Show worth ol of worms from maine clam flats Clam worms and blood warms close to worth will be dug from maine clam flats by the time the fishing season generally ends harvesting of these species which are sold as an al AI A I l bait mostly for sports fishermen in metropolitan areas was originally limited to clam flats between biddeford Bid deford pool and boothbay harbor now it has extended to the easternmost boundaries ries and on every clam flat scores of men are making a living digging worms there are two kinds sand worms and bloodworms blood worms nobody knows just why they are called clam worms 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 be why they got the name most of them are 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 sides like fine saw teeth and may be found at a depth from two inches to two feet the captured worms are packed in seaweed or wet mosses about to a box and are shipped daily by railway express or by motor truck the shippers received from three to four cents apiece while the fishermen will pay as high as 10 cents a wa worm r m one worm may be cut up into pieces piece an inch long and it is the most effect effective iv e bait known |