Those pesky mosquitos

[Bodofish]

Beerman,
Fact, mosquitos are drawn to heat and CO2. So drink more beer, cool down and quit all that breathing.

DEET is the only thing that really deters them. Not Avon (can't believe any self respecting man would), not vitamins, all wives tails. Yes wives tails. Ask Uncle Sam. Many tests done to protect our boys (and girls) from the pesky little vermin.

Spent many years in AK during "the season" and I've seen all tried and all failed. Even seen the garlic treatment......... keep everything else away but the skeeters and the bears. Seems the bears like cuisine.

When they're bad my personal choice is "Frogtoggs" and a good cigar. Oh did I forget...... more beer.
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Right on Bodo, you just gave me an excuse to kick back more brewskies. I can't say my wife will appreciate that though, haha! Good info man, and I honestly don't think the repellent I have been using had deet in it, and if it did it was a low concentration of it.... Question back to you though. I have heard that Alaska's mosquitos are far bigger than ours? fact or fiction? How much bigger? My wife's uncle lives in Alaska, and we have been talking about making a trip over there for a few years now.

Beerman (who needs to drink more beer apperantly, lol)

It kind of depends where you are. In southeast they get the size of small birds. Up north and west they're tiny little guy's and zillions of them. I was in Bethel during the hatch and no one would go out side. The moose went crazy and I'm glad I never saw a bear. I had a processing barge that was 80ft long and I could stand on one end and barely see the other they were so thick. Really bad scene. Only lasted a little over a week and they were mostly gone. Arctic, live hard, die fast.

[fishnislife]

Joe, I found what you need.
http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templ ... id=0005002



fishnislife

[Fish-or-man?]

Wow! I think I'll pick one of those up. With that, cover-alls and gloves you'd be Superman as far as the mosquitos are concerned!

[beerman1981]

SWWEEEEETTT! I'm gonna get me one of those!

Beerman

[panfisher]

ther have been a few times when the bugs were so bad that i would've tried a shot gun to rid them, but i i don't think i could 've carried that much ammo. if sound waves helps i could try singing more because the guys in the choir when i was in highschool stood away from me when i belt out those throat voices. deet is the best stuff its just the application that can be the problem, my wife swell up bad from the fly bites. the new clothing line and deet together is suppose to be the best way to ward off the bugs. <')//<