closer the gentleman got close enough to say hello, and ask me what i was doing. i showed him the worms (to which he took a few steps away from the water), and he confessed they thought i was taking my fish for a walk.........tourists, gotta love 'em

anyway.......my method
push your fingers into the sand either side of the worm with a little bit of clearance on both sides, but slightly spread your fingers outward away from the worm when doing it so there is no pressure on the sand surounding the worm, this allows you to get deeper into the sand (you will know if you get it wrong........oops no worm)
move your fingers together gently until you are touching the worm with both fingers and no sand in between, tease the worm forward with the hand bait and when you feel it moving forward to arch up, pinch it between your fingers hard.
most times the head of the worm will go a bit limp and it pulls straight out with very little effort.

i haven't noticed a problem with shadows, and a lot of times i would go worming at night with a head torch, wind and onlookers walking around are the biggest problems........they don't like either

there are plenty of worms right along the goldy, however i have found that i have mostly gotten larger worms north of narrowneck.

saturday arvo looks ok atm, happy to come down for a worm/fishing session

grahame

[Muddy Toes]

Is there anything you can't do grahame?

[fish'n'chippy]

Is there anything you can't do grahame?

hahaha.........i just love my fishing

cheers mate

grahame

[Dignity]

I can sometimes get plenty, other times struggle, usually if I have had a beer or two back at camp before going worming. I watched a pro once at Curimundi many years back and he did it all one handed, he had a pipi strapped to his thumb with a rubber band and in the other hand a number of mullet frames on a rope. He would wait till the water totally receded and the sand was dry then just walk to the spots where he had seen worms, put his bait close by and just pull one out after the other. I have never seen the like of it since.

[URAGANGI]

Ok nice idea a beer a two before worming, Hmmm...? maybe this might stop me from being a little heavy handed with the little suckers.
Cheers,
Gav.

[Dignity]

just slower - maybe the 30 sec trick will work, haven't tried that one yet but will be at Fraser in a month or so and give it a go although there will be about 5 waves come through in that time and I figure I would be drenched. Oh well nothing another beer or a even better a rum won't cure