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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

I was 14 or 15 old enough to be driving pre-license on the country roads we followed to our summer fishing holes when I caught my first fish on a catalpa worm. I had pulled that worm from a jar full ...

Quite some time ago I wrote a column here about catalpa worms the larval stage of the sphinx moth and how the life cycle is connected to the catalpa tree. I also wrote how these "worms," which feed on ...

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 ...