Deer Ticks

[Intybl]

Hi guys am new to the forum  started fishin in Kensico/Croton last year ..I got bit by a deer tick yesterday and noticed it last evening as I was examining myself...usually spray myself with bug repellent..scheduled an appt. with my dermatologist this evening. Any ideas on good repellents/how to avoid..kinda scary

[illinibrew]

you can also save the tick in a zip lock and check with your local Dept. of Health if they can analyze for you.  I do some work in Sullivan County and it's my understanding it's done for free there.  My hope would be that Westchester County can offer this service and hopefully would be speed enough so you could still receive appropriate treatment if tick indeed is a carrier for lymes. 

Let us know what your doctor has to say as the best course of action too.

[Intybl]

Thanks will do, I flushed him

[joel137]

spray your cloths with sawyers permathine avaiable at cabelas.see another post on this topic in Kensico i think

[Tailingfins]

Hey Everyone,

     Fished Kensico Wed. May 20th, 1 largemouth, 3 smallmouth, a nice brown, and two deer ticks! (little B@$t^rds).

I found them Friday morning, after checking myself on Thur.  They weren't engorged at all, still flat, which according to the

CDC, there isn't much of a chance of transmission.  I'm still going to be on the safe side.  Had my doctor call in a script. for

200MG Doxycycline.  It's a one dose (within 36 hours) prevention, which studies show works.

     Caution is the key in the future!  Don't set things down on the ground when setting up your boats, or if you do, bring a plastic

sheet to cover the leaves and soil....  Deet Deet Deet.... "Check each other like grooming monkeys"....Use a mirror when you get home,

I found the second one in the middle of my upper back.

    All this may seem like a big fuss over a little bug now, but once you "have" Lyme it's no little thing.

Here's some helpful info:


http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/abstract/345/2/79

http://www.acponline.org/clinical_information/resources/lyme_disease/patient/diagnosis.htm

http://www.aldf.com/pdf/posterlarge.pdf

     Don't ever be to scared to go fishing!  The Reservoirs are a wonderful resource that should be used and enjoyed.

Tom, TheFishingSherpa.com

[VinnyH]

Tom,
Welcome and thanks for the report. Besides a congratulations on catching a fine selection of fish, I appreciate the deer tick info and links. I often forget to check and I needed a reminder.

Best Always,
Vinny

[yonkers26]

Little P.O.S.' can cause a lot of damage.....

[cpotts1]

Remember, for every tick you see, you probably have several others that you don't see since the larva and nymph stages are extremely small.

The ticks around here can carry more than Lyme. Some of the other diseases (Babesiosis and Ehrlichiosis) can be even more dangerous than Lyme.

[Intybl]

Got bit last season found it in the back of my head after feeling  a bump pulled it out cleanly it was not embedded deeply went to my dermatologist he said once you got it out before 24 hrs all should be well did not medicate..scary indeed i notice they are more prevalent in spring early summer beware and spray up guys

[KenH]

Well I haven't even caught my first fish of the year yet
but I manged to get bitten by a tick already 
And all I was doing was moving my boat around.
Somehow got past a sweatshirt, collared shirt and a T-shirt and
bity me in the stomach. Fortunately wasn't to too deep so managed
to get it out, it was still squirming in the sink and I have to admit for a
while there I was thinking about how I could torture it.
Interstingly we humans developed allergic reactions to various substances
millions of years ago when our small furry mammailian ancestors first encountered
prehistoric ticks. So these little buggers have really been around stalking us for
a really long time.

Guess I should check out this sawyers permathine product.

Ken 

[VinnyH]

Time for another tick warning on the front page.

Vinny

[rpigw]

Last week, my son and I went to Kensico and Cross River to move the boat around and on the way home, we found about 10 ticks (half male and another half female) all together...  I think we managed to get all of them (2 were hiding inside the pockets !!!)...  Be careful..

Simple advice...  Wear light colored pants, so you could detect the ticks easily...  Put duct tapes on your ankles/lower part of your leg inside out, so ticks will be stopped before moving up to your body..   We stopped 5 ticks that way from migrating upward on that day...

Sung 

[yonkers26]

Little bastards are evil man!