Ticks

1/4 stick · 06-23-09, 05:27 PM

Is anybody else having issues with ticks this year? I thought they'd just infested the woods around my house and I sprayed. But I got wrapped up in them earlier when I stopped to throw a few casts into a pond. Haven't had that happen in years. Also, is there any bug repelent you can use on ticks?

MallenManson · 06-23-09, 05:31 PM

No help with ticks. We have tent worms like crazy this year! Never have I even considered finding a way to kill them off till now. I do know that Raid Ant & Roach spray works on them. Not so sure about ticks though.
Try a hammer, preferably a 20 oz

MississippiBoy · 06-23-09, 05:36 PM

To kill the ticks already on you, I wouldn't recommend Raid. Instead, do what I do:

Shave half of the area where the ticks are. Soak the remaining hair in lighter fluid, and set it on fire. When they run out onto the bare area to escape the fire, stab them with an ice pick.

BigBassin144 · 06-23-09, 05:37 PM

I've heard Ticks has been bad all over this year. I found one on my on our way back from Kentucky Lake.

BB

bamabassman · 06-23-09, 05:38 PM

hahaha mb. goodun pal.

BigBassin144 · 06-23-09, 05:38 PM

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Originally Posted by MississippiBoy

To kill the ticks already on you, I wouldn't recommend Raid. Instead, do what I do:

Shave half of the area where the ticks are. Soak the remaining hair in lighter fluid, and set it on fire. When they run out onto the bare area to escape the fire, stab them with an ice pick.

Only a 'Sippian could come up with an idea that ingenius!

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bamabassman · 06-23-09, 05:39 PM

hahahha, and only a northerner would folow it? hahahahahahahaha.

BigBassin144 · 06-23-09, 05:43 PM

lol. Maybe way north in Canada, eh?

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MississippiBoy · 06-23-09, 05:47 PM

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Originally Posted by BigBassin144

Only a 'Sippian could come up with an idea that ingenius!

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You're just jealous you didn't think of it first. But I hafta figure that it's not that effective at removing ticks, fleas, lice, etc., it's just that anybody who tries it doesn't really give a damn anymore about having a few parasites.

1/4 stick · 06-23-09, 05:48 PM

I save the lighter fluid for my friends.

MallenManson · 06-23-09, 05:50 PM

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Originally Posted by MississippiBoy

To kill the ticks already on you, I wouldn't recommend Raid. Instead, do what I do:

Shave half of the area where the ticks are. Soak the remaining hair in lighter fluid, and set it on fire. When they run out onto the bare area to escape the fire, stab them with an ice pick.

C'mon, that's for crabs.

1/4 stick · 06-23-09, 05:51 PM

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C'mon, that's for crabs.

So that's how them guys end up getting those peircings!

MississippiBoy · 06-23-09, 06:02 PM

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Originally Posted by MallenManson

C'mon, that's for crabs.

Is that personal experience talking?

MallenManson · 06-23-09, 06:22 PM

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Originally Posted by MississippiBoy

Is that personal experience talking?

Nope. Never caught anything actually. Did have a scare once though! Not gonna go into the symptoms but I thought for sure I'd contracted something. Went into base medical, of course I had to explain why I was there to an incredibly beautiful woman when I checked in, just my luck. They ran every test in the book on me, including the q tip swab

. Everything came back negative. Turned out i had a bladder infection. They started naming off the possible causes and when they got to "excessive alcohol use" I knew we had a winner!

MallenManson · 06-23-09, 06:23 PM

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Originally Posted by 1/4 stick

So that's how them guys end up getting those peircings!

LOL! Well....I got me a hole down there now...spose I oughta make it look like it was on purpose.....

JB · 06-23-09, 06:30 PM

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Originally Posted by MississippiBoy

To kill the ticks already on you, I wouldn't recommend Raid. Instead, do what I do:

Shave half of the area where the ticks are. Soak the remaining hair in lighter fluid, and set it on fire. When they run out onto the bare area to escape the fire, stab them with an ice pick.

LOL theres gotta be a photo of that coming, good idea mississippiBoy

We get them the most in april and may when mushroom hunting

One year Tony and I were right across big bear creek in Smiths cove mushroom hunting in the back of the cove, and when we got back to the cabin (the log cabin at big bear) he found the tiniest tick was in him, it was like a big freckle. It got him on the toe and turned infected by the time we got home, he went to the doc and they took care of it.
I came home once and a tick got my wife in the middle of the back and was infected later, another trip to the doc.

Any wet year like this one makes for lots of ticks and skeeters

bingham · 06-24-09, 01:18 AM

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LOL theres gotta be a photo of that coming, good idea mississippiBoy

We get them the most in april and may when mushroom hunting

One year Tony and I were right across big bear creek in Smiths cove mushroom hunting in the back of the cove, and when we got back to the cabin (the log cabin at big bear) he found the tiniest tick was in him, it was like a big freckle. It got him on the toe and turned infected by the time we got home, he went to the doc and they took care of it.
I came home once and a tick got my wife in the middle of the back and was infected later, another trip to the doc.

Any wet year like this one makes for lots of ticks and skeeters

may i ask why you need mushrooms?

1/4 stick · 06-24-09, 01:54 AM

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may i ask why you need mushrooms?

