Bodega ?

I have a friend that was clamming in Bodega bay awhile back and he reached in to pull out what he thought was a clam. What he got he said looked like a hot dog with a very small mouth. someone else found the same thing and cut in half with a shovel and said it's blood was red. My friend was wondering what they were. I told him I would ask here. Any ideas?
Jack

What he got he said looked like a hot dog with a very small mouth.

If he would have dug a little deeper he would have found the rest of Mooch

I pump up dozens of those hot dog worrm things when I pump for shrimp. Somebody told me they were innkeeper worms, but I don't think they are. I also pump up tons of worms that look just like pileworms, but they're not. They have hairy spikes running down the sides of them that will stick in your finger. Never used one for bait 'cause I'm always terrified I'll have one of those hairs stuck in my finger and rub my eye or something...lol.

Not sure what the hotdog worms are... my wife is actually a benthic ecologist (she's working on her PhD on phoronid worms in Bodega Harbor).  I asked her about "hot dog worms" and the only thing she could come up with is an innkeeper worm 
http://www.mbayaq.org/efc/living_species/default.asp?hOri=0&hab=2&inhab=136


BTW, leopard sharks love these things but I've never tried them as bait.

As for the spikey hairy worms, she has no idea and she has taken hundreds of core samples from all over the harbor.  My own guess are bamboo worms... but they won't stick your finger.  Dustin, if you can take a few photos next time your out pumping for shrimp and run across either the hot dog worms or spikey worms I'm sure my wife can give us exact identificaitons.

Brian

Right on, Brian. Will do. I guess the big worms I've been pumping up are indeed Innkeeper worms. I've used one for bait once but they are pretty hard to keep on a hook. Once you pick them up they expell water and become flat and pretty mushy.