It is currently Thu Mar 28, 2024 12:47 pm

All times are UTC - 5 hours [ DST ]




  Page 1 of 1   [ 10 posts ] New Topic Add Reply
Author Message
 Post subject: Little Black Stonefly
PostPosted: Mon Feb 27, 2017 11:06 am • # 1 
User avatar
Hero Member

Joined: 08/27/15
Posts: 781
Location: New Jersey
We're having a mini winter heat wave, so my wife and I took the kayaks to a lake about half an hour from our house only to discover it was still mostly covered in ice. There was no point in launching so I did a little bank fishing but that's not the point of the story. Despite all the ice, a huge hatch of little black stoneflies was going on. They were all over the surface of the lake, on my clothes, in my hair, etc. Interestingly, I only saw one surface take. Food everywhere but the fish must still have been holding in deeper water below the ice. I don't know.

Image


Top
  
PostPosted: Mon Feb 27, 2017 1:07 pm • # 2 
User avatar
Hero Member

Joined: 12/29/12
Posts: 1835
Location: Rusagonis, New Brunswick, Canada
If they're 1/2 cm long or shorter, they're probably the same ones we get here, too. Always wondered if the fish were keying in on them, perhaps prior to emerging. Kind of moot, since our trout season doesn't open til April 15.
brent


Top
  
PostPosted: Tue Feb 28, 2017 9:52 am • # 3 
User avatar
Hero Member

Joined: 08/27/15
Posts: 781
Location: New Jersey
The little blacks are the first hatch of the year here in NJ. Showing up in February and March, often when there's still snow on the ground. This lake doesn't have trout, just bass, pickerel and sunfish. All warm water species, so the stoneflies have a huge advantage in the cold temps.


Top
  
PostPosted: Tue Feb 28, 2017 2:46 pm • # 4 
User avatar
Hero Member

Joined: 12/29/12
Posts: 1835
Location: Rusagonis, New Brunswick, Canada
Good evolutionary strategy, I'd say.
brent


Top
  
PostPosted: Wed Mar 01, 2017 8:49 am • # 5 
User avatar
Hero Member

Joined: 12/27/10
Posts: 2253
Location: Plano, TX
Do little black stoneflies wear little black dresses???? Inquiring minds want to know!


Top
  
PostPosted: Wed Mar 01, 2017 3:59 pm • # 6 
User avatar
Hero Member

Joined: 12/29/12
Posts: 1835
Location: Rusagonis, New Brunswick, Canada
:lol :eek
Geez, Cliff. Four pills once a day is NOT the same thing as one pill four times a day.


Top
  
PostPosted: Wed Mar 01, 2017 10:41 pm • # 7 
User avatar
Hero Member

Joined: 12/27/10
Posts: 2253
Location: Plano, TX
wheezeburnt wrote:
:lol :eek
Geez, Cliff. Four pills once a day is NOT the same thing as one pill four times a day.


Oh, maybe that's why my thinking has not been very sharp lately. :-[ Of course, there are some who would say that's nothing new for me. >:(


Top
  
PostPosted: Thu Mar 02, 2017 7:52 am • # 8 
User avatar
Hero Member

Joined: 12/29/12
Posts: 1835
Location: Rusagonis, New Brunswick, Canada
Cliff Hilbert wrote:
Of course, there are some who would say that's nothing new for me. >:(


:lol Acceptance is an important first step. Myself, I believe reality is for people who cannot handle drugs. ;)
brent


Top
  
PostPosted: Thu Mar 02, 2017 7:17 pm • # 9 
User avatar
Hero Member

Joined: 08/31/15
Posts: 1042
Location: Coppell, TX
wheezeburnt wrote:
Cliff Hilbert wrote:
Of course, there are some who would say that's nothing new for me. >:(


:lol Acceptance is an important first step. Myself, I believe reality is for people who cannot handle drugs. ;)
brent


That is cleaver! Stands on it's own. Destined for print along side other notable quotations from the likes of Casey and Yogi.


Top
  
PostPosted: Thu Mar 02, 2017 9:12 pm • # 10 
User avatar
Hero Member

Joined: 12/29/12
Posts: 1835
Location: Rusagonis, New Brunswick, Canada
Not mine. Variously attributed.
brent


Top
  
Display posts from previous:  Sort by  

  Page 1 of 1   [ 10 posts ] New Topic Add Reply

All times are UTC - 5 hours [ DST ]



Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 6 guests


You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum

Search for:
Jump to:  


- OurBoard Support -