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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Like many things in nature, the catalpa tree and catalpa tree worms have a special symbiotic relationship. More than once in my life, I’ve interfered with a plant, critter or bug I was unfamiliar with ...

Over the Memorial Day weekend, I saw something I have wanted to see for a long time. I always had heard of the notorious Catalpa worm but had never seen one firsthand. Now, before the reader thinks ...