Originally posted by lobsterwells
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rag worm, and dont laugh.
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Honestly they don't hurt if they nip you...but there is a size vs strength of bite issue, the bigger they are, the harder they nip, and the bigger nippers they have, its more the shock of the nip that makes you jump than anything else.
I had a huge 30" ragworm a couple of weeks ago, and its nippers were ½" long, had me snake wrangling lol... so do be careful with the bigger ones, but generally they aren't strong enough to push through the skin.
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Originally posted by ChrisH View PostDon't believe all these people telling you that a ragworm bite doesn't hurt; they're just trying to lull you into a false sense of security. It's excrutiatingly painful;the small ones are bad enough but when the big ones latch onto your finger you'll know all about it. When they take hold they just won't let go. The only way to get them off is to squeeze their head with a pair of pliers; and make sure you have your pliers handy when using ragworm because if one takes hold of you, you only have about 10 seconds to get it off before it starts burrowing into your flesh. It's not bad enough that they burrow into you but then they start injecting you with venom. The venom will then begin to dissolve you from the inside out.
So be very careful if you decide to use ragworm;
But the most dangerous bait is lugworm: you don't even want to know what lugworm is capable of. Nasty little suckers.
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Originally posted by canman View PostI don't know mate, I must have lost a pint of blood over the years.
Must have soft skin.. girl hands, doing to much washing up!
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Just hold them by the head so they can't turn..once there round the hook they can't nip you anywaysYou Hurd the man tubs...get undressed !
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its the shock of it that makes you jump.
in over 40 years ive only had 2 draw blood.
one big worm got a nipper down the side of my nail. [that one did hurt]
the other one that drew blood was only 4in long last year.
threading them down the hook doesnt make a difference, they can still turn there heads inside out and get you on the line.
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