Sea Worm Farm
 

Is it possible to farm your own sea worms? I am assuming its alot more work than what its worth but at 50 cents a worm I don't mind asking if anyone has any success in the topic. :)

there was a thread a while back on steroid sand worms... but I was more curious in the good ol fashioned kind.

I seem to recall the sandman asking about it.

In Maine I just dig them out of the bank. Look for a rocky bank in a esturary at low tide and pull/dig some rocks out at the low tide line, usually takes twenty minutes to dig plenty for me.

errr what if your not in Maine? :)

Is it that different from Kennebunkport to Beverly?

don't know... never dug up sea worms before....never even new where they lived.

It's probably illegal in Mass, unless you pay a license fee, tax, etc.

there are some things that google will just NOT tell me. and info on sea worms is one.

http://seabait.com/
http://www.ccar.um.maine.edu/seaworm.html

i have no idea.. but im sure you are right... :realmad:

BW, interesting read... but looks more than a hobby from what I read.

I occasionally dig some up when I'm clamming in RI (steamers).

I've never bought seaworms always dug my own. You need a permit from the Town to do it , usually included in your clamming license. Some towns disallow commercial aquaculture of any kind.

i thought they were grown in the fridge at the bait store... gesh...
i lead a shelterd life.

i have a friend of a friend that knows someone that has picked some sandworms in mass. there were no monster worms, plenty of 3-5 inch ones tho.

I've talked with those worm farmers at the RISA saltwater fishing expo. Pretty interesting, might be a decent future in it. As far as doing it for your own use, forget it. You're talking about a lot of investment of time and $$$.

Seaworm
 

MrHunter, if you can find a male and female seaworm anything is possible. That statement is kind of a joke and not a joke. The whole secret is warm water twelve months a year. With warm water one can grow and harvest worms in twelve months that normally would take several years to grow to a harvestable size.

Not to mention being able to duplicate ideal spawning conditions, and being able to create environmental conditions and correct feed for each stage of the life cycle.

so how can you tell the male from female :)

:bl: :bl: The male's wee-wee is outside his body.

ill check that next time Im telling him to stop being difficult and eat the **%*#$%# hook

:rotf3: :rotf3:

Also if it's being difficult for no apparent reason, it's probably a female. No sense in even looking.

BWAHAHA... this could get ugly.

I waited a few days before replying to how can you tell the male female worms apart. I didn't want this to open a pandora's box of smutty worm jokes.

Truthfully though I never researched male/female reproductivity with regard to seaworms. It should be relatively easy to do. I am wondering if they are asexual, or if upon demand do both jobs at different times.

im guessing that is more on target then our line of thinking :doh: :read:

It might be an interesting project to try if I had the space and the capacity.

What about a salt water tank at the proper temp (70-75F??)

And since they only breed once in their lifetime how do I know the dozen I throw into the tank havent already delivered their payload?

What is good worm food now that Im thinking about it?