PRESERVING RAG WORM 

The worms in the tub are still perfectly fine to use today is Wednesday so lasted a week now

Glad you think so!

Thank you, personally I tend to give unused bait to somebody still fishing. Even though I could put mine back in shop. Thing is rag preserved like this keeps a long time in the freezer so handy for last minute decisions to go out.

Hi Kerry, yes often done in the good old days when we had to work hard for our baits and didn't want to waste any. Black Lug gutted and salted would last pretty well. In fact it is a fairly tough bait, even the frozen stuff takes no hurt from being refrozen, some say it improves it. Can do the same with Slipper Limpet and that definately improves it. For those who don't know what we are on about, the thing was to put a layer of salt followed by a layer of bait then another of salt and so on until you filled a glass jar and put on an airtight lid. leave it in a cool dark place

@@tackle914 This was before we had a freezer. Its a lot easier freezing them! 😂😂

@@kerryfoster1 Absolutely, mind you the old way we could take them out and any not used simply stayed in the jar for next time

glad you found it useful

Absolutely, especially if you use a dedicated bait fridge. House fridge usually far too cold, ragworm needs around 12 degrees any colder is not good. Lugworm as cold as you like. This is so they can remain frozen and good to use indefinitely. In the fridge seaweed is better than paper

Could well be the case, I really don't know but they seem to be the better end result. Seems a reasonable idea

Probably being frozen should hold the flavour.

Don't know but if you are thinking of worms for coarse fishing. Generally they keep pretty well in a tub of soil live

Never heard of that idea, not sure I'd want my worm reeking of meths. Then again would create a scent trail.

Like most tackle shops we recycle prodigious amounts of newspapers. Be an issue when its all online only, have to buy paper to wrap stuff.