freezing worm

[brows79]

just after reading a report on shore reports, as a result i have a aquestion, can u freeze rag or lug worm, would it work,

[eric]

personally i wouldnt freeze rag, for me its primarily a sight bait which relys on its movement for attracting fish.
lug on the other hand freezes well. when fishing for flats on the wexford/wicklow beaches i consider it superior to fresh lug, flounders love it, as do dabs you have to be carefull 'what lug you freeze, some freeze better than other, those lug which leave an iodine stain on your hands are generally tougher than those which dont. (no they're not black lug). when presenting them on a hook, use a fine elastic to secure it, combine this with a small thin sliver of mack and you ready to go!

[youngrod]

personally i wouldnt freeze rag, for me its primarily a sight bait which relys on its movement for attracting fish.
lug on the other hand freezes well. when fishing for flats on the wexford/wicklow beaches i consider it superior to fresh lug, flounders love it, as do dabs you have to be carefull 'what lug you freeze, some freeze better than other, those lug which leave an iodine stain on your hands are generally tougher than those which dont. (no they're not black lug). when presenting them on a hook, use a fine elastic to secure it, combine this with a small thin sliver of mack and you ready to go!

how do you prepare the lug before you freeze them eric

[EricH]

I nick them in the head and push out the guts and juice. Lay flat on on a few sheets of newspaper, wrap or roll them and bang them in the freezer.

[Cormdogg]

Firstly if it was my report, don't take anything I do as gospel
I froze some rag the other day, Ill have it out at the weekend, Ill let you know how it goes, the only reason I thought to do this was because when looking for bait in Westport all they had was frozen rag, and I ended up blanking on it. (probably not the baits fault though). Im not expecting good things from it. I have frozen Lug and got good results from frozen a good few times.

To freeze, I just lay out a strip of newspaper pop down a worm parallel to the edge of the strip, roll over the paper, lay down another worm and roll over repeat repeat until you have a lug swiss roll! Then when they thaw the worms are all separate and not stuck together. They fish fine, rockling, whiting, flats seem to go for them. I tried a similar technique with tinfoil but they get freezer burn and break up when they thaw. Also I have thrown them in in newspaper envelopes just as they come out of the shop and they froze fine but were a bit messy when thawed, Would tip your hook with something maybe when your using them

hope this helps

[petekd]

If you have leftover Rag, let it go a bit manky then freeze it. Works very well for flounder on the beaches.