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07-26-2011, 06:50 AM
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GrayBeards
Join Date: Jan 2011
Posts: 1,132
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Those are called SNOT flies...cuz it's SNOT fun fishing when those things are biting like that LOL
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07-26-2011, 08:32 AM
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zziplex lover
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: upper cape cod, MA
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The house fly's have been very bad this year.....driving me nuts.......those flys offshore bury there eggs and spawn out of whale poop.....that's why they are the worst when you are on the whale(tuna) grounds...........
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Lobster Troll #1
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07-26-2011, 09:04 AM
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GrayBeards
Join Date: Jan 2011
Posts: 1,132
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Well then they're #^&#^&#^&#^& flies 
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07-26-2011, 09:49 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Narragansett
Posts: 903
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JackK
They do bite through socks though.
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That they do. The fly problem is pervasive. While fluking out of Pt. Judith the other day, they were all over the boat and biting our ankles. At one point I knew I wasn't the only boat pestered when someone over the radio issued a general complaint about the fly inundation. |
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07-26-2011, 11:08 AM
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OLDGOAT7205963
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: CAPE
Posts: 693
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Sounds like deer flies to me. Don't wear dark colors or blue.
They should start to go away after the August full moon.
There so thick down Monomy that they can cary a small child away
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07-26-2011, 11:09 AM
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OLDGOAT7205963
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: CAPE
Posts: 693
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Shorty boots and oil skins help alot
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07-26-2011, 11:16 AM
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Certifiable Intertidal Anguiologist
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Somewhere between OOB & west of Watch Hill
Posts: 35,270
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~Fix the Bait~ ~Pogies Forever~
Striped Bass Fishing - All Stripers
Kobayashi Maru Election - there is no way to win.
Apocalypse is Coming:
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07-26-2011, 11:26 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: RI
Posts: 677
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Raider Ronnie
Flies everywhere !
They are everywhere !
Doing bass charters in Boston harbor the past 3 weeks they are all over my boat, and biting !
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A brother of the angle
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07-26-2011, 12:36 PM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Georgetown MA
Posts: 18,203
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Originally Posted by JohnR
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if those are them, a dude showed me a trick for them. Get a bright Blue Bucket and coat it w/ something really sticky. They can't lay off the color blue and when they land on it.....they're stuck.
Guy showed me how it worked and I'd say in 2 minutes max he had to have at least 40 of the fuggers stuck to the bucket |
"If you're arguing with an idiot, make sure he isn't doing the same thing."
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07-26-2011, 12:38 PM
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Not Jack
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Other Cape
Posts: 1,239
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JohnR
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Definitely not those- at least the ones that savaged me. I think Mikey is right that they're stable flies.
Stable fly - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Looked identical to a housefly, except with a sharp pointy bit for a mouth. And RR is right, they were slow and easy to kill, but there was no end to 'em |
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07-27-2011, 11:30 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Newtown, CT
Posts: 5,659
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No problem with flies off of Pt. Judith yesterday. I only noticed one on the boat all day.
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07-27-2011, 11:37 AM
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My brother is bald
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Parts Unknown
Posts: 4,516
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Definitely not deer, horse, or greenheads. I think those lil basstages are fast though. They look like a tiny housefly. I heard they laid down a bit at Race PT. Yesterday. Maybe it had something to do with that crazy heat wave. It strikes me odd that everyone in such a wide spread area from north to south and land to sea had such an issue with them on Sunday?? Two tornados in Western MA this year as well. Something funky is going down.
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