All I found was floating mats and swarms of Mayflies today. They were thick on the water also. The fish have certainly been eating wellAttachment 404750Attachment 404751
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All I found was floating mats and swarms of Mayflies today. They were thick on the water also. The fish have certainly been eating wellAttachment 404750Attachment 404751
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You shoot that dock with a small brown or tan grub ?? :biggrin
Yes. Had a few bluegill peck at it. There were several hundred all over the boat when I took off to head home.
They just showed up here in the Ohio river last Thursday.
Thick as all get out.
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I came up on what looked like a mat of grass floating at first light. Ended up being a 20' by 30' area of mayflies. I have never seen them on the water that thick
Have you seen any Junebugs ?? I haven't seen more than 2 or 3 in the last few years. And just saw my first & only Japanese Beetle in probably 15-20yrs.
Now, Mayfly's .... I usually see several of them about every time I'm at a lake, from May til late July (sometimes). I've just never seen hoards of them like that.
And I haven't seen or heard any Cicada's around here, either.
Zero Cicadas around here either CP.
Seen a few June bugs but they are no bigger than your little fingernail.
I caught June Bugs as a kid. Mother would give me a piece of thread about three foot long to tie on the rear leg. Fly those dudes like an airplane around in circles.
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Japanese beetles are working the okra over in the garden. Haven't seen any junebugs lately. Usually went the mayflies are running heavy you see them swarmed around the sevice station lights. Water was about 3 degrees cooler where I found them then it was where I launched at.
Put in at Grasshopper Creek yesterday...main river channel was a debris field of mayflies
The dock in the photo was just south of Grasshopper on the same side of the river by thetall rock bluff. You do any good?.
I was ledge fishing for those old trashy green fish. I managed to catch ONE. I was pouring buckets of sweat by 10a. Brutal. I live in Ooltewah and often drive to Grasshopper Creek to avoid the crowd. Not many fishing. Actually peaceful for a change. Different world from the insane Harrison Bay area. I always carry a few rods for crappie...can't help it. I motored up to the bridge to catch some air and cool off. One column was loaded with what looked like crappie. Heaviest jig head I had was 1/8 oz and I didn't have any split shots. I could not get my jig down to them before current carried it away.
I am thinking it is about time to grab a bucket of minnows, and some lights and set up either om the 30 or 60 bridge and do some night fishing.
We usually get about 4 hatches a year in middle Tn. I've read that a healthy mayfly hatch is a sign of a healthy body of water. Weak hatch is supposed to mean that something is off.
Must be healthy. You had to breathe through your nose or you could have added mayflies to your diet
The Duck River near Chapel Hill had a great mayfly hatch. Glad to see it but it was nothing like the pictures you posted. Those bluegill and going to suffer from bloat!
I have never seen the likes of the ones floating in large mats in the middle of the river. They looked thick enough to walk over. They were thick in the air also. I could have netted up a couple of bucket fulls for the chickens. They would have loved that
don't forget to grab a big stinky cigar to keeps the bugs off of ya.Quote:
Originally Posted by DockShootinJack
One advantage of diabetes. They misquitoes don't like me as much as they used too.
I was at that dock last mayfly season and man was it covered. I don't even bother with fishing that area. My theory is the fish are gorged on mayflies. And not hungry at all.
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I had not thought anything about the mayflies being anywhere around. I put in at the ramp in Dayton, went and shot the toons at Bluewater. Then headed down the river in search of some deeper docks. No mayflies up river from there. I was surprised to see them. I fished around a few minutes and headed back to load the boat