The head of the worm lies towards the DEPRESSION side, which is why you ALWAYS pump from the DEPRESSION side. Once you've identified the worms burrow, you need to pump from the DEPRESSION hole side, angled slightly towards the MOUND of side. In reality, this is how it looks: the arrows indicate the depression and the mound of sand Check the image below for an illustration of how it looks (image courtesy of google) The mound of sand is where it has excreted all the waste. The depression is where the worm is sucking in the water and nutrients. You will find a saucer like depression and about 30-40cm away, a small hole with a mound of sand around it. This makes it quite easy to identify the bloodworms holes. It sucks in water at the one end and disposes of it, after filtering out the food, through the other end of the burrow. The sand bank holds plenty of worm and they're quite easily pumped.īloodworm lives in a U shaped burrow under the sand. If you don't have access to a boat, to get to the sand bank, then you're bound to that area. The banks on the witsand side does hold bloodworm, but they are heavily scoured by anglers and it's considerably more difficult procuring them there.

Looking at the image below, the area's marked in red is the main bloodworm area's.

Fresh bait will ALWAYS (with the exception of VROT redbait for galjoen!!), out perform old bait.īloodworm is an excellent bait for grunter and steenbras, and many a large cob has also fallen victim to a fresh bloodworm. For any angler visiting the breede river system, or any other fishing spot, procuring fresh bait is of utmost importance.

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