Whitespinnerbait Posted July 2, 2013 Report Share Posted July 2, 2013 These hatchings, absolutely littered the lake I was out fishing on yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kickingfrog Posted July 2, 2013 Report Share Posted July 2, 2013 Looks like mayfly casings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillM Posted July 2, 2013 Report Share Posted July 2, 2013 Looks like big brown drakes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Posted July 2, 2013 Report Share Posted July 2, 2013 yup may flies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitespinnerbait Posted July 2, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2013 (edited) Better photo....coming up soon Edited July 2, 2013 by Whitespinnerbait Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snagged Posted July 3, 2013 Report Share Posted July 3, 2013 I saw the same thing at Cordova lake last month. Hundreds of them, dead on the water surface. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kickingfrog Posted July 3, 2013 Report Share Posted July 3, 2013 Looks like big brown drakes. Leave it to a flyguy to muddy the waters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grt1 Posted July 3, 2013 Report Share Posted July 3, 2013 may flies, got the same thing on our lake and the bite has definitely dropped off due to them . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spincast Posted July 3, 2013 Report Share Posted July 3, 2013 they are the reason fishin is tough when hatch happens. Gorged fishies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burtess Posted July 3, 2013 Report Share Posted July 3, 2013 Yup, there were a lot of them when we were up at Marten River week before last too. Also when I was in Midland last Thursday for work there were a lot even on the inside walls of the plant. Burt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wallacio Posted July 3, 2013 Report Share Posted July 3, 2013 Looks like big brown drakes. The adults have two tails. Hexagenia limbata. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kickingfrog Posted July 3, 2013 Report Share Posted July 3, 2013 The hatch in North Bay is nothing like anything I've ever seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillM Posted July 3, 2013 Report Share Posted July 3, 2013 The adults have two tails. Hexagenia limbata. The real fly geek is here! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musky or Specks Posted July 3, 2013 Report Share Posted July 3, 2013 The dreaded shadfly hatch.;Makes fishing tough for a while till the hatch dies down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wallacio Posted July 3, 2013 Report Share Posted July 3, 2013 The real fly geek is here! :) The one and only! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wallyboss Posted July 3, 2013 Report Share Posted July 3, 2013 Mayfly and they seem to be really late this year. Usually around the 2nd-3rd week of May. I remember doing my Scuba Diving license testing on the 2nd weekend of May years ago and there was a 3-4 inch layer on top of the water that we had to swim in!!! GROSS and the smell was awful!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted July 3, 2013 Report Share Posted July 3, 2013 In port dover we called them "fish flies" growing up. They would cover every square inch of the town this time of year. Every car driving down the road had a disgusting continuous crunch under its wheels running over them. We used to fill jars of them and go trout fishing! Haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave524 Posted July 3, 2013 Report Share Posted July 3, 2013 (edited) I remember going to Dover as a kid , this is like late 50's, the fish flies covered everything so bad that evening that you couldn't get up the hill out of town, the road was so slick with them. Eventually, the fire truck tanker came and washed down the hill going east out of town . Edited July 3, 2013 by dave524 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Caster Posted July 3, 2013 Report Share Posted July 3, 2013 The hatch in North Bay is nothing like anything I've ever seen. This is a very confusing line hahaha. But if I'm understanding correctly, yes, the North Bay hatch can be BRUTAL! Streets and all of downtown completely covered in Shadflys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kickingfrog Posted July 3, 2013 Report Share Posted July 3, 2013 I have childhood memories of car dealerships sweeping them off the cars and then shovelling them into garbage cans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubbles Posted July 3, 2013 Report Share Posted July 3, 2013 Come to Lakeshore, they are everyehere right now. Worst in years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parnelly Posted July 3, 2013 Report Share Posted July 3, 2013 About 10 to 12 years ago there was a large hatch in North Bay. I remember walking out of the bar at about 2 am. Streets and buildings were covered in them, they were shoveling them off the streets that year. Lamp posts early that morning had massive clouds around them, I glanse over and there is a gentleman passed out on the street completely blanketed with them. Worst prior to that would have been around the mid to late 80's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshS Posted July 3, 2013 Report Share Posted July 3, 2013 Seen a ton of them this year! Spent a good 20 mins picking them off the boat and gear the other weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Posted July 3, 2013 Report Share Posted July 3, 2013 about every 15 years there seems to be a major hatch of them cause some of the worst fishing but also had so great fishing when it's happening Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misfish Posted July 3, 2013 Report Share Posted July 3, 2013 The real fly geek is here! :) I didnt see him say Shad fly LMAO I can remember my first M&G at Lacair with Skud. The hatch had just started. Cool b an another member (man I cant remember his name. Big tattoo on his leg) Headed out,and slayed the eyes. We all followed the next evening,but nothing. The next day,the boat docks were layered with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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