Lots of bites at the Canal.

[crisco]

I had one of those Buffs on the other weekend, I wear them alot. They work pretty well and are not too hot.

You get some strange looks though when the sun comes up!

[Circlehook]

The fog was great on sunday night as it kept them away, but they where there heavy last night, the fog came in again right about the turn at midnight, but the damage was done.

I had long sleeves and 100% deet that I applied like it was shampoo.

[FishermanTim]

I wear the same getup when I fish, whether it's May, July, August or October.
I wear a long sleeve turtle neck shirt, and a nylon wind breaker.
Any exposed areas get blasted with bug spray before I put on my gloves.

Keep in mind that I do this wading down the canal or on the bridge in Duxbury because the skeeters are bad, PEROID.
I've gotten weird looks from others when I fish in Duxbury, until they end up doing the mosquito "slap-dance" because they are too exposed and those little blood-suckers will find somewhere to bite!

I should mention that it's not the little ones that I'm defending against.
Those are easy: just bug spray.
The ones I'm fighting against are the "tiger" mosquitos, are relatively new import from across the pond. They are bigger than the traditional ones, and are much more agressive. They will fly in you face, eyes, ears and nose. Bug spray does work, but they play "the numbers game" by CONSTANTLY landing and biting, landing and biting, etc.... with the hopes of striking oil. They are also notorious for what I call "the hit and run" bite. They land and bite very quickly, so that more often than not they escape your swat.

Bottom line: COVER UP AND BUG SPRAY

[WESTPORTMAFIA]

Get some good heavy duty spray and get some in your mouth. It goes numb like you ate coke and you won't think about the bugs as your TWEAKING OUT. I can't feel my mouth!!!!!!!!

[tattoobob]

Originally Posted by WESTPORTMAFIA

Get some good heavy duty spray and get some in your mouth. It goes numb like you ate coke and you won't think about the bugs as your TWEAKING OUT. I can't feel my mouth!!!!!!!!

I thought I was the only one who thought that

[Finaddict]

Get a mosquito suit, when I lived in Miami and fished the Everglades every weekend, you never experienced mosquitos so bad ... especially during the summer when the fishing was best, the bugs were the worst ... 23 varieties of mosquitos call the Everglades home ... they were so bad, you could not breathe, open your eyes, truly a miserable way if you were not prepared ... we would wear the mosquito netting suites head to toe ... plus the gloves which also provided protection from the sun and gripping on the push poles ... sometimes when I forgot it we would spray ourselves with yard gaurd - I could have sworn it made my boys shrink ... but when your boat is trapped under the mangroves and its 95+ degrees, you do anything to get rid of them ... but you can find these suits online, I don't remember the brand ... but they keep the bugs away for the most part.