Okay going to do some sturgeon fishing but the skeeters are really bad...either from the boat or shore.

I have used a Thermacell but found them to be okay at best.

Any suggestions ??

Bugshirt

Lemon Eucalyptus is what I use

Just buy a Thermacell, get it going and go fishing... mosquitoes gone and zero biting flys.

5000 units vitamin D during the summer and a long sleeve cotton button up shirt, spray some deet on your hat. You could also bring a fogger and get a couple hours bug free.

Thermacell. It works better than anything else I have found.

One thing a lot of people don't realize is shirt color has a lot to do with any biting bug. Any dark colored shirt/clothing attracts bugs. They bother a yellow or white shirt a lot less than a dark one. Lighter colors will keep you cooler too. More heat in the dark colors and more bug lure emits for them.

Wont be a cure all for the amount of bugs this year but color sure does help.
I've found yellow or light tan to be the best.

I had a Thermacell but the mosquitoes flew off with it

Ya, I have tried and tried my thermacell and always thought it worked just ok. Lots of bites still, but fewer of them. Tried it at my trap cabin build and was impressed. No bugs. Then evening fell and the bugs descended upon me and it was regular ol deep woods off to the rescue.

it is so dry here,Hutchy there are hardly no blackflies or mosquitos compared to normal.Lots of forest fires.
The horseflys,however are out in full force.
When I fish from shore I make a smudge-the best remedy to keep biting bugs away.Loose fitting long clothes with cuffs help a lot if you cant light a smudge.

Our buffalo gnats are finally going down again, couple weeks ago we had a lot of rain and gnats came back, usually they are gone late June, when they came back there were more of them and they were more aggressive than June ones

Boco, the skitters here can't handle the heat of the day, and even in the past week there are fewer at night. So dry. The deerflies here are having a great time. Lots of them. Can smell the fire at the French river today. All of the French river, key river and henvy inlet fn is evacuated. 5000 acre fire. Need rain. I'll take some more bugs over the fire risk. Haven't seen a blackfly in literally six weeks or more

Bugshirt!! All else is temporary

Check into eating garlic! I've heard that it repels insects. Local ranchers are feeding their cattle garlic and swear it helps keeps flies off the cows!!!
Maybe even rubbing garlic water on your skin..

What is a bug shirt ??

I can only guess

Well your skeeter are more like birds, big birds at that.

My thought too

What river?

Google bug shirt, my buy and me both bringing them to escanaba!!

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