I have been to Chingoteage many times but have not kayaked there. I am going in the spring with my kayak, are the bugs as bad kayaking as they are on the island? I know they were biting right through my fellows shirt AFTER I had soaked him with bug spray.
Bugs
It’s certainly better out on the water, but whenever you approach shore it can be bad. As a frequent Eastern Shore paddler I’ve tried about every bug repellant available, including some of my own concoctions, but have never found anything that can handle the biting greenhead flies.
Regards…
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+1 on the BugShirt
I use the cotton model soaked in permethrin. Not perfect, but pretty darn good.
Jim
We were there in late summer, a bit
inland, paddling a national wildlife area. We were not bothered by bugs at all.
The problem may be associated with the beach environment, or with the season, or both.
wind direction …
… a land breeze brings them out on shore and off shore , a sea breeze blows them back inland .
I’ve seen days when you breathed flying bugs cause the wind had been a land breeze for a day before . other times not a bug found cause wind was a sea breeze .