One of the best fishing baits you can find is available now. You don’t find it in a bait and tackle shop, but on a specific tree. This bait is not available long and has a short window (maybe three ...

Although I wrote about this phenomenon a few years ago, I’m revisiting the subject now because they have returned. The ‘they’ consists of masses of catalpa hornworms currently consuming the leaves of ...

Two words can help Arkansas anglers shake off the mid-summer fishing blues: Catalpa worm. Experienced anglers with the Arkansas Game & Fish Commission agree that catalpa worms are superb for fishing ...

I grew up in a fishing world — hunting, too, to be honest — that was seriously focused on bringing home something to eat. People ran trotlines on the river and filled up ice chests with as many fish ...

Fishing with the caterpillar of the Catalpa Sphinx Moth. The use of the Catalpa Worm as fish bait may be as old as the American Indian groups who once populated Alabama. The caterpillar of the Catalpa ...

LINWOOD — Ask any Southern fisherman worth his salt, and he’ll tell you the best thing about a catalpa tree are the “worms” feeding on the underside of its leaves. “Catfish and bass hit them quicker ...

Most Arkansas anglers learn at an early age how to recognize the catalpa tree, with its big heart-shaped leaves, spotted white flowers and long cigarlike seed pods. Across its range, which stretches ...

Meghan Holmes is a writer and documentarian specializing in scientific topics such as the environment, invasive species, sustainability, and food issues. She holds a master's in Southern Studies from ...

Worms, crickets, minnows, waxworms and other creatures fill boxes and bins at fishing stores. Prepared baits are also found in a wide variety of forms, smells and textures. All of these baits have ...

Larry Bowman had never seen anything like what was happening at his rural Hutchinson home in 2015: caterpillars had devoured the leaves on all his catalpa trees, and there were so many they were all ...

This story, “Getting the Bait’s a Bail,” appeared in the May 1970 issue of Outdoor Life. The morning sparkled as bright and shiny as a new dime. The river was clear and purling along, its voices ...