Northwest Fishing Reports

Hello
We recently visited Washington and saw this off of a pier in Puget sound, Seattle
Could anyone tell me what it is?? I don’t think it’s an eel but I couldn’t find anything about it.
Thank you

It is a type of pile worm (I forget the exact type), I saw one a few years ago in the San Juan's and had to ask some marine biologists what it was. They will come to the surface and swim around around mating time I read. Very strange things to see swimming around.

I’ll look into that. It was very strange. Never seen anything like it but I’m from MN.
Thank you!

Im guessing that’s not it, it was roughly 24-30” long. It was very strange. Never seen anything like it but I’m from MN.
Thank you!

Was about 2 feet long. I’m thinking it’s not a pile worm from googling it but I could be wrong.

Pile worms only get up to 6 inches according to ogle anyways. This was 2-3 feet long.

Here was the official description. the one I saw was about 2-3' as well.

"I'm pretty sure it is Nereis brandti or other worm from Nereis. I also think now called Alitta brandti but also questions about morphological differences between numerous species in a complex. But near as I can tell, they are still considering brandti a separate species."

Apparently they go pelagic to spawn, at a time determined by moon phase and temperature. Kind of like spring break in Florida, I guess.

This is the one I saw, looks about the same size.