[WheelsNdaSky]

Does anyone know where someone can get catawba "tobby" worms in the laurel, whitley, knox, bell, leslie, or harlan area? I have searched many trees and haven't seen one. They typically come out in April and will be out on random trees until November. I'd like to get some or buy some. :please:

[phs1986]

Does anyone know where someone can get catawba "tobby" worms in the laurel, whitley, knox, bell, leslie, or harlan area? I have searched many trees and haven't seen one. They typically come out in April and will be out on random trees until November. I'd like to get some or buy some. :please:

Just keep lookin!!! You will find some and if I'm not mistaken my hubby found some in some trees in Pike Co. I'll ask him though and see if he knows of anyone who does sell them.... I'll update when I find out!!

[letthebighogroot]

Not trying to be a jerk, but they are "catalpa worms". I have had a hard time finding them the last few years here in Elliott Co. The Catalpa trees are bare of them....................... Not sure why........Hope you find some in the future, as they are excellent bait!

[WheelsNdaSky]

Not trying to be a jerk, but they are "catalpa worms". I have had a hard time finding them the last few years here in Elliott Co. The Catalpa trees are bare of them....................... Not sure why........Hope you find some in the future, as they are excellent bait!

It is really according to where you are from. The term 'catawba' developed from the Native Americans and was the original word for the worms in North Carolina. We Americanized it into English by spelling it catalpa, and now many even pronounce it ca-tow-pa (Mostly Northern pronunciation which has spilled into the midwest some. In the south, you will see them called catawba (ca-taw-ba) worms most of the time. In much of east Kentucky and west West Virginia (Appalachia Region), you will likely hear them be called tobby worms.

Nonetheless, I have had a hard time finding any this year. In the past, I have picked a 5-gallon bucket full from one or two trees. They are excellent bait, especially if you turn them inside out. They give off a white color and a sweet aroma which attract catfish like 'nobody's business'.

[theVILLE]

I am from knott County and I have some in my front yard here full of them....

[WheelsNdaSky]

I am from knott County and I have some in my front yard here full of them....

Do you fish?

[Blue-N-Gold]

I have heard them called different names but I think the one thing everyone agrees on is that fish love them. I have even heard them called "talcum" worms...maybe because of the "white color and sweet aroma that attracts catfish". There are some catalpa trees around my house but I haven't noticed any worms on them. I have seen years where they would eat every leaf on the tree until there was just a skeleton of the leaf left. I read online that you can freeze the worms and use them for fishing several months later. Did anyone ever pull the "cigars" off the tree and act like they were smoking them when they were kids?

[theVILLE]

Do you fish?

Yes, alot...Not so much catfish but bass fish alot...I catfish alot when the tobbie worms come on and then after that I get them and freeze them in Milk nad use them when I want to then...I sale them sometimes too...if u know anybody interested

[jbyrd777b]

What do you do when you freeze them ville?...Ive been told it is good to put them in a 5 gallon bucket and wash them like 5 or 6 times and get all the black off of them and freeze them in water or milk and they will be green the next year...

[Wildcatk23]

Does anyone know where someone can get catawba "tobby" worms in the laurel, whitley, knox, bell, leslie, or harlan area? I have searched many trees and haven't seen one. They typically come out in April and will be out on random trees until November. I'd like to get some or buy some. :please:

Yes, alot...Not so much catfish but bass fish alot...I catfish alot when the tobbie worms come on and then after that I get them and freeze them in Milk nad use them when I want to then...I sale them sometimes too...if u know anybody interested

Put these together and you got a Deal

[DavidRich]

Yes, alot...Not so much catfish but bass fish alot...I catfish alot when the tobbie worms come on and then after that I get them and freeze them in Milk nad use them when I want to then...I sale them sometimes too...if u know anybody interested

i would like to purchas tobbie worms please contact me if any is for sale i would really apreicate it thanks David

[bigmike065]

I had very few this year on my trees, but my father in law had a whole pile on his trees. My trees haven't produced alot in 5 years. I used to get two five gallon buckets a year but only a handful the last couple... :HitWall: