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Awesome Job! Again! ...and by the way does anyone know why it's called June Bug? I've wondered that for decades but never bothered to look into it.

In the Midwest, there is an insect called a June Bug that is very plentiful during the summer. As kids, we used to catch them, tie a thread onto one of their legs and watch them fly around (pre video game and cell phone days). As fish bait, they did not seem to work, grasshoppers were a much better ...

After asking I looked it up and I found that the first reference was in 1986. Mann’s plastics made a Black Grape with Green Flake and called it that but never said why. At least that’s what I read and we know that everything you read on the internet is true. So there you go!

Of course your plastic worm does not look like a June bug insect and lucky for you that it doesn't. Fish refuse to eat them so they must taste really bad if even a fish won't eat it. Never tried one myself so this is just conjecture.

But fish have probably never tried June bugs with Parmesan ...

June bugs are small,brown. They come around pretty much on time in June. The big green beetle is a Japanese beetle. That’s what you flew around on a string

It looks like there are some variations of the “June bug”. there are some metallic purple and green ones. Maybe the bug turns color in different stages of life? Must have been the inspiration in the color. Especially the metallic green flake.

I agree with Vinny, not the best place to shore fish! Most of the places you can fish from shore have no real structure and are not real inviting to the bass. You can catch some but I think El Cap is a far better bank fishing lake! San V was a better shore fishing lake when you use to be able to ...

The big green beetles we have in San Diego are fig beetles, not real good good at flying and tend to run into people!

Every year thousands of these would come out and be all over the garage door and driveway while trying to play basketball under the floodlight. Year in year out. They’re maybe 1/2” at most

So anyway, great job on the fish! Sorry to highjack your thread. Maybe it's time to bring back the Otay Special worm next!

VinnyBass wrote: Sat Nov 23, 2024 11:02 am OK, now that the Junebug thing has been discussed I have some other colors in the pumpkin variety of colors that I should test out. I remember the root beer color was really good years ago.

Do you remember Champagne Whiskey worms?

OK, now that the Junebug thing has been discussed I have some other colors in the pumpkin variety of colors that I should test out. I remember the root beer color was really good years ago.


Do you remember Champagne Whiskey worms?

It’s funny I heard of them, but I don’t remember ever ...

Nice

Anyone know where to get soft plastics in a Satan's fetus pattern? I am going on the theory that the uglier the bug, the more attractive to the fish. Also known as devil's baby, Jerusalem cricket and a host of other monikers.

https://www.cabinetmagazine.org/issues/25/dery.php#:~:text=As%20Satan's ...

Yeah back in the daywhen they stocked trout I used to walk back to the aqua duct and it was nice! I'd walk the shore line on the way out for a chance at a few bass. Now those banks are covered with huge gravel rocks.
I still see shore guys fish though from time to time.
I haven't been there for a ...

If only you had been using that Junebug color.

No skunk for you=) Nice work.

Thank you. I appreciate the info