I found one thing out this morning; Off does not work for gnats.
We headed out to Songjeon lake very early this morning but this time, with our waders as we wanted to try an area we’ve seen while exploring, but had never fished before. This is the first time I’ve taken the waders out but I can tell you, it won’t be the last. I wasn’t stuck on the shore like before, rather, I was able to walk out into the shallows to get to places I couldn’t even cast to from shore before. I need to buy me some chest waders, as the ones I have are hip waders which still limit how far out I can go. One downside of waders is that you can only carry so much equipment out with you, and it’s a minor pain to take fish off the hook, especially when one swallows the hook all the way down.
I caught both of these bass back to back within 2 minutes of each other near a patch of weeds (on black 5″ Senkos, for those who’re wondering) and I might have caught more out of the same area but as soon as I caught the second one, some other fishermen who were out there came over to fish the same spot, which didn’t bother me so much. What ticked me off was that they were both talking up a storm and rather loudly at that. Guess what? The fish stopped biting.
That, plus the annoyance of the gnats getting in our faces, made up our minds to leave that spot and try another up the road. But when we go there, it was already packed with carp fishermen with their 20 rods each and there was no room to cast for bass. My friend wanted to try an irrigation channel out near Asan Bay so we drove out there only to find that the water was extremely muddy from the recent rains, and we didn’t get one single hit out there.
The gnats out at Songjeon were just terrible, and even though I had sprayed some Off on me to keep the mosquitoes away, I found out it does absolutely nothing for gnats. They were in our eyes, nose, and ears – they were so bad I was afraid to open my mouth to say anything. Anyone know of something that’ll keep the gnats away?
I’ve been wanting a pair of those waist to chest high boots since I started fishing again, but we have a budget crunch at the moment. I haven’t been fishing in a few weeks, but I have gotten in a good bit of blackberry picking — to the point I’m sick of them.
For the gnats — try rubbing your exposed parts with a laundry dryer sheet. And bring a couple with you.
It works for me. How long it lasts depends on how much you sweat. And the stuff provides a nice smell too.
Last year, I lived in south Ga, and it is infamous for them. If you’re not from there, it will just about drive you crazy, but conviently enough, the state mental facility is located in that area…..
A laundry dryer sheet? Like Bounce? I’ll give it a try.
What part of south Ga? I lived in Valdosta for 4 years back in the early 80′s.
I find that an air conditioned living room will pretty much keep the gnats off, which is where I should have stayed today consideering the puny bass we caught this morning.
I was at the pay lake next to you until noon. Gnats in my nose, eyes, ears… no skeeters though.
Nomad, look for something with DEET. I still have a few tubes left from my active duty days. It repels everything, including small children. I have seen something in the BX with DEET in it. Yes, it costs a little more than standard Off.
Cheers
Is that all you got, two puny fish? My ass looks better than that.
Magoo,
Notice how everyone ignores you and your baiting comments?
Now – I do know for a fact that you’re very capable of making worthwhile contributions to topics and discussions because from time to time, you let down your guard and posted some really thought provoking and intelligent posts over on the KH forum. If you’re trying to get a rise out of me, you’re wasting your time…really. So I wish you’d get over whatever it is that’s causing you to leave these asinine comments.
Yes. Bounce or something like it. I can’t remember if the people who told me about it said use a certain brand, but I’ve used whatever we had at the house. It worked good enough for me most days, but when you’re sweating a lot, you have to keep applying it — you can use the same sheet a number of times.
The area was near Savannah — which is a low area and marshy, which made it worse…
Was that supposed to be some sort of “mulling?”
Other than the “monkees dancing” slur on the G.I.’s, I found myself actually agreeing with him (for a change).
You’re right of course Nomad.
Nice Fish!!!! I know the feeling about other fisherman taking your spot. I was fishing on Chongok lake one morning drop-shotting a bluff when two KBF boys pulled up between our boat and the bluff. Mr Yi, my bassing buddy, told them we had this place first and they replied that he had no class and fishing with a Megook prooved it. I eased the boat over so our gunwales were about an inch apart then eased in front of them so they could not traverse the bluff. They huffed and puffed a little muttering about KBF and that they had a tournament therefore they had the right to do what they wanted and eventually they left. I see that consideration of other anglers is still not the norm in the land of the “Morning Calm”