MOONLITTIN PANACEA

[FUTCHCAIRO]

LAST NIGHT JIMMY HOLDEN CAME BY AND WANTED TO KNOW IF I WANTED TO GO CATCH SOME TROUT. NATURALLY I COULD NOT TURN HIM DOWN. HE HAD JOHN ARNOLD, A CLIENT, WITH HIM. WE LAUNCHED THE BULLET AT PANACEA ABUT 1 A.M., THE MOON JUST UP GOOD, IT WAS A DEAD CALM WHEN WE LEFT THE RAMP. WE HAD THE BEST DEER FLY, YELLOW FLY, AND NO SEEUMS BITE WE HAVE EVER HAD. WE HIGH TAILED IT OUT OF THE CHANEL HOPING TO GET RID OF THOSE PEST BUT THEY STAYED WITH US. USED UP 2 CANS OF DEET AND THEY JUST KEPT COMING. WE ENDED UP ABOUT 2:30 A.M. , THE PEST STILL BITTIN. THE THREE OF US CAUGHT 15 TROUT ALL TOGETHER, HAD 9 KEEPERS BETWEEN 17-24" BY 2:30 A.M. WE ALL HAD ENOUGH OF THE BITES ON OUR BODIES FROM THE BUGGS AND WE HEADED IN. WATER TEMP. WAS 80 DEGREES, DEAD CALM, LIGHTING AND THUNDER ABOUT 30 MILES TO THE EAST , THE MOON A LITTLE PAST FULL. CAUGHT THE TROUT ON SKITTER WALK, DALTON SPECIALS, DEVIL HORSE, AND BASS BUZZ BAITS. DID NOT CATCH ANY SHARKS BUT DID CATCH 10-12 SNALL BLUES. I AM STILL SCRATCHIN THOSE YELLOW FLY BITES, JUST PUT SOME BAKING SODA ON HOPE IT WILL STOP THE STING.
THE BUGGS WERE THE WORST THAT I HAVE EVER SEEN THEM OVER AROUND PINEY ISLAND AND JUST ABOUT EVERYWHERE WE WENT. IT WAS NICE TO CATCH SOME NICE TROUT , BUT IT WAS NOT VERY PLEASANT FIGHTIN THE BUGGS.
PA THE OLD MAN OF THE SEA

[RHTFISH]

Sounds like great fun except the bugs!
Can't wait until weekend...gotta get out about 3 am at Econfina and
toss some topwaters.

[jsuber]

I've been looking to get eat up with bugs really bad, do you recommend not showering and an open wound? Does the deet help them to find you easier in the dark?

[FUTCHCAIRO]

AFTER LAST NIGHT I AM BEGINNING TO THINK THAT THE DEET JUST DRAWS MORE OF THEM. WE WOULD SPRAY EACH OTHER FROM HEAD TO FOOT AND IT WORKED FOR ABOUT 5 MINUTES, THEN THEY WOULD HOME IN ON US AGAIN. NOT MUCH FUN WHEN YA HAVE TO QUIT REELING AND SLAP BUGGS.
PA

[Reel Slow]

Your tougher than I am PA. Sounds like a great adventure!

[Old Dog]

I've still got to make one of those moonlight cruises, heard some good reports from you through the years from those midnight outings.
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[2true]

Hydrocortisone works GREAT at ending the itch from the bug bites. ( Cortaid, Hydrocortone, Hydrocort, Cortizone, Hydrocort, ect.)

[FUTCHCAIRO]

HEY 2TRUE, I TRIED CORTIZONE LAST NIGHT BUT IT DID NOT SEEM TO HELP, TRIED BAKING SODA THIS MORNIN, IT HELPED SOME BUT CALAMINE LOTION DID THE TRICK.
PA