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06-22-2010, 01:18 PM
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: East Taunton
Posts: 658
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Lots of bites at the Canal.
Those damn Mosquitos disregard anything but 100% Deet. I think Deet is making my hair turn gray. I look like I got chickenpocks.
Vent over, back to fishing.
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Somebody just back of you while you are fishing is as bad as someone looking over your shoulder while you write a letter to your girl. ~Ernest Hemingway
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06-22-2010, 01:28 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Cumberland,RI
Posts: 8,555
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Skeeters are definitely part of the Canal equation.
I like to wear something with long sleeves and a hood. It can be hot but if you choose the materials , and fish at night , its usually tolerable. I also spray the bug repelent around the edge of the hood. It keeps most bugs off me without getting it on my skin. I do have to spray my hands directly though.
Sometimes them buggers will bite right through your pants so sometimes you have to spray the outside of your cloths.
Anyway , you want to minimize the number of bites if possible because skeeters carry some nasty diseases. Some that can even kill you.
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Saltheart
Custom Crafted Rods by Saltheart
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06-22-2010, 02:04 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Hyde Park, MA
Posts: 4,152
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I was out on Heard Pond in my kayak last night, and I only got bit twice. The problem wasn't as bad as I thought, that is until I turned on my flashlight, and then I saw just how bad this year is shaping up to be.
I had liberally applied the bug spray on my clothes and myself, leaving no spot uncovered and uncoated (or so I thought).
The damm skeeters kept after me once the sun set, and kept looking for that one hole in my defenses. They found spots just below my right shoulder blade and elbow. Other than that, they weren't that bad. The fishing was good, so it offset the skeeters buzzing around my ears.
The problem was when I turned on the flashlight (1 mill candlepower) and it looked like I was in the middle of a winter flurry of mosquitos!
I don't think there could ever be enough fish to take care of that many bugs in any one pond!
Thank goodness I picked up a second can of bug spray this spring, because I'm going to need it!
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06-22-2010, 03:10 PM
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Jiggin' Leper Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: 61° 30′ 0″ N, 23° 46′ 0″ E
Posts: 8,158
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They're effing relentless. I'm not allergic to their anti-coagulant that causes the bumps and itching, so I never really know when I've been eaten alive unless I feel them biting me. Which is a two-edged sword because I would venture to guess that I'm not immune to EEE or West Nile.
Last night was brutal--it was unbearably humid and you have to wear long sleeves and a heavy enough fabric to prevent them from biting you right through it--which means you sweat like a claimer in a stakes race and wear off the repellant in 20 minutes. Sweating DEET into your eyes and mouth is a real treat, too 
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Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools, because they have to say something.
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06-22-2010, 03:29 PM
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Night Stalker
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: ............
Posts: 3,605
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Insect Shield Scarf
I'm a wuss so I just bought one of these things for that exact reason. I wear a glove on my casting hand anyway so when they're really bad I'll probably wear one on my left hand.
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06-22-2010, 03:30 PM
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Respect your elvers
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: franklin ma
Posts: 3,368
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You guys are just trying to scare everyone off...
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It's not the bait
At the end of your line
It's the fishing hole
Where all the fish is blind
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06-23-2010, 03:58 PM
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__________________
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Recently relocated to the shores of Rhode Island - East Bay!
Posts: 505
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Quote:
Originally Posted by luds
I'm a wuss so I just bought one of these things for that exact reason. I wear a glove on my casting hand anyway so when they're really bad I'll probably wear one on my left hand.
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I second this. Been wearing one down there all year. With a hat and glasses to boot, you don't need much spray to get your head and neck fully protected. I've been looking into those light fingerless gloves the fly guys wear for the sun... A real wuss, but I can't take it... |
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06-22-2010, 08:02 PM
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Soggy Bottom Boy
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Billerica, Ma.
Posts: 7,260
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LL Bean has a line of cloths that's called Bug-Off
I don't have any experience with it but it's worth a try
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Surfcasting Full Throttle
Don't judge me Monkey 
Recreational Surfcaster 99.9% C&R
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06-23-2010, 11:54 AM
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Here fishy fishy
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Whoville
Posts: 2,266
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Quote:
Originally Posted by tattoobob
LL Bean has a line of cloths that's called Bug-Off
I don't have any experience with it but it's worth a try
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Orvis has the same and it works, Orvis is called Buzz Off I think. |
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06-23-2010, 02:57 PM
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Callinectes sapidus
Join Date: Oct 2001
Posts: 6,277
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little bastards were penetrating the s-wetsuit last night....  ,,,, and luds, they have no problem penetrating the glove either...I had a 5th knuckle in the middle of my hand when I got back to the truck last night
 ...beer helps soothe the pain though |
 ... it finally happened, there are no more secret spots
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06-23-2010, 07:26 AM
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Retired Surfer
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Sunset Grill
Posts: 9,511
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I use that green pump bottle of OFF. Takes care of them little buggers just fine.
