FISHING USING BLOODWORMS FOR BAIT

The bloodworm is a popular bait for catching blues, flounder, kings, stripers and weaks.

The proper procedure for threading a worm on a fishing hook.

1. Cut worm approximately 1/2 inch longer than the hook's bend and shank. Anatomy of a Fishhook.

2. Carefully thread the hook's point through the center of the worm around the bend and up the shank to the hook's eye.

3. Leave approximately 1/2 inch of worm hanging past the barb on the hook's point.

4. The maximum length of worm used should not exceed the hooks shank, bend and the 1/2 inch hanging past the hook's barb.