| Show Worth of VI Worms ormo I From Maine Clam Flats Flatt and bloodworms close to worth will be dug from Maine clam flats by the time the fishing season generally ends I Iare Harvesting of these species which are sold as an A l bait mostly for 1 sports fishermen in metropolitan areas was originally limited to clam fiats flats between Biddeford Pool and Boothbay harbor Now it has extended extended ex ex- I ex-I tended to the easternmost boundaries boundaries bounda bounda- I ries and on every clam flat scores scores scores' of men are making a living digging worms I There are two kinds and bloodworms Nobody knows just why they are called for there is no evidence that clams feed upon them or that they feed on clams They are most plentiful however in clam flats and that may maybe maybe maybe be why they got the name Most of them are arc as big around as a fountain pen and from eight inches to a foot and a half This worm has a horned black head serrated serrated serrated ser ser- rated sides like fine saw teeth and may be found at a depth from two inches to two feet The fhe captured worms are packed in seaweed or wet mosses q about out bUU to a box and are arc shipped daily by railway express or by motor truck The shippers received from three to four cents apiece while the fishermen fishermen fishermen fisher fisher- men will pay as high as 10 cents a worm One worm may be cut up into pieces an inch long and it is the most effective bait known |
