Originally Posted by Chance1945

Well, I can tell you from experience that they do make good fish bait. When I was a boy my brothers and I would climb the neighbor's big tree and get those worms and head off to the creek. I liked the smell of the bloom, too. Fortunately for us our neighbor wasn't protective of their worms. Is it "catawba" or "catalpa"? I think we called it catawba, but seems like I've seen it spelled catalpa. We use to hide in the sagebrush and smoke the seed pod from that tree. I'll bet you could start it from seed and it's probably a fast grower.