black lights

[flippinstick]

I havent seen anything bigger than 18" myself, the 18" draws in enough bugs for me so if you go any bigger youll be a huge bug magnet for sure. Stan Sloan lights are very nice and durable.

[spaz]

i bought black lights from the autoparts store for about 20 bucks each and mounted them on a 1x4. as long as its totally faced away from you the swarm tends to stay on the side with the light. it lights up the line to about 15' out and its only about 18". wonder if there's a way to use them to keep the bugs away from the boat especially when you're underway.

[idbefishing]

I saw a thing in one of those Air Mall magazine on a plane. A bigger one that plug-in suppose to keep your average backyard free of bug and a battery operates one can keep your deck bug free. It generates bug repelling sound waves unheard by human and animals. I was really tempting to buy but was skeptical if it works.

[idbefishing]

Good thing I was skeptical because I just Googled that stuff and all the scientific studies said that stuff doens't work at all and is a total scam.

[trackerjon]

Yeah, I think I read the same thing about those things. They sure sounded good though. Just have to fall back on the old standbys: smoking black stogies, and rippin off a few big ones. Neither one goes over well with the relatives. But sometimes a man just has to defend what's his from the little flyin monsters.LOL

Tracker Jon

[spaz]

i bought one of those ultrasonic pest repellers years ago for about 20bucks i think. you can build one for a few bucks at radio shack. i put it next to our window and the flies didn't mind. then i put it next to a mousetrap one night and caught 7 mices in about an hour. at least it looked cool and i got a power supply to use on something else.