Keeping the bugs off?

[Cane Pole]

Skeeters are attracted by light color clothes too. Breathing brings in skeeters and so does sweat and noise. Sweat contains lactic acid which the skeeters can sense. Read this in the farmers almanac long time ago.

So, don't breathe, take a bath , be quiet and wear camouflage. Apply chemicals when needed.

[jmh9000]

I use Off Smooth and Dry formula. It is amazing and doesn't have that awful bug spray smell. I'll fish all night and not have a single bit.

[fishmanjoe]

I 4th or 5th the thermacell. You might still have gnats around, but shouldn't get any bites.

[albiechaser]

All I do is night stalk in the summer, no bug problems at all, I use one green light off the side down around 2 feet, once your eyes adjust there's no need for extra lights, I use a double miners light with a red filter on the led for dealing with fish, if i need to tie a hook on i switch it to the white light, but turn that sucker off right away after im done, smoking a cig every once in awhile helps too, lol
Good fishing

[fishmanjoe]

smoking a cig every once in awhile helps too, lol
Good fishing

My Grandfather never drank and never smoked EXCEPT for smoking cigars when fishing in the summer to keep the bugs off. He died young of a heart attack after shooting a big buck on opening day of gun season, wish I would have known him longer.

[albiechaser]

My Grandfather never drank and never smoked EXCEPT for smoking cigars when fishing in the summer to keep the bugs off. He died young of a heart attack after shooting a big buck on opening day of gun season, wish I would have known him longer.

wow sorry to hear that, what a way to go, when i was a kid we used to burn punks, (cat tails) we'd stick em in the ground next to us on the bank, and have at em, mmmmmmmm maybe i should try burning one on the boat, lol

have a great day
Steve

[Hanr3]

Hanr3, i'm not gonna differ with you about skeeters in your part of the world, but i don't think that knocking off the sodas, and campfire smoke would do a lot to deter these buggers we got around in our neck of the woods. I overheard one skeeter say to the other once "do you want to eat him here or take him away before the big ones show up?" Besides i'm just to durned purty to walk around smellin like a smokehouse

I have lived all over the US, and traveled throughout the world. Your skeeters are small by comparision.
The worst was in Alaska, talk about unrelentless, some days the noise itself was enough to drive you nuts. When you live outside for months on end, you learn how to deal with insects, actually mother nature in general. Your either in tune to her drum or your bait.

[Uncle BS]

I have lived all over the US, and traveled throughout the world. Your skeeters are small by comparision.
The worst was in Alaska, talk about unrelentless, some days the noise itself was enough to drive you nuts. When you live outside for months on end, you learn how to deal with insects, actually mother nature in general. Your either in tune to her drum or your bait.

Worst I ever saw them was in Venice La, I thought we had em bad in Ala, but it is nothing compared to Venice.

[jackie53]

We have have two sizes of skeeters here the small ones go through screen the large ones opens the door and walks right on in!!!!!!! "THEY WANT YOUR BLOOD"

[Andy1270]

Once I found the Thermacell kits, I never looked back at those sprays, etc. They are fantastic for fishing and camping.