For stir-fry I'm sure.

bamabassman · 06-24-09, 06:56 AM

why the shrooms? com'on mannnnnnnnnnnn, hahahahahahhaa. kidding of course.

Bassboss · 06-24-09, 08:29 AM

No! Florida has never had really bad ticks that I can remember. In Wisconsin this time of year, if you go out to take out the trash with bare feet, you'll get a tick er tow on ya!

NorthernAngler · 06-24-09, 11:47 AM

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Originally Posted by BigBassin144

lol. Maybe way north in Canada, eh?

BB

LOL! I resent that! :P

MrPhotographer06 · 06-24-09, 12:51 PM

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Originally Posted by 1/4 stick

Is anybody else having issues with ticks this year? I thought they'd just infested the woods around my house and I sprayed. But I got wrapped up in them earlier when I stopped to throw a few casts into a pond. Haven't had that happen in years. Also, is there any bug repelent you can use on ticks?

i've never had a problem with them. but the other day i pulled of what i thought was a weed seed [ we have these nasty buggers that clamp to your skin] and i think it may have been a baby tick.

i dont think it came off in one piece either.

1/4 stick · 06-24-09, 01:07 PM

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i've never had a problem with them. but the other day i pulled of what i thought was a weed seed [ we have these nasty buggers that clamp to your skin] and i think it may have been a baby tick.

i dont think it came off in one piece either.

Keep some anti-biotic on it. My parents always told me to soak a cottonball or rag with alcohol and wipe down the spot every so often for a couple days after pulling one off. That was back in the days before neospoin though. They use to make me put mercurachrome on everything too.

BassinID · 06-24-09, 01:21 PM

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For stir-fry I'm sure.

Gatta wonder whether its the mushrooms or jb that are gettin fried

. JK man, but seriously you guys got morels out there? We get lots out in this neck of d woods.

MrPhotographer06 · 06-24-09, 03:06 PM

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Originally Posted by 1/4 stick

Keep some anti-biotic on it. My parents always told me to soak a cottonball or rag with alcohol and wipe down the spot every so often for a couple days after pulling one off. That was back in the days before neospoin though. They use to make me put mercurachrome on everything too.

yeah it left a little bump to it, like a regular ant bite or something. .. maybe i do need to put something on it. haha

06-23-09, 05:27 PM	#1
1/4 stick BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Fayetteville, N.C. Posts: 3,529	Ticks Is anybody else having issues with ticks this year? I thought they'd just infested the woods around my house and I sprayed. But I got wrapped up in them earlier when I stopped to throw a few casts into a pond. Haven't had that happen in years. Also, is there any bug repelent you can use on ticks? __________________ Just a redneck having fun. https://www.youtube.com/user/donaldvlogsify

06-23-09, 05:31 PM	#2
MallenManson BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Beulah, Michigan Posts: 6,431	No help with ticks. We have tent worms like crazy this year! Never have I even considered finding a way to kill them off till now. I do know that Raid Ant & Roach spray works on them. Not so sure about ticks though. Try a hammer, preferably a 20 oz __________________ Bass fear me. Women pepperspray me.....

06-23-09, 05:36 PM	#3
MississippiBoy BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: May 2007 Location: Ridgeland MS Posts: 3,923	To kill the ticks already on you, I wouldn't recommend Raid. Instead, do what I do: Shave half of the area where the ticks are. Soak the remaining hair in lighter fluid, and set it on fire. When they run out onto the bare area to escape the fire, stab them with an ice pick. __________________ I smell smoke, and I hear sirens. Do you think that's a problem?

06-23-09, 05:37 PM	#4
BigBassin144 BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Toledo, Ohio Posts: 9,463	I've heard Ticks has been bad all over this year. I found one on my on our way back from Kentucky Lake. BB __________________ As of June 14, 2014 the members of the BF.com forum have moved to basschat.yuku.com!

06-23-09, 05:38 PM	#5
bamabassman BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: cedar bluff, alabama Posts: 15,292	hahaha mb. goodun pal. __________________ so many lures, so little time.

06-23-09, 05:39 PM	#7
bamabassman BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: cedar bluff, alabama Posts: 15,292	hahahha, and only a northerner would folow it? hahahahahahahaha. __________________ so many lures, so little time.

06-23-09, 05:43 PM	#8
BigBassin144 BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Toledo, Ohio Posts: 9,463	lol. Maybe way north in Canada, eh? BB __________________ As of June 14, 2014 the members of the BF.com forum have moved to basschat.yuku.com!

06-23-09, 05:48 PM	#10
1/4 stick BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Fayetteville, N.C. Posts: 3,529	I save the lighter fluid for my friends. __________________ Just a redneck having fun. https://www.youtube.com/user/donaldvlogsify

06-24-09, 06:56 AM	#19
bamabassman BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: cedar bluff, alabama Posts: 15,292	why the shrooms? com'on mannnnnnnnnnnn, hahahahahahhaa. kidding of course. __________________ so many lures, so little time.

06-24-09, 08:29 AM	#20
Bassboss BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Shawano, WI Posts: 7,761	No! Florida has never had really bad ticks that I can remember. In Wisconsin this time of year, if you go out to take out the trash with bare feet, you'll get a tick er tow on ya! __________________ If you can't fix it with heavy squats or fish oil, you're probably going to die.

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