Bait

[Nicodemus]

I finally got some bait on one of my trees. If the rain crows don`t find em.

 

[Big7]

You could make some good money selling them things.

People that use them don't care what they cost.

 

[NCHillbilly]

It'll be about a month here.

 

[Nicodemus]

The tree is covered in them but 2 more trees within 20 yards of it have none and neither does the big one down by the chicken pen, nor the one in the front yard. I`ll get a few for fishing next week but most I`ll let go for seed.

 

[Batjack]

I finally got some bait on one of my trees. If the rain crows don`t find em.



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Thanks for the reminder, time to hang the tin pans on mine before the worms show up.

 

[fishfryer]

I finally got some bait on one of my trees. If the rain crows don`t find em.



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Put em on a Mustad Aberdeen #6 and drop in the creek/ river and something edible will find them.

 

[HermanMerman]

I finally got some bait on one of my trees. If the rain crows don`t find em.



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GPS coordinates, please.

 

[capnjames]

I’ve got three big ones within sight of my back door with not one worm

 

[antharper]

Mighty fine bait !

 

[hopper]

Can you freeze them?

 

[Geffellz18]

A telescopic “cane” pole, blue mustad Aberdeen hooks, splitshot & catalpa’s…
Slip ‘em down the cypress knees and hold on. Used to tear the goggle eyes (warmouth) up with grandpa on the yaller’ river!

 

[antharper]

Can you freeze them?

Yes , I’ve froze them in gallon jugs filled with water when I use to run a lot of trot lines on the Ocmulgee for catfish . Also for short term storage you can put them in a paper bag with flour or cornmeal and put them in fridge for a few weeks

 

[Redbow]

I do not see any Catalpa trees in our part of the NC woods here on the coast, I guess they don't grow here. Sure wish I had a few to feed the Bream and Shellcracker's in the White Oak River. Anyone ever heard them called a Monkey Cigar Tree?

 

[bfriendly]

Anyone got a close up photo of these famous worms/catalpapillars y’all referring to?

 

[Nicodemus]

Anyone got a close up photo of these famous worms/catalpapillars y’all referring to?

These are just about ready to go to ground.

 

[trad bow]

Can you freeze them?

Several ways to freeze them. I prefer to do a quick blanching then dry and put in freezer.
My three trees died during the severe cold spell we had this past winter. Need to head down to the river and get five or six trees and get another set growing.

 

[trad bow]

The tree is covered in them but 2 more trees within 20 yards of it have none and neither does the big one down by the chicken pen, nor the one in the front yard. I`ll get a few for fishing next week but most I`ll let go for seed.

I’ve had good luck by reseeding the worms on trees that didn’t have any.

 

[Batjack]

Several ways to freeze them. I prefer to do a quick blanching then dry and put in freezer.
My three trees died during the severe cold spell we had this past winter. Need to head down to the river and get five or six trees and get another set growing.

Give them a year or so, I've had them go dormant for 3 years and come back strong.

 

[Batjack]

Need to head down to the river and get five or six trees and get another set growing.

If you can find one with the "bean pods" growing on it, please grab me 4 or 5 and put them in a zip lock bag. There's over a 1000 seeds in each on of those pods.

 

[trad bow]

Give them a year or so, I've had them go dormant for 3 years and come back strong.

Naw they were dead. Wind blew two over and the other one roots died. Actually the two that blew over roots were dead and starting to decay