Quote:
Originally Posted by LHemy
"...Does anyone think that duck mites are either present or not present in lower vs. higher water...I've never had a duck mite "bite" or reaction in my life and can't imagine that the lake level has a thing to do with whether or not one can be affected..."
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IMHO:
You got me thinking this week: I haven't had a bite this season, either—not one. It may be how I "exit" the water.
Every day—sometimes twice a day—I "hike" myself out of the lake at a dock that stands in about 30-inches of Lake Winnipesaukee. In securing the boat for the night, I'm usually
already dry by the time I
"need-to-dry-off-vigorously-with-a-towel".
Duck-itch critters get congregated in the shallows by winds.
In shallows, it may be
impossible for swimmers to avoid lakewater that has those critters concentrated right-there. Each swimmer needs to find a way to exit the water that keeps them out of those "shallow-concentrations".
From the deepest water around where you're swimming, I'd "exit' using a boat ladder, breakwater, or a dock—with permission.
With the water collecting at one's lower legs (and ankles), that would explain the majority-presence of bites in that area—as each little critter's "world" evaporates.
That said, I don't understand why
Bear Islander thinks the answer is his thread on power-washing!
http://www.winnipesaukee.com/forums/...ad.php?t=10553
If pressure-washed too closely, it's a procedure that is potentially cruel to the animal, makes a fowl mess anyway, and won't solve the Duck-Itch issue for man
or beast.
