One name is simply hairy worm, an appropriate name given that the Latin polychaete means many hairs. They are members of the Polychaete family of worms, a family containing thousands of different species they are segmented, centipede-looking worms, and they are primarily nocturnal creatures that have many names. Most of the pile worms found in the bait shops were (and still are) the non-native species, Nereis virens, a greenish-colored worm imported from the northeastern states. It was clear that while bloodworms were the predominate sea worm in SoCal they had been replaced in CenCal by pile worms.
As for bloodworms, they were not even an option since they were not found in Bay Area bait shops. Then I moved to the Bay Area where I was introduced to two new baits-grass shrimp and pile worms. Most of the bait I used was the typical: anchovies, mussel, ghost shrimp, market shrimp, sand crabs, clams, squid and, at times, bloodworms. Most of my early pier fishing days were spent in Newport Beach or the San Diego area.
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