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What's the greatest saltwater bitin' bug repellent nowdays? Anybody had any luck with Bug Mace? Is DEET a, no-no?

Bullfrog Mosquito Coast works for me

treat your clothes/hats with Permethrin. will last on your clothes through a few washings and works good for skeeters and no-see-ums. good against ticks too. you can buy spray permethrin from places like Forestry Suppliers, Ben Meadows.
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heard that listerine works. put it in a spray bottle and go. havent tried it. i will soon though.

tried the listerine while at my sisters house in Savannah( No-see-ums are terrible over there), didn't work too well. had to re apply about ever 5 min.

Chalk wrote:Bullfrog Mosquito Coast works for me

Same here. I like the Bullfrog.

Bullfrog good stuff. I also keep a thermocell on board if its not too windy.

DEET works pretty well on most all the winged blood suckers except no-see-'ums. When the no-see-'ums get thick, they think of 100% DEET as hot sauce. Skin-So-Soft works on no-see-'ums. Not as a repellant, but it leaves an oily film on your skin and they're so small they get stuck in it and drown. Sunscreen applied thick and not completely rubbed in will work like this, too.

Like Barhopr said, Permethrin works well applied your hat and clothes.

For ticks and chiggers plain old powdered sulfur is the best I've seen. The last bottle I got was from CVS in Crawfordville, but any pharmacy should be able to get it if they don't have it in stock. I just dump some in an old sock, tie a knot in the top, and dust with it before getting dressed. Store the sock in a Zip-Lock bag.
Warning: The clothes you wear after dusting with powdered sulfur will smell like sulfur from then on. The clothes in the washing machine that you throw the sulfur clothes in with will smell like sulfur from then on. Sure it will eventually wash out, but some spousal units just don't seem to see the benefit of have tick proof undergarments.

A sprinkle of Pine-Sol here and there around the perimiter of the boat keeps out most flying insects "never really noticed the affect on noseeums though" I guess I'll try and pay more attention next time I use it

I had a thermacell going this weekend and it worked alot better than I was expecting. It was the first time I used it but it wont be the last.

I have had good luck with cactus juice. And the wind...

Cactus Juice has worked GREAT on everything BUT noseeums

I purchased Web-away Florida Special Insect Repellent through a group buy on another forum and have been pleased with the results. I mainly use it on no-see'ums, but I'm sure it would work on other biting flies. It is expensive, but worth it to me.

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wevans wrote:Cactus Juice has worked GREAT on everything BUT noseeums

Hey wevens...how do yer know that if yer can't see 'em
my good lady took "GOOD" advice in Belize jungle and used "Avon Skin So Soft"..............yep they loved her, she looked like a Pizza by the time the noseeums had finished feeding on her, ........that stuff is crap, big time,

I have contemplated putting a ThermaCell on the boat (and definitely at the fish cleaning station at Aucilla), but have always wondered 1) if it worked on the noseeums and 2) how often you have to replace the cartridges?? Looks like some of you have had success with it, but any answers to the cartridge issue?