Dead Ragworm

christos88 · Joined: Sep 20, 2007 Posts: 1

Bought a few Ragworm. I dont know what type (here theyre known as Hniex ta Parella). anyway i got them in a box with shallow sea water. I woke up this morning and theyre all dead. (water was murky brown/red) I kept them int he garden under the sink next to a well so it was pretty damp.

Thing is i'm going fishing tomorrow night (21st sept), will they be good dead or do i need a new batch?

Pinky · Member Joined: Apr 12, 2007 Posts: 35 Location: Portsmouth

I'd get a new batch mate, never heard of them being kept in water before to be honest unless it's whilte rag

VifferRider · Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2007 5:35 pm Post subject:

New batch mate winking

Wrap them in 10's in newspaper

VR

parky1985 · Joined: Sep 23, 2007 Posts: 3 Location: Portsmouth

Rag should be kept in newspaper as flat as possible and kept in the FRIDGE!!!!

thebigbassman · Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 2:44 pm Post subject:

gaz2511 · Member Joined: Apr 24, 2008 Posts: 9

i dig rag with a few of my freinds and sell to a couple of shops our rag is stored in water as b.b.m. says not covering them but just enough to keep them cold best emptied into trays with fresh salt water (i use cat litter trays)and make sure there are no broken ones, dead ones or green squidgy ones in the trays place in a cold (but not so cold that it freezes them) fridge (not the misses tho they tend not to like it) and check daily for broken/dead worms and remove them change the salt water for fresh salt water every 3-4 days (tip keep a bottle of salt water sourced from an area of sea not afected by fresh water such as streams in your fridge so it is the same temp as the water you are removing) and they can live for 2 weeks plus
also when digging in the "hot" summer months put salt water into your bucket it will make them easier to sort if you only need to keep them for a couple of days just wrap them in paper in tens then place in fridge as v.r.says they will last for around 2-3 days hope this helps big grin