Mayworms - not sure if that is what I saw

[goinsfishin]

I doubt that you saw Mayworms on the surface.......the mayworm "hatch" is actually not a hatch at all, it's the mature males and females coming up out of the mud and moving around to mate......they will be right on the bottom in anywhere from 5 to 30 feet of water....and they are easy pickings for hungry, lazy rockfish.....this should start taking place within the next week or 2.....and lasts about 2-3 weeks.

I suspect that what your buddy saw were probably newly hatched snakes......with some species there can be 100's from a single nest.....
thankfully the mortality rate for snakes is real high or we'd be overrun.

[morsax]

Originally Posted by goinsfishin

I suspect that what your buddy saw were probably newly hatched snakes......with some species there can be 100's from a single nest.....
thankfully the mortality rate for snakes is real high or we'd be overrun.

Steve:
I think Bugguy was talking about me--the day I can't tell the difference between a polycheate worm and a baby snake, I will gladly send my marine biology degree back where it came from (come to think of it, they may prefer that on some days ). Maybe we are referring to two different things as mayworms, but these are what I have always heard referred to that way.

Hans

[Bug Guy]

Hey all,
Just to be clear - I didn't see them very well (been awake for 2 hours prior to arriving at the dock at PLO marina - hard to focus)k hence my wavering on what they were. I believed Hans - just didn't want to be the cornerstone of a conversation about them since I don't know much about them (not a lot of polycheates my neck of the biological world). I just know some people like to know when they are out.
Cheers,
Bob