CAPTAIN HOOK
Be prepared for mosquito warfare in Summer !
I've fished this area many times over the years. A funny story on the mosquitoes.......
A coworker/buddy of mine moved here from eastern PA about 15 years ago and indicated he liked to bass fish. I told him I'd take him out to where I fish for bass occasionally during the summer (not a big bass fisherman by the way). It was midsummer....hot....humid, and we were going to fish late afternoon to evening. I told him to bring long pants and a long sleeve shirt. Thought I was nuts since it was so hot. I told him once the sun drops below the horizon that he would be glad he took them because of the mosquitoes. I kept insisting, saying he's never seen anything like it, and he just brushing it off. He said that they don't really bother him. I just smiled and said "ok, if you say so...."
As soon as the sun dropped........they came. He was like a crazy man slapping at mosquitoes at every patch of bare skin! he couldn't even pick up the paddle to row the canoe to shore! I just calmly continued to fish, since it was "prime" time, and he continued defending himself from the assault. I finally gave in when I thought he was going to tip the canoe over....and slowly made my way to shore.
As we drove home, his schoolgirl screams, laced with a handful of profanities finally subsided enough that I got a chance to talk. I calmly looked over at him and said,"I thought you said mosquitoes don't bother you?"
Surprisingly, we still occasionally fish together........
