Where did I go wrong??

[Chunty]

Hi gents,

I took my 6yr old son to dig some bait today with no success. we got to Hartlepool for low tide at 11 and went to the inside of the Middleton after an hour of back breaking digging we didnt get a single worm. we went to the other side of the Middleton and dug for another half an hour again resulting in no worms.

while digging we found hundreds of what can only be described as dead lug worms, they were everywhere! Any ideas what these were and if they are usable as bait??

I have dug in these spots years ago and got a lot of worms, any ideas where i have gone wrong or where i could try??

Silver lining is that i managed to find some mussels to use as bait.

Cheers!!

[marco1967]

what with fuel prices and no guarentee of getting any bait , i buy it at tackle shops now. 40 lug for £ 8 in 5 minutes . i know of 1 place at hartlepool for decent blacks but a 6 yr old will struggle.

[cod head]

what with fuel prices and no guarentee of getting any bait , i buy it at tackle shops now. 40 lug for £ 8 in 5 minutes . i know of 1 place at hartlepool for decent blacks but a 6 yr old will struggle.

I wanna dig my own bait i live a stone throw from the beach hartlepool headland and any advise woild be greatly apreciated message if needs be haha. dont ask ya dont get

[Kev1n]

The worm beds up here have been badly affected by the recent storms shifting the sand. The ones that you tried may have suffered in the same way. Keep an eye out for the bigger worm casts appearing once the weather improves and any remaining worms don’t stay so deep.

[Chunty]

Cheers Kev,
yeah your probably right mate. like i said there was alot of dead worms knocking about which the weather is probably to blame for. I will be keeping my eyes open once the weather inproves.

[dabcatcher]

all the rag beds in that area have been hammered. even experienced diggers are struggling to find a few rag there.

the large tube type mason worms you were finding are taking over most of the rag beds in our area.

[mick dunn]

Aye i am in the same position easier to buy my bait due to costs of travelling.

Mind when we were in Norway i dug a score of blacks and half dozen white snakey in half an hour outside of our apartments. One problem----cod prefer big fish baits.

Mick.