We had a huge hatch here last year. I've never done well on orange crankbaits here on KY Lake. I painted some cranks orange with milk chocolate brown back and stripes. We murdered crappie on them while the hatch was going on. It shut off after the hatch was over.
There is no doubt that every species of fish in KY lake was feeding on the cicadas. One would hit the water where we were trolling in 20+ feet and SWIRL, it would be gone. No idea what most of the swirls were from but they didn't let one sit on the water more than a couple of minutes.