catching live cicadas for bait

[fisho999]

hey all,
how would I go about catching live cicadas for bait?

[fishingvic]

Wait for a hot day... hear their mating call...climb tree... catch cicada!

[fisho999]

Haha, tried that before. I remember one night i walked along my drive way and there was hundreds that had dropped out of the trees. Don’t know if that happens a lot or if it doesn’t but I might go out one night and try to get some.

[ducky]

What's the benefit? Pain to keep alive and Less work throwing a cicada lure around instead of cicada catching.

Was donging some trout last weekend and over the couple hour sesh watched about 5 cicadas float by on the surface. Didn't see any get hit.

[Sebb]

Never heard of anyone cicada live baiting before.
Be good for aussie bass maybe.
Give it a try and let us know.

[brother_stern]

Not sure about cicadas, but black crickets are good bait. Fished with them in Hopkins River last April, on the way from work at Mortlake and trout loved them.