Talking about Cicadas - get ready...

[Sako]

with all this talk about cicadas going on... I am pumped. A few years ago we had a hatch around here and the fishing was great if you tried to match them as best you could... The carp loved them... catching a 8-12 pound carp (which there are good number of them out there) is a blast as they fight like crazy...

These fish with just a twitch on the surface work wonders.... Do not retrieve them... cast around carp and just twitch some

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[Setterman]

It's as good of fresh water fishing as you can ask for. Can't wait

 

[wildside]

Hoping the Caney will cooperate...if not carp are a fun second choice. Clients are all jazzed up but predicting a bit earlier emergence than last time.

 

[Hillbilly Hunter]

I do the same thing for bluegill.

 

[TNGunsmoke]

with all this talk about cicadas going on... I am pumped. A few years ago we had a hatch around here and the fishing was great if you tried to match them as best you could... The carp loved them... catching a 8-12 pound carp (which there are good number of them out there) is a blast as they fight like crazy...

These fish with just a twitch on the surface work wonders.... Do not retrieve them... cast around carp and just twitch some

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Which color pattern and size do you think works best?

 

[chimneyman]

Don't know if they even still make em but on a spinning rod a Tiny Torpedo is great. Spray paint em brown

 

[mike243]

https://www.bing.com/api/v1/mediati...&cvid=3d8f7e7f05454de789d80c55f35cbfef&ei=113 found this for you all.

 

[Kirk]

My new Cicada lure arrived today.

 

[Setterman]

Suggestion for the non fly fisherman. Buy some clear casting bobbers and then buy some flies tied to look like cicadas. Tie the cicada about 18" below the casting bobber.

Far more effective than the cicada plugs etc out there

 

[TN Larry]

Suggestion for the non fly fisherman. Buy some clear casting bobbers and then buy some flies tied to look like cicadas. Tie the cicada about 18" below the casting bobber.

Far more effective than the cicada plugs etc out there

Tell more. Work it light a float and fly? Any suggestions for the fly? I honestly don't remember the last cicada hatch and didn't get in on the action. I heard the last time a tiny torpedo was hard to beat.

 

[Setterman]

Tell more. Work it light a float and fly? Any suggestions for the fly? I honestly don't remember the last cicada hatch and didn't get in on the action. I heard the last time a tiny torpedo was hard to beat.

Saw some guys yesterday fishing a small black rapala popper on spinning tackle doing well

If you can find some Raineys Ultimate Cicada flies and the casting floats you're in business. The fly floats so you're just trying to get it close to the fish

 

[Sako]

All of this preparation and not the first Cicada around here so far... ugh...

 

[scn]

All of this preparation and not the first Cicada around here so far... ugh...

This is a fairly spotty brood hatch. It is pretty much limited to about 20% of our counties.

The 13yr brood hatch NEXT YEAR is supposed to cover most of the state.

 

[Sako]

This is a fairly spotty brood hatch. It is pretty much limited to about 20% of our counties.

The 13yr brood hatch NEXT YEAR is supposed to cover most of the state.

I hope so

 

[Setterman]

All of this preparation and not the first Cicada around here so far... ugh...

Where did you expect them to be?

 

[Hduke86]

Where did you expect them to be?

It's so loud up here on Lookout mountain tn that it's crazy. I say the river near downtown Chattanooga would be good fishing cause on South Broad street right now it's deafening

 

[Setterman]

It's so loud up here on Lookout mountain tn that it's crazy. I say the river near downtown Chattanooga would be good fishing cause on South Broad street right now it's deafening

I was in Chattanooga yesterday and it was insane how loud they were. Heading your way to fish tomorrow.

So many people in Knoxville expected them to be in the same places they were 3 years ago are sad right now. Maybe they should've taken 5 minutes and researched the bugs and where they'll be. There are great maps and tools to see exactly where the bugs are and the bodies of water nearby, yet so many are lazy and don't want to take the time to look into it

Sorry for the mini rant, but I've got friends bitching they can't find bugs or fish when the answers are right there in front of them.

 

[Crow Terminator]

I will admit, I am a bit of a nerd when it comes to certain niche hobbies...Civil War relics and history, native American relics and history, WW2, weather, and so on that most people find boring. But even I am amazed to just now learn there are maps and resources for tracking bugs

I know we came back on I75 Saturday and between Cleveland and Riceville there were a few spots of them that you could hear them over the interstate traffic...while doing 70 with the AC and radio on.

 

[timberjack86]

We got plenty of them up here at the foot of Starr Mountain. I bet you could wear em out with you cicadas fly on the Hiawassee!

 

[Andy S.]

Good thread, I learn something new every day. Quiet here in west TN, with only Gibson county being shown on the map for 2024 emergence.