Forums36
Topics40,899
Posts557,082
Members18,451
|
Most Online3,612 Jan 10th, 2023
|
|
8 members (homewardbound, Justin W, Sunil, DenaTroyer, Freg, Donatello, jludwig, catscratch),
756
guests, and
207
robots. |
Key:
Admin,
Global Mod,
Mod
|
|
|
Joined: May 2013
Posts: 66
|
OP
Joined: May 2013
Posts: 66 |
Our blueberries got a bad infestation of Japanese Beetles this year. I bought a Japanese Beetle trap with a removable beetle trap. Just about every evening I dump thousands of Japanese Beetles into a bucket of water and toss them into my pond. The fish gobble them up like candy. Wondering if anybody else is doing the same?
I'm more like a pond servant.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2011
Posts: 534 Likes: 76
|
Joined: Jan 2011
Posts: 534 Likes: 76 |
I recall using Japanese beetles for sunfish bait as a kid. Some years the beetles would cover our hollyhocks. We'd catch RBS, GSF, PS on the adult beetles, and on the grubs. This was more than 50 years ago! Thanks for reminding me.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2014
Posts: 44
|
Joined: Jan 2014
Posts: 44 |
All types of sunfish love beetles. I tie a beetle fly and it works miraculously. Good for trout too.
|
|
|
|
Joined: May 2002
Posts: 1,654 Likes: 1
Ambassador Hall of Fame 2014 Lunker
|
Ambassador Hall of Fame 2014 Lunker
Joined: May 2002
Posts: 1,654 Likes: 1 |
It seems to be that a few years ago there was an article on this site that showed how to make a huge beetle trap that you could float on the pond and the bugs would drop directly into the water. It called for cutting the bottom out of a five gallon jug like you have in water coolers, placing it in a certain size inner tube, I think it was the 13 inch size of a Volkswagen beetle, and a giant beetle attractor you could buy on the internet. Floating it on the lake drew the bugs away from plants and never needed to be emptied. It seems like the story was that bluegill hung around it like they do to a bug lite or feeder.
"I love living. I have some problems with my life, but living is the best thing they've come up with so far." � Neil Simon,
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2013
Posts: 6,086 Likes: 93
|
Joined: Oct 2013
Posts: 6,086 Likes: 93 |
We have them in our garden this year by the thousands. Also in field corn cutting off the silks of the corn. I have never noticed them much in field corn or any other time for that matter. Must be the right conditions for them to thrive this year. We have had lots of rain.
John
I subscribe to Pond Boss Magazine
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2016
Posts: 38
|
Joined: Jun 2016
Posts: 38 |
It seems like when an area gets them for the first time they are really bad for a few years then taper off after they develop a prediator that gets a taste for them
|
|
|
|
Joined: May 2013
Posts: 66
|
OP
Joined: May 2013
Posts: 66 |
The japanese beetles are back. Just caught about 15 BG, 2 LMB and one whopping channel cat that broke me off. Some of the BG's are getting fat and big bumps on their heads. That was a lot like fun, one Japanese beetle on a small hook under a bobber. Doesn't get much better than that!
I'm more like a pond servant.
|
|
|
|
Joined: May 2013
Posts: 66
|
OP
Joined: May 2013
Posts: 66 |
Now my grass carp have developed a taste for the bugs. They come in and pretty much clean up all the beetles I throw in. CC, LMB, RES, BG and now GC are all chowing down on the beetles.
I'm more like a pond servant.
|
|
|
|
Joined: May 2013
Posts: 66
|
OP
Joined: May 2013
Posts: 66 |
I froze a small bottle of japanese beetles. These are effective baits at certain times. Wifey isn't a big fan of frozen beetles in the freezer though but there is no smell, no mess.
I'm more like a pond servant.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2018
Posts: 1,470 Likes: 107
|
Joined: Jun 2018
Posts: 1,470 Likes: 107 |
Are theses the bugs that look like lady bugs ?
|
|
|
|
Joined: Aug 2014
Posts: 3,952 Likes: 184
|
Joined: Aug 2014
Posts: 3,952 Likes: 184 |
Think most folks down south call them June bugs
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2014
Posts: 6,080 Likes: 1
|
Joined: Oct 2014
Posts: 6,080 Likes: 1 |
Last edited by Bill D.; 12/28/18 01:42 PM.
Be Brave Enough to Suck at Something New!
|
|
|
Moderated by Bill Cody, Bruce Condello, catmandoo, Chris Steelman, Dave Davidson1, esshup, ewest, FireIsHot, Omaha, Sunil, teehjaeh57
|
|