Worm digging has been described as the last free industry in Maine. 'The idea that you're a free agent for one, and the idea that, you know, to get a little personal, I feel that when I go out on the mud I'm as close to God as anybody can possibly be,' he says. Worm bites aside though, Harrington says it's a way of life he enjoys for a number of reasons.

'If I can grab it like that, you can see the black teeth, and some people have almost like an allergic reaction to a bite,' Harrington says. 'That's a 4 1/2 inch worm, and if you were going fishing, that's a usable bait,' he says.īloodworms are pink colored and can be aggressive: When provoked, they'll bite with four retractable fangs. He digs down about 3 or 4 inches into the mud. He has been worming for 35 years, although on occasion he's had to dig for clams, he says, because the worm harvest ebbs and flows. 'As far as blood worms go there's usually a few here but,' Harrington says, trailing off. Moving swiftly through the thick mud, he hand-rakes several different spots trying to gauge whether there are enough of them here to merit putting in day's work digging. MPBN Dan Harrington digs bloodworms in Harpswell.

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