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bigcheese

06/06/2011 10:18PM

How are the mesqetoes and black flies been this year?
Planning a trip to kawishwi 6 -13

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boconorm

06/16/2011 01:27PM

Just got back from Shell and Lynx. Very few bug issues.

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slackard

06/25/2011 12:51PM

was up for a week in may, and again last week to Kawishiwi and then Brule. Bugs were nominal--didnt even use the deet spray. I think the temps have been low enough on average to keep them at bay.

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Savage Voyageur

06/25/2011 01:41PM

Bugs were not that bad last week. We had strong winds for three days and that kept them in the woods. I would plan on the worst and hope for wind. Find a campsite that has good wind flow to keep the little buggers away.

"So many lakes, so little time."

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Divainthewild

06/25/2011 01:50PM

I've been in twice this year - the bugs are out. However, it was windy both trips and the bugs couldn't compete with that. But - when the wind would die down........

I got munched on big time on the portages.

Use permathin!!

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Frenchy

06/27/2011 10:43AM

Came out on Saturday. I only applied deet one time in 8 days. The wind kept the little critters at bay all week.

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maxxbhp

07/01/2011 09:17PM

Same here. It got hot last Friday, a few flies. Skeeters were never really what I'd call bad. I hiked the Hanson/S Knife portage in shorts and flip flops, which is stupid but I didn't have any bug problems

"Old Nashville still has a song and dance, and the Florida girls still wear no underpants. And we all get drunk at the football game, yeh the new south, thank God is still the same" Hank Williams, jr

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fishguts

07/01/2011 10:13PM

It's the time of year for those ankle biters that drive you nuts....wear socks, even though it's hot.

fishguts

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oldgentleman

07/02/2011 08:04AM

I was in June 5 thru 13th. Bugs weren't bad most of the time. Mosquitoes were thick on long portage from Boulder River to Agnes. I pretreated my clothes with permethrin and took along a thermacell. I don't think I got bitten once.

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Bergy

07/03/2011 09:15PM

I was in 6/19 to 6/24. What seemed like a hundred misquitoes buzzed underneath the canoe with me on each portage but since I had treated my clothes and hat with permethrin and used a little DEET around my ears and the back of my hands, I didn't get bit once on the portages. Wind kept them at bay the rest of the time since the weather wasn't the greatest. The permethrin worked great as advertised.

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