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 ...

Panfish, Sunfish, some call them bream. They are those deep-bodied fish that occupy pretty much every body of water in Florida. Bream can be scrappy enough to put up a decent fight for anglers who use ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

LITTLE ROCK — HOT SPOTS1. LAKE COLUMBIA Bream are biting well on crickets and worms. Crappie are biting well on shiners and jigs. Bass fishing is fair to good. Catfishing is slow. 2. HARRIS BRAKE ...

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 ...

The full moon that Alabamians will see in three days will hardly raise an eyebrow with most people, but for the state's dedicated bream fishermen it will be a much-anticipated moment. The first full ...

For the next two months, a sleepy backwater town on Florida’s Gulf Coast will rival Walt Disney World as a destination – at least among anglers. Located north of Cedar Key and southwest of Gainesville ...