hey all,
how would I go about catching live cicadas for bait?
catching live cicadas for bait
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Re: catching live cicadas for bait
Wait for a hot day... hear their mating call...climb tree... catch cicada!
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- fisho999
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Re: catching live cicadas for bait
Haha, tried that before. I remember one night i walked along my drive way and there was hundreds that had dropped out of the trees. Don’t know if that happens a lot or if it doesn’t but I might go out one night and try to get some.
- ducky
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Re: catching live cicadas for bait
What's the benefit? Pain to keep alive and Less work throwing a cicada lure around instead of cicada catching.
Was donging some trout last weekend and over the couple hour sesh watched about 5 cicadas float by on the surface. Didn't see any get hit.
Was donging some trout last weekend and over the couple hour sesh watched about 5 cicadas float by on the surface. Didn't see any get hit.
- Sebb
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Re: catching live cicadas for bait
Never heard of anyone cicada live baiting before.
Be good for aussie bass maybe.
Give it a try and let us know.
Be good for aussie bass maybe.
Give it a try and let us know.
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Re: catching live cicadas for bait
Not sure about cicadas, but black crickets are good bait. Fished with them in Hopkins River last April, on the way from work at Mortlake and trout loved them.