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Forest tent caterpillars, good bait or not.
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04/17/15 02:32 AM
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allhookedup
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Right now these caterpillars hatching and are everywhere. I was curious to know if anyone has had success with using them as bait. Thanks for your input.
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Re: Forest tent caterpillars, good bait or not.
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04/17/15 02:36 AM
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HeavyLead
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Those things freak me out, man!
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Re: Forest tent caterpillars, good bait or not.
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04/17/15 02:55 AM
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Yes me too, but after getting rid of the ones in my yard I still see them everywhere else. Then I begin to wonder if they might serve a purpose as fish bait, so I thought hey ask the fishing Gurus.
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Re: Forest tent caterpillars, good bait or not.
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04/17/15 04:44 AM
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Re: Forest tent caterpillars, good bait or not.
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04/17/15 08:06 PM
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Well I am going to try some out today and see how it goes.
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Re: Forest tent caterpillars, good bait or not.
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04/17/15 08:16 PM
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Whitebassangler98
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Hi, I'm new to the forum, but these are great for panfish!!! Took my cousin out the other day and caught tons of them, did catch and release.
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Re: Forest tent caterpillars, good bait or not.
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04/17/15 08:32 PM
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Match the hatch! Those will make excellent Crappie and Sunfish bait. Side Note: Make sure what ever you use they don't bite or have stingers!
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Re: Forest tent caterpillars, good bait or not.
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04/17/15 08:37 PM
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atsimo
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I thought the same thing. Panfish should love them.
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Re: Forest tent caterpillars, good bait or not.
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04/17/15 09:52 PM
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I can tell you for a fact that the gills love them , I was fishing last week and I must have been standing under a nest I happen to glnce down and see five crawing on my shirt and more on my pants ! After doing a heeby jeebe dance I knocked them off me into the creek , next thing I knew it was a feeding frenzy the gills were just slurping them down I quickly but on a small beetle spin with as close a color as I could find and the bite was on !
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Re: Forest tent caterpillars, good bait or not.
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04/18/15 12:46 AM
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i was standing under a tree where these catepillars were falling off of and into a pond every few seconds. it was a matter of seconds before the bluegills were picking them off the surface of the water. i stopped fishing for a while to enjoy the show.
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Re: Forest tent caterpillars, good bait or not.
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04/18/15 05:34 PM
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Same thing happened to me yesterday! I got rained on by caterpillars and ran out the creek like a little girl. Good thing nobody was around to see and hear me lol
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Re: Forest tent caterpillars, good bait or not.
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04/19/15 12:16 AM
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zulo
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It will work for catfish..
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Re: Forest tent caterpillars, good bait or not.
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04/19/15 05:10 PM
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Did not make it out,but thanks for all the input guys. It's good to know that they are good for something.
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