The Broad River was covered up in these pink worms. Never seen these before. Any one know what they are or where they came from??
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They show up every spring. They are a larvae of some sort, I don’t remember exactly what. Old timers disease. I fixed your picture.
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Tarpon food?
Good fish bait for sure. Scoop them up and put them on a thin gold wire hook and toss it out on a trout drop.
I wish I could remember what that hatch is, but it only lasts for a very short time every spring. Just a day or 2. You’ll see them in some creeks too, not just in the Broad. Not an infestation, a good sign of a healthy river.
Edit: Somebody smarter than me will surely join us soon with the correct answer.
Capt. Larry Teuton
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“Ships are the nearest things to dreams that hands have ever made.” -Robert N. Rose
Nereid worms? Ragworms? I found a discussion of this on this forum, Inshore Reports, Blood Worm Hatch, 3/24/12.
We used to see tons of these years ago under the lights at night when my family had a dock on Chechessee.
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It’s a segmented marine worm, or polychaete. Many, many varieties. Happens every spring. Looks a lot like the one swimming near the surface in the illustration below.
Thanks for rattling my memory Jim. They hatch out from those little tube worm things on the bottom.
Capt. Larry Teuton
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i bet they would be delicious stir fried
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Originally posted by baracudai bet they would be delicious stir fried
I’ll cook, you eat:stuck_out_tongue:! Would make great vid!!
NN
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Human use[edit]
Ragworms such as Hediste diversicolor are commonly used as bait in sea angling.[4] They are a popular bait for all types of wrasse and pollock. They are also used as fish feed in aquaculture.[5]
Ragworms are considered a delicacy in Vietnam
Anybody catching pollock? The wrasse bite will be hot after these rains!
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BLOOD WORMS! TARPON LOVE THEM!
Now Hotsauce, just may make them eatable[:0] You put enough on and anything is:imp:
Battered and fried, then the hot sauce.
Capt. Larry Teuton
912-six55-5674
lteuton at aol dot com
“Ships are the nearest things to dreams that hands have ever made.” -Robert N. Rose
Anything that swims is a delicacy in the Orient! No wonder mermaids are extinct!
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Originally posted by wildlifescAnything that swims is a delicacy in the Orient! No wonder mermaids are extinct!
That’s a good one:smiley:.
I spent some time in South Korea years ago. Think I may have eaten these before:stuck_out_tongue:!
NN
Commonly called cinder worms.