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Khall
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07/15/2018 09:34AM   (Thread Older Than 3 Years)
Looking for any info on how the bugs etc are currently. We normally do our trips in August and it’s hasn’t been to bad. This year we can’t make an August trip and we are looking for end of July. Anyone have any info on how band the bugs have been during the day?
Thanks!
 
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Benny50
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07/15/2018 04:38PM  
Just got back from a week going Snowbank to Adams to Lake One. Mosquitos and deer flies were both out and about, the intensity varied depending on the spot but I’d say they were moderate overall during the day. We had our headnets on about half the time while traveling.
 
07/15/2018 07:02PM  
nothing more than typical during the day.
 
Sandman2009
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07/15/2018 08:07PM  
We went out of the Kawishiwi entry point #37 and camped on Lake Polly. We came out on the 6th. Headnets, picardin/deet lotion, and two thermacells held them at bay, for the most part, on the windless days. When the wind picked up during the day, and the night it dropped into the low 50's they were shut down.
 
07/16/2018 06:53AM  
Light on SW end of Lake One week of July 4.
 
MFE
  
07/16/2018 03:24PM  
Just got back from a week on Lakes One, Two, and Three. Take your picardin! The mosquitoes aren't too terrible until dusk, but the ankle-biter flies are out in full force.
 
07/21/2018 06:09AM  
Just got back from Clearwater. Had some mosquitoes at dusk but not too bad.
Take socks as the stable flys ( ankle biters) are vicious.
 
yellowcanoe
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09/30/2019 04:59PM  
actually this thread is still salient if you are in Maine.. Chewed up fierce this last weekend.
 
old_salt
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09/30/2019 05:07PM  
What bugs?
 
09/30/2019 05:42PM  
yellowcanoe: "actually this thread is still salient if you are in Maine.. Chewed up fierce this last weekend."


Haha but not in MN. I would be surprised to see bugs anywhere north of Duluth right now.
 
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