besides a bee keeper hat

    Bug spray.

I can't actually recommend this because it's bad for your health, but if you enjoy puffing on cigars they are great to keep the bugs off of you.

bug spray and cigar and cigerrets do not work here in south florida.

bug spray and cigar and cigerrets do not work here in south florida.

    Try Listerene then.

Sweet-n-low and water. The Aspartame keeps them away.

lol I'm from louisiana and I can understand where you're coming from... bug spray helps but never 100% effective, and smoking is bad...  The only thing that I know is when your catching alot of fish you don't tend to notice them as much.  Citronella candles and burning citronella oil both work well but idk about putting them in your boat... have you tried a thermocell??? they work really well around here for mosquitos and knats when i'm squirrel hunting and deer hunting.  I've never tried it while fishing but i imagine it would work.  Look up thermocell on google and you'll see what I'm talkin about.  They sale them at any walmart and most sporting good stores.  Try it it may work.

ive never tried sweetnlow or thermasil.ill give it a go!gnats are so bad here its not even funny! thanks guys

I'm not trying to hijack the thread but BassFishinMagician looks like Joe Satriani. I assume that's you in your avatar. Check out the similarity.

ive never tried sweetnlow or thermasil.ill give it a go!gnats are so bad here its not even funny! thanks guys

I was joking.

Noseeums that hang around hardwoods while you are Deer Hunting are immune everything, cover your entire body.  They eat DEET as a meal.  For gnats, the type from Macon Ga. down, Bounce dryer things seem to work.  Diluted Skin So Soft works for some people, it clogs my pores and just makes me hot.  Bug spray on my ears and under the bill of my cap works for me.  If the bugs are too bad, fire up the big motor and go somewhere else.  Odd, when I am catching bass, the bugs do not bother me.  Except for Black Flies, I swell up in a hurry when bit by them.

tin you had me! hook line and sinker my dumb@zz would of hose down with sweetnlow ;D

ive never tried sweetnlow or thermasil.ill give it a go!gnats are so bad here its not even funny! thanks guys

I was joking.

    I'm glad you told him.  That dude would have been torn up with bug bites.

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Sweet n low really does work!

Haha. Tell us how it goes!

Skin-so-soft works pretty well.  When I lived in NC we always had it nearby.  Pipe and cigar smoke work well too, even in Florida, but you have to exhale it on your skin and not just into the air.

Here in certain parts of New Jersey, especially coastal areas, we have greenhead flies that will take chunks out of you. Bug spray to them is just salad dressing.

thats like that in va too misquitos are real bad this year they ate off my bug spray the more i wear the more they liked it. but on the real i never tried but people i no swear by dryer sheets what brand not sure but the say rub it on then carry it inyour pockets. like i said never tried but my friend always used it when we do masonry work in wooded areas

Gnats: nothing you can do except netting - Have been chased off the lake by hydrilla gnats.

No-See-Ums: Deep woods off or Cutters

Get a picture of Bud Selig and put it on the other side of the boat. Flies like nothing better than poop nad he is full of it ;D

Here in certain parts of New Jersey, especially coastal areas, we have greenhead flies that will take chunks out of you. Bug spray to them is just salad dressing.

lol so true, those Jersey greenheads are the worst.

It has been a much worse than normal year for the no seeums. I'm on the beach almost every morning before sunrise. Not all are effected, much of the attraction has to do with your own pheromones attracting them. Many days no one is bothered by them except me...., I have real sweet blood.

I have tried everything, with zero results and insect spray seems to attract them rather than repelling them. I now wear long pants and long t shirt or wind breaker with a scarf around my face....I still get bit, but not as bad.

I have a friend that swears buy this line of clothing.

http://www.exofficio.com/product_results.aspx?page=LIST&free_text|1211385058736=buzz%20off%20clothing&cm_mmc=Google-_-Buzz%20Off-_-Buzz%20Off%20Variations-_-buzz%20off%20insect%20shield&gclid=CNWZ8p_V6JsCFQY9xwodzlRh7w

dryer sheets? ill try that also.thanks everyone

I also recommend dryer sheets.  I used to do a lot of catfishing at night and we would put a drier sheet inside our hats and it would keep them away from your face.  

I carry Bounce dryer sheets in my boat.  When the bugs come out so do the sheets and get in my shirt pocket.