What do YOU call these bugs?

[dmj]

Annoying. Strictly responding to your question

 

[Calvin45]

Annoying. Strictly responding to your question

They sure can be annoying!

Question….do you think they'd work for fishing bait?

 

[Calvin45]

Or would they scare the fish away!

 

[Roughrice]

Down in the Deep South when we were kids, we simply called them Water Bugs. Though, we also call Cecada's - locust's…..obviously we weren't entomologist! memtb

Not cicadas

 

[dmj]

Or would they scare the fish away!

Well you would think that they would at least keep the smaller ones away.

 

[Roughrice]

Cicadas have very broad flat heads.
We get to see them down here.
When they emerge… they make a sound at night that will make your hair stand up if you're not used to hearing them.

 

[Calvin45]

Well you would think that they would at least keep the smaller ones away.

Oh! Maybe they're the perfect bait!!! I wonder how much money I'd make starting a beetle farm for fishing bait that "only attracts BIG FISH"!!!! And repels small ones…@Muddyboots would be my number one customer, I hear that guy only catches the biggest fish

 

[dmj]

Oh! Maybe they're the perfect bait!!! I wonder how much money I'd make starting a beetle farm for fishing bait that "only attracts BIG FISH"!!!! And repels small ones…@Muddyboots would be my number one customer, I hear that guy only catches the biggest fish

Would just be our luck you would become rich and famous and would no longer associate with us. No bad idea we'd miss you and your great since of humor.

 

[Roughrice]

We have a slightly different species down here that come out every year or two years.
When they emerge as nymphs... they climb trees and anchor claw into the wood before shedding.... splitting the exoskeleton and becoming a big flying insect that makes lots of noise in the evening and night time.

 

[Calvin45]

Would just be our luck you would become rich and famous and would no longer associate with us. No bad idea we'd miss you and your great since of humor.

Are you kidding? If I ever become rich (famous is right out of the question) I'm buying up a decent chunk of prime Saskatchewan whitetail land for the LRH people to come hunt on and hopefully get a big one if they can get drawn for non-resident tags!

During the off season it'd be rented to grain farmers for a very reasonable price…lots of hunger in the world, farmers are still the primary solution and agriculture is still the backbone of civilization, makes the world go round.

Of course in the likely event that wealth doesn't fall upon me and it's not in the cards to become a water bug millionare, y'all are on your own about the whitetail…

 

[victor3ranger]

Are you kidding? If I ever become rich (famous is right out of the question) I'm buying up a decent chunk of prime Saskatchewan whitetail land for the LRH people to come hunt on and hopefully get a big one if they can get drawn for non-resident tags!

During the off season it'd be rented to grain farmers for a very reasonable price…lots of hunger in the world, farmers are still the primary solution and agriculture is still the backbone of civilization, makes the world go round.

Of course in the likely event that wealth doesn't fall upon me and it's not in the cards to become a water bug millionare, y'all are on your own about the whitetail…

Now we are talking

Maybe we can all chip in and send you water bugs

 

[memtb]

Not cicadas

Obviously, spelling is not my strong suit either!
When and where I grew up…..only knew them as locust's!

Saw a lot (and heard) a lot of them growing up…..but, nothing like what they're experiencing now! memtb

 

[victor3ranger]

Not when and where I grew up…..only knew them as locust's! memtb

That's what we call them

 

[Calvin45]

Now we are talking

Maybe we can all chip in and send you water bugs

if the end goal is just me purchasing land it'd be faster to skip the bugs and send me MONEY!!!