There's some voodoo in getting trees to produce worms. The tree I got worms from today was a 60 foot tree and right next to it was a twin likely planted at the same time and not a worm on it. You can try to infect a tree but in my experience so far it's not a sure thing and has not worked at home or at a stand i planted 15 years ago at work expect one year and wasps killed all the worms that year. I did see one worm today that had the white wasp larva all over it but just that one worm At work every worm was covered in wasps eggs.

the worms make insane catfish and bream bait

it's clear to me you need to take a chainsaw to the top every few years and go for bushes and not tall trees to maximize leaf production and what worms you can reach

Last edited by dimecovers5; 07/02/22.