Cicadas on Penns

On Jun 16, 10:55*pm, Frank Reid wrote:
The reports are awesome. *Big fish smashing cicadas. *People getting
tired of catching fish. *Time to head out.
Frank Reid
(In Worchester, MA right now)

That's not what I saw. I did hit them pretty hard on the "Greg
Hoover" cicada on Spring Creek Friday(6/13) and Saturday but not on
Penns. The people I know that tried them on Penns got some action but
not a lot. On Spring, the louder they (the cicadas) got the better
the fish were at taking them. If you weren't fishing the banks then
you were fishing. If you were fishing the banks, then you were
catching. Nice sized fish too.

Penns- Friday night at Ingleby was very good. Fished just off the
parking lot (lot had 6 or 7 vehicles). Started about 7. Used size 16
BWO emrgers and got some action. Then about 9 size 12 spinners and did
even better. Saturday evening we fished down from Stan's Bridge for
about an hour- we got a few.

I did hear that there were parts of Penns that had cicadas stacked
inches deep but I did not see that.

Gene Cyprych wrote:

I did hear that there were parts of Penns that had cicadas stacked
inches deep but I did not see that.

Cicadas stacked inches deep would be a very bad sign for decent fishing.

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On 17-Jun-2008, rw wrote:

Gene Cyprych wrote:

I did hear that there were parts of Penns that had cicadas stacked
inches deep but I did not see that.

Cicadas stacked inches deep would be a very bad sign for decent fishing.

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I would think that it would be a bad sign for everything.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cicada

Although they are not harmful and at times beneficial to people
Many people do eat them.

I would prefer a brook trout w olive oil (or a little butter) tomato, onions
and a lrttle Monteral Spice
baked in a camplmfire with potatoes or even eggs

Fred

"Fred" wrote

I would prefer a brook trout w olive oil (or a little butter) tomato,
onions
and a lrttle Monteral Spice

firends don't let firends eat monteral spice.

wayno

On Wed, 18 Jun 2008 10:12:24 -0400, "Wayne Harrison"
wrote:

firends don't let firends eat monteral spice.

Hilarious. Almost peed my wet drawers.

On Wed, 18 Jun 2008 10:12:24 -0400, "Wayne Harrison"
wrote:


"Fred" wrote

I would prefer a brook trout w olive oil (or a little butter) tomato,
onions
and a lrttle Monteral Spice

firends don't let firends eat monteral spice.

wayno

Not even a lrttle bit...?

HTH,
R

I'm no expert on this hatch but fom what Ive seen the areas with the
softest soil are the places to look for the big groups of Cicaids. The
hard rock filled soil in the mouniain areas dont contain the numbers
the farm land have but there are still good populations. Mornings are
best around 5:30am to 10am and then when it gets hot around 2pm, I
guess they dehydrate and loose energy late in the day and find their
way to the water. Guys are fishing in pairs and one guy will shake a
tree upstream and then the partner fishes the chum slick. I've had
guys tell me they are fishing them in tandum so they pull on each
other making them look alive. Other guys are fishing a dropper off the
Cicada and its about a 50/50 ratio. The meat guys are using live
Cicadas and a water bobber and some very big fish have been caught.
The biggest I've been told about was 23 inches. The hatch should go on
for another 2 weeks with all the overcast days we have had and are
going to have. I've sold through 60 dz and poeple are still looking
for them (Greg Hoovers Pattern). I splay the wings out to the side and
crazy glue them so they stay out to the side. The lower creek near the
farm land has been best - Weikert and downstream, but the C&R all the
way to Coburn has them. Inglesby was especially good last Monday my
only venture to this area this year. The BWO,Slate Drake and Cahill
hatches have been fantastic too.

Bruce