Midge hatch at Pigeon lake

[Heater]

Seen this on the CBC news. Pigeon Lake over run with midges. I guess there was a super Chironomid hatch at some point.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmon...dges-1.6046005

[Sundancefisher]

Originally Posted by Heater

Seen this on the CBC news. Pigeon Lake over run with midges. I guess there was a super Chironomid hatch at some point.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmon...dges-1.6046005

It’s funny seeing people freaking out over midges.

In Iceland there is a lake with lots of midges and tourists can be scared of them.

[alacringa]

Originally Posted by Sundancefisher

It’s funny seeing people freaking out over midges.

In Iceland there is a lake with lots of midges and tourists can be scared of them.

Well, it's not nice inhaling the little bastards, but people do get WAY to worked up about insects. I deal with them and do the best to keep them out of my nose.

[Mr Flyguy]

Meh, it's nature. Live with it or stay home and watch CNN!

[Drewski Canuck]

Same thing at Calling this weekend, and many weekends to come.

Perhaps if everyone understood that the massive "fishfly" hatches are the backbone to the health of the lake, and to big healthy fish of every species, we could put it all in perspective.

Now the tough part is that when a hatch is underway, fishing is pretty tough simply because the fish are stuffed to the gills with midge larvae.

Fishing early morning is best before the hatch gets under way. Once the hatch is going, bigger plugs pulled mid depth in the shallows seems to be what will convinced very stuffed fish to hit.

Drewski

[Penner]

Keep your mouth close while ripping across the lake. Then again if you like protein shakes then keep it open…

Pretty much the norm up in the Lakeland area every June. Little surprising to see such a hatch closer to Edmonton.