Catalpa worms

  • mudcatkid
    On water
    Posts: 663
    April 26, 2004 at 10:25 pm #1219112

    i highly doubt any of you have used these worms, so i fugred i would ask. I have read before that Catalpa trees attrack a certain type of worm, and it eats the leaves. apparently these worms work great for catfish…. …….

    we got a Indian Cigar Tree (a type of Catalpa) in our front lawn at school………. i talked to my PlantTaxonomy professor today and he said that the Catalpas tend to bloom in May-June, and i might be able to find these worms in the HUGE “pea-pods” that the tree holds.

    any of you know any other information about these worms……… even if they arent workin great for cats…… i bet i can hammer the sheepies!

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59992
    April 27, 2004 at 2:09 am #302589

    MCK, let us know how they work?

    The only thing I know about them is that they taste like chicken…

    hooknfinger
    Rochester, Minnesota
    Posts: 1290
    April 28, 2004 at 3:06 am #302764

    i have got 4 trees in my back yard that get huge swarms of them every year, your more then welcome to come get them if u want, last year i filled a 5 gallon bucket full of them. i would love to know if they work better then the norm.

    redneck
    Rosemount
    Posts: 2627
    April 29, 2004 at 12:58 am #302898

    Growing up in southern Illinois we used catalpa worms whenever we could get them but not often for cats. Bluegill just love them and you can catch several fish on each worm. I haven’t seen any catalpa worms since I moved up here, I figured it was too cold for them. The worms at home were about 2 inches long and about as thick as a pencil when they were grown. They hatched out in a spiderweb looking area in a fork in the tree, I never saw any come out of the “cigars” so I wonder if that is the same thing I am thinking of. We did use them for cats occasionally but they were no better than other baits but if you get some, try them on bluegills.

    CNinIL
    NW IL
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    April 29, 2004 at 5:47 pm #303010

    We use catalpa worms all the time on the Rock River. Chanel Cats love them.

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59992
    April 29, 2004 at 8:14 pm #302865

    Now there is a waste of time….my wife is going to love it!

    mudcatkid
    On water
    Posts: 663
    April 30, 2004 at 2:12 pm #303077

    lol… i decided to quit after i killed 204 of em

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59992
    April 30, 2004 at 3:21 pm #303071

    I’ve been informed that you need to just watch them for a while…they are easier to hit…I guess they get bigger.

    mudcatkid
    On water
    Posts: 663
    April 30, 2004 at 3:33 pm #303155

    i found that out after i was playin a while… ….hehehe…….. oh i love my simple mind!

    tony_apisa
    E. Moline Illinois along the Rock River
    Posts: 1180
    May 1, 2004 at 1:47 am #303248

    Hey CNinIl,

    Where on the Rock do you fish? I do some fishin’ on the Rock from Barstow down to the the Mighty Miss. I have also used Catalpa’s and had some really good days with numbers of channels coming to the boat on them. There also great on panfish too.

    TBeirl514
    Covington Indiana
    Posts: 269
    May 1, 2004 at 1:02 pm #303266

    We fish with them big time down here.Ive never removed any worms out of the pods,we always found them on the leaves eating the heck out of them .We tried to freeze some one time ,it did’nt work,they turned into slime. GREAT BAIT

    CNinIL
    NW IL
    Posts: 5
    May 3, 2004 at 7:43 pm #303508

    Tony,

    I usually fish around the Erie area. I have a good friend who lives there.

    I live in Andover work in Davenport.

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