Tomato worms for bait?

[Coosa]

Anyone ever used them?

[fishinwrench]

Those things are aliens, I ain't touching them.

[Quillback]

I throw them out in the street and let the birds have them.   Remind me of a Catalpa worm except bigger and green.  Might be a good catfish bait.

[MOPanfisher]

Nope, have stomped many of them.  Used to use catalog worms but worked well for me.  Can't imagine any fish would want a worm that tasted like tomato leaves.

[5bites]

Use the whole tomato and worm combo

[BilletHead]

            The original Ned, one color only,

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[Ham]

They turn into Hummingbird Moths. I’m  thinking of growing tomato’s just to have the worms. Honest. 

I had one on my Pablano, but I think a bird got him. 

[Coosa]

I was just wondering....but I'm with wrench, those things freak me out

[jdmidwest]

Praying Mantis love them.  I posted a pic a long time ago feeding one to my pet mantis.

Like others, I pluck them and stomp them for the most part.  Plant some dill and it keeps them away.  They have not been a problem this year.

[tjm]

I used to grow my own tobacco,  if you want horn worms; burley  is the way to go. A lot more food leaf than tomato has so the worms get big fast, two crops of worms per summer. Probably not related but the years I had tobacco  we didn't get worms on the tomatoes. (75-100 yard separation)