12 hours ago, tander said:

Wish Yamamoto  Senkos came in true Junebug. Maybe the new owners will change it. Junebug is my most used plastic bait color.

 

In the video I watched Larry Nixon said he had complained for years that the Junebug color had changed. He finally convinced Yamamoto to research the issue & sure enough the manufacturer of the Mann's color Black Grape had in deed changed. Larry proudly held up two hundred count bags of Senkos & swim Senkos in the new Junebug color.

Producto lures made some of the first junebug worms followed by culprit, at least here in Florida.
We always said when you buy a Florida fishing license, you should get junebug worms, a chrome blue rattletrap, a white spinnerbait and a silver Rapala and you can catch bass anywhere in the state. 

6 hours ago, Catt said:

 

In the video I watched Larry Nixon said he had complained for years that the Junebug color had changed. He finally convinced Yamamoto to research the issue & sure enough the manufacturer of the Mann's color Black Grape had in deed changed. Larry proudly held up two hundred count bags of Senkos & swim Senkos in the new Junebug color.

 

So does this mean that Yamamoto is coming out with the new old Junebug or do we have to get some from Nixon? ?

2 hours ago, tander said:

 

So does this mean that Yamamoto is coming out with the new old Junebug or do we have to get some from Nixon? ?

 

Yamamoto is or has come out with the old color, Nixon just has a little more pull than us.

That pic looks a lot like our junebugs.  June bug is a great color. It’s one of my go to colors on lizards. 

No love on June bug lizard today. 

Our current state record LMB was caught on a 6" Zoom Junebug Lizard. 14LBS 9.5OZ.

1 hour ago, Log Catcher said:

Our current state record LMB was caught on a 6" Zoom Junebug Lizard. 14LBS 9.5OZ.

Wow!   Texas rigged?

 

I was neko.rigging mine. Right/wrong it looked awesome, but no bites

This is a good thread to bring back up. I was just thinking about the Ky cicada hatch in ‘25 and I think surrounding states is this summer. 
 

I was talking about June bugs and how bright metallic green some are. Has anybody got anything close to that green? Then I see lots of the brown ones here and Japanese beetles are abundant. I guess I got topwater on my mind in winter, but it is everybody’s favorite when the bite is good. 
 

I lipped and held that state record on the June big lizard Log Catcher. I happened be at a taxidermist in London and he showed it to me. Big rascal. 
 

Anybody have a color topwater to match the metallic green junebug?

Interesting.

 

Here, we call those large ones June beetles.

 

Junebugs are interchangeably used with Mayfly. Aka "fish fly" or I've heard them referred to as "shad flies" in some parts of the US.

 

In Ohio, I've heard them referred to as "Canadian Soldiers"

On 1/21/2022 at 5:38 PM, Darth-Baiter said:

I ordered some plastic from Zoom in June-bug.  what an interesting color!!  I can't wait to try it on some of our California Bass.  I think it would be a good dirty water color.  the water I typically see in Clearlake, at Springtime.  I got the 6" lizard!!  I killed them in Green pumpkin last year.  

 

in Texas, we had a bug called the June Bug because they showed up in June.  the insect was NOT purple.  it was a rusty, brown color.

 

 

We have these in Indiana too and had them in Minnesota as well when I was still up there. Never seen a green version. Called them Junebugs in both places and they suck to get thumped by them on the motorcycle!!

 

Never had much luck with the bait xolor. Sounds like I need to give them more of a chance

12 hours ago, FrnkNsteen said:

We have these in Indiana too and had them in Minnesota as well when I was still up there. Never seen a green version. Called them Junebugs in both places and they suck to get thumped by them on the motorcycle!!

 

Never had much luck with the bait xolor. Sounds like I need to give them more of a chance

If you think Junebugs hurt when on a bike, try hitting a Palmetto bug...they will flat out knock you out.