Mayfly hatch

[FinallyBackNorth]

Yes, the rumor is confirmed. It's soo bad that I thought I had painted my car black, but after kicking the mayfiles off, it's still white! The old timers in the area are saying it's as bad or worse than they can ever remember. This was in Wigwam Bay. Fishing remains slow too, by the way!

[muskiegary]

was there tuesday and wendsay thik as ever there was so many were ever you walk thier there this from sunset slow here too

[Roosterslayer05]

Those arnt Mayflies, I was up there last weekend and they were just starting to hatch they are FishFlies not mayflies, mayflies are bigger and have a long tail, they also have rounded wings that stick up kinda like a butterfly, mayflies usually hatch later than fishflies like in june to july. I have been up there when the Fishflies are so thick if you open your mouth you eat some, I hope its not that bad this weekend.

[Zaraspooks]

Just heard that the mayfly hatch was bad on the west side near Garrison. Any truth to the rumor???

The Spook

[Ole #1]

It's true, I was up there on Monday and they were pretty thick.

[Mayfly]

You are right....Those aren't Mayflies..I should know..

[Casaloma]

Guys, has to be some way to get bites on fishflys coming to the top.?
Any suggs?

[Roosterslayer05]

I have killed the smallies on calm days with toppwaters when the mayflies are out and falling in the water

[Guest]

Those Aren't Mayflies! Don't believe that the walleye don't bite when there is a hatch whether it is mayfly or fish fly. The walleye are biting but you have to try 2 or 3 diferent types of places and presentations.

Ron

[Mayfly]

This my friends is a "Mayfly", and this my friends is the same little fly that infested Macs this past week. They were everywhere. Not Fish Flies.

Ephemeroptera is a group of 2,000 insect species commonly known as mayflies. They are considered to be part of the clade Uniramia which includes silverfish and dragonflies, among others. Ephemeroptera and Odonata are the only extant orders of winged insects in the infraclass Paleoptera. All other insects with wings are in the Neoptera, and are characterized by a wing articulation (joint) that allows them to fold their wings back over their abdomens at rest (Carpenter, 1992).

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[Benny]

Mayfly, I have to admit that is what we had at Agate Bay resort all weekend.Besides the darn rain, those little bugs were everywhere.I marked clouds of them around the reef, only saw a few fish landed all weekend too.

I also though them to be fish flies, I thought the mayfly had the long tail that looks like a hair growing up and out.

Benny

[MuskieSlayer]

I’m on the north end and the hatch here is not of the Mayfly (Ephemeroptera) or the Fishfly (Megaloptera) variety. I’ve vacuumed enough of these buggers up in my home the past week that I’m sure they are neither Fishflies nor Mayflies. The swarms of insects that look like wisps of smoke above the trees and cover just about everything in sight are actually Midges (Chironomids), also referred to as "blind mosquitoes".

MIDGE

Mayflies, Midges and Caddisflies are commonly referred to as fishflies, but fishflies are actually of a different species altogether. I believe that Fishflies have biting jaws like Dobsonflies and other Megaloptera, and as you all know this current hatch does not bite.

DOBSONFLY

Mayflies fold their wings above their back vertically and have “long antennae like tails” (2 or 3 of them). The picture that "Mayfly" posted does not show the long tail. Don’t worry the Mayfly hatch is on its way and some might be mixed in with the Midges. But Mayflies don’t typically have as big of a hatch as the current Midge hatch.

MAYFLY

Caddisflies look more like a small moth and we usually see a hatch or two of these as well.

CADDISFLY

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[Roosterslayer05]

Muskie- I know that fishflies and Midges are actually different but around Mille Lacs along time ago people started calling the midges "fishflies" and now thats what everyone calles Midges at Mille Lacs. So if you hear a guy say fishflies at mille lacs you know he is talking about midges. I have a cabin on the West side and I dident see a single mayfly all weekend, But I did see thousands of Fishflies(Midges). As Muskie already said Fishflies are those bugs that hatch in huge numbers and swarm like tornadoes above the roads. I have been up there when you cant open your mouth when your outside there so thick. Mayflies usually arnt as bad and the main hatch is later then the main hatch of Fishflies, Some Mayflies hatch all year, I see a couple from may till August.