Cicada's 2012

[Acristickid]

Anybody seeing them in VA,WV or MD?

Have'nt heard anything was wondering if there was enough emerging for some good fishing.

cicada map

 

[Fishidiot]

I haven't heard anything coming from Maryland (and haven't seen any there or here in SC PA).

Virginia and further south - couldn't say. I don't follow the news in detail down there.

 

[ryguyfi]

Here's the best site I found for the cicadas in PA.


http://ento.psu.edu/extension/factsheets/periodical-cicada


I tied up a handful intending to fish them with Dave this year but it never happened.

 

[bikerfish]

they are hatching in WV and VA, I've been down that way the past 2 weekends and saw some, not a bunch though. sorry, wasn't fishing, just riding, but there wasn't any water in the creeks anyways!

 

[albatross]

Looks like there have been cicadas near Harman's.

http://magicicada.org/databases/magicicada/map.html

I'll be there July 16-17 and give a report

 

[barbless]

I heard them yesterday in Vienna, Va (Fairfax County). They were buzzing in the trees at the Seldom Scene concert.

Might be nice to give cicadas a try on the Potomac nearby some time. Like in the morning, before it gets too hot.

From the map, it looks as if the Shenandoah River might be a good bet for cicadas. Maybe use a black popper, with some orange on the bottom.

Come to think of it, some sort of cork fly might make a good trout cicada imitation, too. I think fish are attracted by the ruckus that swamped cicadas put up with their wings. Anything that might impart that sort of action in the fly would be a help.

 

[BelAirSteve]

^ Seldom Scene - saw them open for John Prine 20 years ago in Baltimore...good to see they are still touring.

 

[ryguyfi]

Just remember there are 2 different types of cicadas. The annual ones are what most people know of. They're in the dog days of summer. The 13 and 17 year varieties are a bit smaller with more orange on their bodies. These are the ones that hatch in biblical proportions and can cause massive feeding frenzies of fish.

 

[pcray1231]

If you see lots of green on them = dog day cicada. Occur pretty much everywhere, every summer, in more normal bug numbers.

Black with orange markings = periodic cicada. Hatch in huge numbers but only every 13 or 17 years.

 

[dubthethorax]

Dog Day Cicadas are littering the front lawn at my job. I stopped by the Wissahickon the other day and the trees were full of them. You could hear the buzzing from a quarter mile away. Too bad there's no trout left.

 

[sandfly]

17 year cicada for Potomac area;

 

[barbless]

The buzz of cicadas has been massive in Northern Va. over the past few weeks. But so far I haven't seen a single live one- just one empty case.

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