Thread: Catalpa worms in Benton

This year I planted four trees on my place to have worms in the future. Next year I might want to get some worms to put on my trees and get them started. It will depend on how well the trees grow this year.

Hello sirs,

call me young and ignorant, but what do you catch with these worms? I am assuming that they are grub-like. Am I correct? Can anyone give me some info on these little nasties?

Thanks in advance,

Mark

Mark they make good Bream bait but can't be beat as Channel Catfish bait.

Originally Posted by Charliee

This year I planted four trees on my place to have worms in the future. Next year I might want to get some worms to put on my trees and get them started. It will depend on how well the trees grow this year.

I have planted trees in several locations but never needed to transplant worms on mine. The moths fly in from surrounding trees in the area and drop eggs.

There is one tree in my yard and one next door; no worms. From what I've read the trees have a bloom and the scent attracts a type of butterfly that lays the eggs. Withot the butterfly you have no worms. At least that's what I read while trying to figured out why I had no worms......

Originally Posted by Sonar Mark

Hello sirs,

call me young and ignorant, but what do you catch with these worms? I am assuming that they are grub-like. Am I correct? Can anyone give me some info on these little nasties?

Thanks in advance,

Mark

Mark, like nimrod said, they are really good catfish bait. They are good for other stuff but I mostly use em for catfish. Not only are they good bait, but they are tuff too. You can usually catch several fish on one. We used to always put them in corn meal and freeze them to use them later.

This is new to me. Never have heard of this before. Does anyone have a picture? I may have them as well and don't know it. Thanks for posting.

Originally Posted by Tracker123

This is new to me. Never have heard of this before. Does anyone have a picture? I may have them as well and don't know it. Thanks for posting.

They are the larvae of the catalpa sphynx moth and are host specific to catalpa trees (sometimes people call them catawba worms and if you are in a place like where freebird lives you may even hear names like togger worms)

The eggs hatch and the caterpillars climb the tree and feed off the leaves and when you put them on a hook the caterpillars turn into catfish! Excellent bait and tough too

from google images