April pics from Blockade Runners

[coachlaw]

Not a lot of pics in the last month, but here they are.

1. Our pet seagulls, Lucy and Ricky take a rest on the dock
2. Primer lookin' pretty darn silly
3, 4, and 5. Alex finds something REALLY COOL! Baby flattie!
6. The TRP150 clan comes a callin'.
7, 8, and 9. One of the very strangest things I've ever seen. A cinder worm hatch! Little red and green worms an inch to 2 inches long. Alex caught some and THEY BIT HIM!
10 and 11. This should whet y'all's appetite for Saturday's boil!

[Curmudgeon]

Those are great, Sandy! Love the pix of the Cinderworm hatch and the baby flattie. And you gotta love the Dixie tucked into the middle of those mudbugs!!

[9121SS]

Nice pics!

[RonE]

Those gulls look like they might be Gertrude and Heathcliff..........

[2112]

Nice pictures, I am jealous.
I need to do a little research on the Cinder Worms to find out what those bugs are all about.

[2112]

If anyone actually cares-I did some searching and really couldn't find anything specific as to what the critters really are or what role they provide in mother natures great scheme of things but I can tell you that what we are witnessing is not a hatch but a spawning melee.
They stay borrowed in mud and come out during the spring to swim on top of the water and breed.

They are very popular for fly fishing people who try to match the worms with custom flys during the few days they come to the surface. Supposedly all type of fish including our Specks gorge on the orgy.

[Funk Shoal Brutha]

No wonder Sandy's breath was foul... LMAO

[coachlaw]

Sorry Blake, I didn't eat none of them.

2112: This was a first for me as far as the worms. There were literally MILLIONS of them in the bayou. It was almost a scary experience. Something out of a horror film. The only way I knew they were cinder worms is from Tom's buddy who is a bioligist.

[Explorer21]

Sandy,
That is strange! You talked about it yesterday and now that I see it on the forum, it makes you think.

[Hogie70]

Cool pics Sandy... Thanks for sharing them, the pictures of the worm are bad arse... You will probably never see it again...

[RockFish11]

thats alot of worms

[dbarham]

wow those gusanos are weird

[alex6528]

those pics of the worms really turned out great sandy, cool to find out they are cinder worms, i did some searching and thought they were a type of bristle worm, which also can bite.

there were fish that were feeding on them in the lights, but the gale force winds that night made fishing damn near impossible. had a great time non the less, hopefully will make it out again soon.

[coachlaw]

Perhaps they are bristle worms. I just went by what Tom's buddy said. We should have put a sample in alcohol or something.