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Topic: Can you catch sand worms around Santa Cruz?  (Read 1205 times)

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Andrew_Guti

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Always wondered if there was a way to catch them or any other beach worm in this area. Any info is appreciated


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IDK bout catching sand worms, but coworker cot crabs last Saturday at Catalyst Club


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IDK bout catching sand worms, but coworker cot crabs last Saturday at Catalyst Club

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IDK bout catching sand worms, but coworker cot crabs last Saturday at Catalyst Club
HAHA don't think I can use those for bait Lol


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IDK bout catching sand worms, but coworker cot crabs last Saturday at Catalyst Club

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I've seen guys harvest them by the old pier pilings north of the Moss Landing jetty. With a small plastic rake. They will only stay alive for about ~8hrs in a bucket of fresh sand & saltwater, so plan to use them soon.
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Andrew_Guti

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I've seen guys harvest them by the old pier pilings north of the Moss Landing jetty. With a small plastic rake. They will only stay alive for about ~8hrs in a bucket of fresh sand & saltwater, so plan to use them soon.
Thanks!


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Are we talking about sand worms (pile worms)? Sand crabs are plenty everywhere.
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Andrew_Guti

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Are we talking about sand worms (pile worms)? Sand crabs are plenty everywhere.
Yeah they must be pile worms because I know how to catch sand crabs but never caught pile worms


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By the hiway 1 bridge in Moss at low tide. Ill take you youg grasshoppers on the next good low tide. Show you what my anncestors showed me. :smt004
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I remember the old pinoys searching through the seaweeds on the rocks and pilings with their fingers and pulling pile worms.
Their hands were so calloused from working in the fields that the bites didn't faze them
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By the hiway 1 bridge in Moss at low tide. Ill take you youg grasshoppers on the next good low tide. Show you what my anncestors showed me. :smt004

You're using GRASSHOPPERs to catch fish in the salt?

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Use plastic tweezers pinch the head and dig under them. Wish we had bloodworms out here they are freakin expensive at the bait shop .
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