Lake 23 Largemouth And Cicadas

[STL Matt]

Went to lake 23 cuz I heard there were bigger bluegills, but the first thing I noticed was that the lake was swarming with cicadas, and every time one fell in, it was only a matter of ten or twenty seconds before some ok-size largemouth would come eat'em. Lucky me, I had my fly rod and had some cheap poppers in the trunk, and caught my first-ever bass on a fly, and would've got more if I weren't dying of heat exhaustion at the time.... They aren't too big (most I saw looked about 12") but they sure are tuned in to big wiggly things on the surface.

[Thom]

Going to head out tomorrow morning to 23 with new fly rod and give it a try. Thinking about gathering some real cicadas and using them. Hundreds in our caldesac. If not I have some foam flies to try.

[stlfisher]

Nice. 22, 23, 21, 27, 28, and 31 have a ton of bass them in them. They are all small, but on the right day you can catch ton's of them. Lot's of fun on the fly rod. Don't fish by the parking lot's. Bring some bug spray the mosquito's are brutal right know. IF you want bigger bass fish the catfish only lakes...some big bass in those lakes, but it will be a long time between fish.

[STL Matt]

I thought about throwing an actual cicada out there, but they don't take too long to drown, so you might have to bait up every couple casts. Lemme know if it works, me and my fishing buddies had a little debate about it... I'll have to go try for some big guys next time I'm out there.