Thread: ANy of you guys use Catalpa Worms?

Used to use them when I lived in Arkanasas. Man oh man!! If you can find a Caltalpa tree hanging over the water and fish those worms anywhere near there, you're in for a bunch of fun. Had one on an ox bow in Scott, AR... about this time every year you would pull crappie, cat, bass... the whole shooting match out from under that part of the bank.

I've never done it Skip, but have heard of others freezing them. Just search the Internet and I'm sure you can get plenty of info.

My niece's boy makes a killing selling them frozen. 5 cents each, bags of 10 or 20 with a bit of corn meal to keep them from sticking together. They have five trees and he has rights to an old lady's trees that lives down from him. He gets calls when it's time. He's only in the 7th grade.

Originally Posted by kcbrown

My niece's boy makes a killing selling them frozen. 5 cents each, bags of 10 or 20 with a bit of corn meal to keep them from sticking together. They have five trees and he has rights to an old lady's trees that lives down from him. He gets calls when it's time. He's only in the 7th grade.

That's cool!!!

We use to freeze them also. Have not fished with any in years but they sure do work very well on bream.

I use them live and we freeze them as well. Catch them both ways but seem to have best luck when the live ones.

Never tried them for gills, but when I can get my hands on them, they are some of the best channel cat bait I've used. There hard to find around here, you have to be one of the first ones on the trees or your out of luck.

Used to use them for catfish, but it's been years since I've seen them on a tree. I watch for the trees in the spring to find new ones, but haven't had any luck finding worms?

Ive froze them before, try flash freezing by putting them on a cookie sheet or plate so when you are ready to use them they wont be all clumped up and froze together in a baggie, they do get a little soggy but still deadly if you use pieces on a jig. You can use them for bass, crappie, and gills. The color makes them a wanted target underwater!