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Swimmer a.k.a. YO YO MA
Serial Mailbox Killer/Seal Fisherman
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06-23-2010, 10:01 AM
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sick of bluefish
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: TEXAS
Posts: 8,672
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Is this more canal whining???
First no fish for a few days and now mosquitoes?
You guys should take up bowling!
Pansies.
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06-23-2010, 05:08 PM
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Very Grumpy bay man
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Rhode Island
Posts: 10,824
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Quote:
Originally Posted by RIJIMMY
Is this more canal whining???
First no fish for a few days and now mosquitoes?
You guys should take up bowling!
Pansies.
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JImmy, tell them about the mosquitoes out in the boat on The Bay. bastards bite off a chunk and fly off to land on a lobster bouy and eat it! |
No boat, back in the suds. 
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06-23-2010, 07:22 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2006
Posts: 132
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Quote:
Originally Posted by piemma
JImmy, tell them about the mosquitoes out in the boat on The Bay. bastards bite off a chunk and fly off to land on a lobster bouy and eat it!
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I don't know Paul, I've been driven almost mad by the mosquitoes at the canal this week before the sun comes up...never experienced anything like it in the past four seasons on The Bay.... |
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06-24-2010, 10:34 AM
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Retired Surfer
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Sunset Grill
Posts: 9,511
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New reality series coming from this post, SURVIVOR-THE CANAL.
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Swimmer a.k.a. YO YO MA
Serial Mailbox Killer/Seal Fisherman
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06-24-2010, 01:51 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Mansfield, MA
Posts: 5,238
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Forget waterboarding, tie a terrorist down naked at the canal and he'll be singing Bin Laden's location in minutes.
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06-24-2010, 02:06 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2004
Location: South of Boston
Posts: 2,605
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Now imagine what poor Back Beach had to go through where he was fishing, standing in the dark shirtless, fumbling with a zipper, dripping with sweat.... I am having a panic attack thinking about it.
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The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of what is elusive but attainable, a perpetual series of occasions for hope. ~John Buchan
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06-24-2010, 06:05 PM
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Uncle Remus
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Lakeville Ma.
Posts: 14,773
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Brutal this morning, with that humidity. Stuff I used was awesome. They came at me , I sprayed my hat and neck and arms and never bothered me again. Called Ben's 30% Deet wilderness formula. Awesome stuff. I don't spray my face, just my hat.
Last edited by ProfessorM; 06-24-2010 at 06:16 PM..
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"A beach is a place where a man can feel he's the only soul in the world that's real"
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06-24-2010, 06:13 PM
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BigFish Bait Co.
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Hanover
Posts: 23,392
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I second the "Skin So Soft"! I have used it for years....they never touch me! I have been down there the same times as many of you and while you are complaining.....I ask myself "What the heck are they talking about"? Buy it and try it kids! Bottle also fits nicely in my Skinz' bag!!!
Its right on your supermarket shelf!!
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Almost time to get our fish on!!! 
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06-24-2010, 06:39 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2004
Location: South of Boston
Posts: 2,605
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ProfessorM
Brutal this morning, with that humidity. Stuff I used was awesome. They came at me , I sprayed my hat and neck and arms and never bothered me again. Called Ben's 30% Deet wilderness formula. Awesome stuff. I don't spray my face, just my hat.
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Paul, where do you get Ben's? |
The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of what is elusive but attainable, a perpetual series of occasions for hope. ~John Buchan
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06-24-2010, 07:56 PM
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Uncle Remus
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Lakeville Ma.
Posts: 14,773
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sorry Peter but i forget, maybe #^&#^&#^&#^&s or Bass Pro Shop.
This is the stuff I have but did not buy it here. Looks like they have 100% deet stuff too but I had good luck with the 30%
Adventure Medical Kits - Ben's® 30 Deet Tick & Insect Repellent Pump Spray
I just looked and it looks like #^&#^&#^&#^&'s sell's it. |
"A beach is a place where a man can feel he's the only soul in the world that's real"
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