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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

If you’ve driven through the East Texas countryside lately, you’ve noticed spectacular white catalpa trees blooming. There are two native species of catalpa in America: Catalpa bignoniodes (southern ...

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 ...

If you’ve driven through the East Texas countryside lately, you’ve noticed spectacular white catalpa trees blooming. There are two native species of catalpa in America: Catalpa bignoniodes (southern ...

Fly fishing came into vogue in the early 20th century, and with it came criticism of worm fishing: It was too easy. The debate was considered to be of such importance that, in 1904, Atlantic Monthly ...