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Because you sweat more when it's humid (duh) and you body releases CO2 when you sweat as well as breathe, the mosquitos have a homing beacon right to where the food is.
If I am doing ANY night fishing, be it from shore or the yak, I wear long sleeves and PLENTY of bug spray. Any wind is going to disperse you CO2 trail, but given time, they WILL find you, not in sqaudrons of bombers, but kamakzis (singular attacks instead of groups).
It's like the killer bee attacks: they are more prone to attack when they sense CO2 (as if a predator were attacking the hive). They did a study of a hive, and the researcher, in a bee suit, approached the hive with no effect. He had his CO2 released through a tube away from the hive (like a deep-sea diver in the old movies).
When he brought the end of the tube up close to the hive, the bees attacked THE HOSE!
Mosquitos will fly around you when you apply sufficient bugspray, and if you can subdue/control your breathing, they will have nothing to home in on. Once you breathe regularly they will start flying right in your face.
This is from my own personal experiences, and should be verified on your own to learn what can work for you.
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