Lugworms & Ragworms

Member Joined: Jan 26, 2006 Posts: 85

I wanted to know is there a difference in a lugworm or Ragworm bourght on the UK west coast or East coast and used in the UK south east or south coast or do you have to have bait that is dug from the area that you are fishing in ?

Posted: Thu Apr 06, 2006 7:40 am

Interesting point I wonder if it could make a difference to be honest I havnt heard that question asked before :?: I personally would have thought if they are the same breed of lugworm or ragword it will not make a difference but you never no :?: :?: happy

Cheers
mrix

Member Joined: Jan 26, 2006 Posts: 85

Thanks Mrix,

Anyone else like to throw some light on the subject. I would be very interested to read your views

Posted: Thu Apr 06, 2006 5:21 pm

Gotta agree with MRIX on that point,rag is rag no matter where its dug from same as lug is lug

Member Joined: Jan 26, 2006 Posts: 85

So it is right to say that I can use a lug in the Kent estuaries and the same lug on the Dover coast. I ask this because I ordered some bait and the guy in the shop said to me that the lug on the south coast was different to the ones used on the southeast coast and I thought it strange I always thought lug is lug

Posted: Fri Apr 07, 2006 12:16 pm

Most rag i thought was from farms these days so the same all over?

As for lug The size of the worm and the inside bit, the mud n water! Would change depending on were they are dug from as they live in slightly different enviroments all around the coast...

this is my thoughts

Member Joined: Jan 11, 2006 Posts: 77

hi pancho.

when i was younger my grandad and grandma use to take me on holiday to kessingland. and the bait shop got there bait from southend. thats a far distance apart. and we would also take some worm baits with us. we had no problems with catching on worms from different parts of the country.

Occasional Joined: Dec 02, 2005 Posts: 144

the species are exactly the same. they do however vary from one place to another and can be very different. i would say thet the size is the main thing that is different. you also get different colours, quality, toughness, etc.

for example in my area you get reculver lug and pegwell lug, both the same common lug but the reculver one bloody huge and the pegwell lug alot smaller.

also sandwich bay yellows are smaller and not so good for gutting and rolling, where as the dungie lug (dug at greatstone) is bigger and excellent for blacks.

i find the farmed ragworm to be reasonably small, but the king ragworm (that is non farmed) can be anything up to 1 foot long. i think the non farmed stuff wriggles more.

IMO the worms should be matched to the fish you targeting and the venue your fishing, rather than where it was dug and where you are fishing.

essay over. LOL.

Posted: Sat Apr 08, 2006 2:15 pm

I'll echo what bigguy has said here, but would add that I have taken blacks dug locally here (I live near Dungeness) to Portishead, Clevedon, Weston Super Mare, Canvey, Aldeburgh/Weybourne as well as all along the N.Kent coast and would say that I've often been more successful using that lug than I have with lug dug from those places....

Please note that I'm not a pro bait digger, nor do I have an interest in selling it, it's just what I've noticed - it could be luck of course, but....