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My trip is coming up shortly, we will be on the lake 6/24-28th. Launching from wahweap and hopefully making the trek up to rockcreek....any recent reports would be greatly appreciated!!!

Quick question and yes I know it's the outdoors so expect bugs.....my question is more about mosquitos. My last trip to powell was in October and we experienced zero mosquitos, will this also be the case during the summer?? Wasn't sure if we needed to be prepared for that...

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No mosquitoes, lots of gnats, and lots of non-lethal but ugly spiders.

(Native Americans from Page that I've asked tell me that bites from the spiders around LP appear much like a mosquito bite on your skin. That makes sense as I've had several bites at LP over the years that look and feel like mosquito bites but I know there are none there)
 
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Mosquitoes?
Short answer: No.

Long answer: No. I'm sure they are there but I have never seen one.
  • Biting flies? Yes, like horseflies but those mostly on the eastern shores where more livestock are around.
  • Gnats? Yes but, again harmless though at times a nuisance.
  • Mud dauber wasps? Plenty but, they'll generally leave you alone. Do the same and no problem.
  • Tarantula Hawk wasps? Yes but again, leave them alone. Setting anchor once there were flowering bushes at water's edge with probably 100 of those huge things in them. Don't stumble into that or you'll regret it.
  • Spiders? yes. A lot directly proportional to the gnat population it seems.. Harmless except for the funnel webs hidden onshore.
  • Scorpions? Yes. I've only seen them onshore.
  • Poisonous snakes? Sure. Just be careful around dawn and dusk. Sometimes with heavy monsoons they can be put awash in the lake looking for any dry higher ground like a boat.
  • Rodents with Hantavirus? Unfortunately yes. Keep trash secured and don't touch any carcasses or droppings of rodents. Lysol is supposed to kill it I think.
  • Speaking of trash, Heckle & Jeckle will be out and about looking for a tasty meal or just chunks of your upholstery
  • Pesky little fish that hang out around your swim ladder? Yes. Sometimes you have a couple of small fish around that like to bite freckles or moles or anything they see on you. Pesky little devils.
We can save the discussion of all the Indonesian Pythons that have been let loose in the southern end of Lake Powell in recent years for another day. That would be way too much to digest all at once.o_O

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Goblin
 
Goblin, Heckle & Jeckle were “The Talking Magpies, not crows or ravens. Sq
I stand corrected. I now feel badly for calling the ravens Heckle & Jeckle and hereby offer an apology to all talking magpies. Besides we never knew what to call that third one anyway.;)

Goblin
 
Wow now that’s what you call a detailed response! Thanks for response Goblin!

Now if I can get a recent report on rock creek, or last chance....thanks in advance!
 
Mosquitoes?
Short answer: No.

Long answer: No. I'm sure they are there but I have never seen one.
  • Biting flies? Yes, like horseflies but those mostly on the eastern shores where more livestock are around.
  • Gnats? Yes but, again harmless though at times a nuisance.
  • Mud dauber wasps? Plenty but, they'll generally leave you alone. Do the same and no problem.
  • Tarantula Hawk wasps? Yes but again, leave them alone. Setting anchor once there were flowering bushes at water's edge with probably 100 of those huge things in them. Don't stumble into that or you'll regret it.
  • Spiders? yes. A lot directly proportional to the gnat population it seems.. Harmless except for the funnel webs hidden onshore.
  • Scorpions? Yes. I've only seen them onshore.
  • Poisonous snakes? Sure. Just be careful around dawn and dusk. Sometimes with heavy monsoons they can be put awash in the lake looking for any dry higher ground like a boat.
  • Rodents with Hantavirus? Unfortunately yes. Keep trash secured and don't touch any carcasses or droppings of rodents. Lysol is supposed to kill it I think.
  • Speaking of trash, Heckle & Jeckle will be out and about looking for a tasty meal or just chunks of your upholstery
  • Pesky little fish that hang out around your swim ladder? Yes. Sometimes you have a couple of small fish around that like to bite freckles or moles or anything they see on you. Pesky little devils.
We can save the discussion of all the Indonesian Pythons that have been let loose in the southern end of Lake Powell in recent years for another day. That would be way too much to digest all at once.o_O

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Goblin
You didn't give any mention to the bears :unsure:
 
I guess it was 4 years ago, there's a u tube video from a camper that first encountered it. I don't know how to attach the link from my phone however.
 

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I was camping below Nefertiti rapid north of green river a number of years ago when a very persistent bear decided he would visit. My buddy and I got out to green river and flagged down an awesome state trooper...who thought we were on drugs. He gave us a ride back up there and called wildlife. The guy that showed up, along with his colleague, was nothing short of crocodile Dindee. They all waited for over an hour because the bear had left. They had us start cooking up some sausages on the grill to entice him, and within minutes our buddy snuck in and started hammering a cooler. Crocodile Dundee picked up his rifle and darted the bear from fifty feet away in about one second. Then we all got to go into the tammies and pick up mr.previously tagged bear and carried him to the wildlife truck, where he got a free ride to the book cliffs. Those three really were awesome folks, and while I had a hard time believing there were bears in the area because of the heat and terrain, the wildlife guy said that they occasionally wander down. I guess powell is a lot farther but if they can live in green river, I guess they can live near the lake as well.

TR
 
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Just got back from a 13-15th trip on our pontoon boat. Stayed near rock creek and dangling rope. The only real bugs were some sort of nymph. They were present all day but thick once the sun was down. They landed on everything including the seats. They would not move so where ever you put a arm, hand, ect you would just smush them. We sleep in the boat with bedsheets and if there was no breeze you could hear them hovering above you and occasionally near your ear. No bites from them, just somewhat annoying but tolerable. We did get an occasional fly bite during the day. No skeeters or gnats.
 
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