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I was listening to the radio last week when the cicada's were mentioned. They went throught the list of nothing to worry about, non toxic, don't eat plants, etc. At the end they said it would be wise not to let your dog eat too many of them.

I have 2pups 5 and 6 months old. My lab is as good as a seagull swooping and picking something off the lawn without missing a step. I have fished dozens of rocks out of her mouth. I dread having to stick my hand half way up to my elbow down her mouth to fish a half crunched ugly beady eyed fat bug out of her mouth.

The 17 year cicada's were out the year I graduated from high school. They were so thick you couldn't walk without crunching at least some. Their fat little bodies made a most unpleasant pop. It is not cool to have bug guts on your shoes all day. Rolling a car along the street leading to the parking lot sounded like bubble wrap popping. I was ill till graduation.

I LOVE bass.

But in Ireland rod fishermen can only catch bass, and only two at a time...and have to throw small bass back (understandably).

But that makes Bass an expensive enough commodity in Ireland.

Bream? I'd never eaten Bream until I went to Portugal.
(Don't get them in Ireland)

Gorgeous!
I ate Bass and Bream (and with the exception of one night when I had a Portugese Stone Steak)..for fourteen nights. I thought I might as well enjoy what I can't have at home!

I'm going to make a return trip to the Algarve just for the Golden Bream and the cheap Bass!!!!

Thanks for the ping. I read about this in bassmaster. I am wondering what sort of lures I should get. I bet poppers would work nicely. And chuggers. But I need to hit the bait shop and look for something that looks just like these buggers. Tight lines!

Here was go:

At that time I'd simply gather up a large quantity of already dead locusts from where they'd fallen around the tree trunks and, after threading a locust on to a relatively large #1-size hook attached to a tapered leader, I'd flip-cast the bug into a shaded area right up near the bank. If I didn't get a strike within the first few seconds, I'd give my rod a little twitch causing the bug to move only a couple of inches. This nearly always triggered an actual attack by a frenziedly feeding fish. This year, in addition to using these same tactics, I intend trying a few artificials as well. In fact, I've already ordered a few "Arbogast Hucus Locusts" in their black and copper pattern (available from www.lurenet.com if you can't find them locally), as well as several of Bass Pro Shop's "Lazer Eye Locust" lures (from www.bassproshops.com), Rebel's "Crickhopper Poppers" (also available from www.lurenet.com), plus ordering a few cicada flies from T. Hargrove in St. Louis (call 1-314-968-4223 if you'd like to try these as well).