cboy69

Here are some videos that I think are reasonably good. this first one uses a stocking filled with bait. I've read somewhere the worms get their pincers tangled up so they can't make a quick escape using this method. />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aERk5gAHJe0 This video shows a real pro doing it one handed. Not an easy method for beginners but food for thought and other good info in the video />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bshfvU-LbsU Already lots of great info given by other members, my only additional suggestions would be regarding. 1) Touch - try to move your fingers in the sand only when the worm is moving. Much like a pickpocket has an easier job in a crowded train where everyone is rubbed up against one another. You want to be the pickPocket and use his movement to disguise yo slowly sliding your fingers in contact with the body, touch but don't squeeze even the slightest until you are ready to pinch and pull 2) Timing for the pull - on another youtube video (which I can't find) they made a very good analogy. Once the worm has bitten the bait it will arch its back then try to pull the bait under the surface. If you think of that motion as the build up to a sneeze. You have to pinch and pull just before the sneeze. If you have the touch right then you can easily feel the worm arch and expand between your fingers prior to the pull. I hope that helps.

Holy heck madmullet, fish, shoot, spear, and arch. There's probably more I haven't stumbled upon reading the forum :woohoo: ever catch one with a teapspoon? :cheer: :whistle: