kickingfrog Posted June 23, 2016 Report Share Posted June 23, 2016 http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/annual-fish-fly-hatch-on-lake-st-clair-picked-up-on-radar-1.3649661 'Tis the season for the annual fish fly hatch on Lake St. Clair and Lake Erie. Every year, thousands of the winged aquatic insects emerge from local bodies of water, only to hover around lights, cling to windows and walls, mate and then die — all within about 48 hours. This year, the hatch is so abundant, it's being captured every evening on radar in Detroit. The National Weather Service tweeted a picture of the hatch June 18. The image shows dark blue patches, representing thousands of fish flies, over Lake St. Clair and the western edge of Lake Erie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloatnFly Posted June 23, 2016 Report Share Posted June 23, 2016 it was picked uplast year in ohio as well. insane numbers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave524 Posted June 23, 2016 Report Share Posted June 23, 2016 I remember being in Port Dover over 50 years ago, couldn't get up the hill going east , slick with mayflies, fire dept came and washed the road . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJL Posted June 24, 2016 Report Share Posted June 24, 2016 Going to need a lot of windshield washer fluid driving through that cloud.LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanD Posted June 24, 2016 Report Share Posted June 24, 2016 I remember being in Port Dover over 50 years ago, couldn't get up the hill going east , slick with mayflies, fire dept came and washed the road . I remember that; it was crazy thick with them. My dad was a good friend of Bob Stonewall, the original owner of Stony's Hardware in Dover. I can remember standing in his store, looking out one of the big display windows, being terrified of them; thinking they were huge mosquitoes. LOL I was only 5 or 6 at the time. LOL Dan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sterling Posted June 24, 2016 Report Share Posted June 24, 2016 Are we to expect a large number of them in North Bay as well then? They haven't been bad since ~2004 or so. Back then it was dangerous to drive because roads were slick with mayfly guts (shad flies we call them here). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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