keeping blow lug

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#1 Post by **blowin** » Sun Jun 26, 2005 2:56 am

Hi ,
How do you keep blow lug in good condition and for how long can you do so , please ?

And since no-one has answered this question when I've asked it before I'll sneak it back in here - what , if anything , do you feed rag on ?
cheers
nick

#2 Post by k » Sun Jun 26, 2005 11:00 am

If you are keeping rag long term in water try them with fish flakes, if you only have them for a week or so id say theyd be grand without food

#3 Post by **blowin** » Tue Jun 28, 2005 1:28 am

Cheers "K" .
When you say "try" fish flakes does that mean you are not sure ? Sounds like a good idea and I don't suppose it would harm anyway as long as the water was changed often enough to keep it clean .

Reference keeping lug , I do know that if you have a mass of them all tangled up together , particularly in even a little water , they "blow" ( hence the name ) their juices out and go off in no time .
Having picked up so many the other day I made like a sandwich of fluted cardboard & newspaper , just dampened with sea water and separated by a layer of the bladder type seaweed onto which I spaced out the worms . Ended up with 5 layers . Fridge overnight . Most were still in pretty good condition the next evening despite the box being out with me for the whole of a hot day . Don't think many would have survived through day 2 tho'. Anyone got another idea ? Maybe vermiculite ??
all the best
nick

#4 Post by **m.b3** » Tue Jun 28, 2005 11:42 pm

space them out on a tray and place a layer of damp newspaper/ cloth over them, should keep for several days with practice.

Guest · #5 Post by **Guest** » Tue Jun 28, 2005 11:57 pm

There was an article in sea angler a while ago about this. Ill see if I can dig it out. In the mean time from memory I believe you cut the head off and squeeze out the guts from the tale down to the opening at the head (lovely). When they are gutted you simply keep them in batches of ten in newspaper and they last a good while. Cant remember how long exactly but it was a good while. Hope this helps.

jonnyM · #6 Post by **jonnyM** » Tue Jun 28, 2005 11:59 pm

Sorry that was me forgot to sign in

#7 Post by **blowin** » Wed Jun 29, 2005 2:06 am

Cheers jonnyM ,
I think your memory is correct but that method applies to Black lug instead of the blow lug .
I'm not an expert but I think the main differences are colour , habitat ( Blacks go down deeper ) and shape of burrow - blacks go straight down whereas the ? others have a U shaped hole - cast at one end , slight depression at the other . The worm is generally to be found in the middle .
Blacks are much less common , too . I've got a feeling they are supposed to be deadly for cod .
all the best
nick

#8 Post by **m.b3** » Wed Jun 29, 2005 6:52 pm

forgot to say in a fridge! at 40 degrees. sorry...

Jonathan · #9 Post by **Jonathan** » Thu Jun 30, 2005 5:36 pm

Used to have a marine tank at work and small rag managed to get transferred into it. We were keeping prawns fed on flake and rag must of been taking this too.