Bait Robbers

Bait Robbers are from Lumberjack Folklore. They have the “scientific” name is Vermisvulpes vancerandolphi. They are round, light, and airy creatures which resemble a large bubble with arms, eyes, a nose, a mouth, and horns. They have no legs, as they don’t need them since they live solely underwater. They grab worms from fishhooks without being detected, and then feed the worms to small fish that can’t get it from the hook. They then jerk the hook to trick the fisherman into rebaiting the hook and trying again.

Citations:

Yarns of the Big Woods, Written and Illustrated by Art Childs