May Worms

[SommerTime]

Can someone give me a description of a May Worm, or better yet can you give me a web site that has a picture of a May Worm. I have heard that the rock bite will almost stop for trollers when the May Worm hatch is in full bloom.

SommerTime

[PhilK999]

Try a search on the DNR's web site, I know Keith did a piece on them in May one of the last couple years in their reports and had pictures.

Found a link to the fishing report with a pic.
http://dnr.maryland.gov/fisheries/fi...52009index.asp

I am thinking of trying short red hoses when trolling that time of the year this year and see if I have any luck.

[Mikie]

Originally Posted by SommerTime

Can someone give me a description of a May Worm, or better yet can you give me a web site that has a picture of a May Worm. I have heard that the rock bite will almost stop for trollers when the May Worm hatch is in full bloom.

SommerTime

Small, bright red worm - I believe it's the same worm that you will find in oysters on occasion. When they (the worms) are spawning, the rockfish gorge on them all night to the point where they are so stuffed they stop feeding. If you catch a fish during this binge, they normally spit the worms all over the deck.

[Shawn Kimbro]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_clam_worm

http://chesapeakelighttackle.com/200...n-the-mid-bay/

[SommerTime]

Thanks everyone-now I am educated.

www.google.com

They are a non existent, legend...kind of like Chessie and the Loch Ness Monster. We tell people the rock are full of them in late April Early may so they stop fishing and miss the best bite...I hope noone flames me for giving the secret away

[Slayer]

Originally Posted by Baldzilla

www.google.com

They are a non existent, legend...kind of like Chessie and the Loch Ness Monster. We tell people the rock are full of them in late April Early may so they stop fishing and miss the best bite...I hope noone flames me for giving the secret away

Nah, since you're already a flamer, not much we can add to it.

[tacklemake]

Up here we don't see them but if you go to black water in may there all over the top the water.The may worm is about 11/2" long and is some what of a bloodworm and if you pick them out of the water they pop open and die.The red worm in our oysters is our bloodwormand the one's you buy in the store comes from up north.

[tacklemake]

Up here we don't see them but if you go to black water in may there all over the top the water.The may worm is about 11/2" long and is some what of a bloodworm and if you pick them out of the water they pop open and die.The red worm in our oysters is our bloodworm and the one's you buy in the store comes from up north.