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apparently there is giant hogweed in around the area near shirleys bay. My doc said it poison ivy but i dont see how it could have gotten on my wrist. I took the necessary precautions. A friends of mine showed it to and the bubbles matched up perfectly. Just letting you all know to be careful seeing it hurt like a bitch but totally worth it seeing the fishing was amazing. and got a week off work and did more fishing on top of that. other than some pain was worth it lol just be careful out there gents! enjoy!

Sounds like you ran into some wild parsnip. There's only been one or two reported occurrences of giant hogweed in the region. Wild parsnip on the other hand is just as nasty and is growing pretty much everywhere in the region. The grounds around the RVCA is full of it.

manpatches wrote:enjoy!

What's to enjoy? I almost barfed my food!

Todd B. wrote:Sounds like you ran into some wild parsnip.

I agree Todd. Good link.That stuff has been rampant the last few years it seems. There's tons of it on the roadsides out this way. I think the municipalities should make more of an effort to mow more of it when it's young or even better spray the stuff because it sure seems to be spreading fast. Around my place I make one snip at the base and then carefully toss it totally out of the way. With leather gloves of course. Very nasty stuff.

Glad you had good fishing manpatches. The Ottawa can be quite generous at times. Cheers

Yuck! I've caught plenty of poinson ivey from fishing the past couple of years and that does not look a poison ivy blister or pattern.

That should leave a nice scar / reminder

got hogweed on my leg out in alberta, looked like that, left scars that honestly look like bullet wounds. deepest after a blister popped was about half inch into my skin. Very brutal.

There is hogweed along Hwy 17 everywhere these days. I was coming home from the Kap and went to stroll down by the water at a picnic area and halfway thru this path of weeds I realized it was hogweed. I did not get a reaction but that is exactly what hogweed rashes look like. Wild turnip as it is called is a bit smaller blisters and it leaves more of a red area. Did the plant have a tall white flower top on it? Wild turnip looks similar but does not get as big and the flower is yellow not white..

Smitty it is the juices of the wild trunip that sucks the most so make sure you do not wipe your face after touching that stuff.

dont know about hog weed ... but sherlys is COVERED in poison ivy ! I mean literally everywhere! and once they start to secrete the oil, it gets on everything ..... it all depends on how allergic your body is to it!

example: if i go through it i get maybe one or 2 really small bubbles but if my cousin goes through the same spot his legs will turn into puss volcano's with Big blisters ..... depends on your immune system....

So I shouldn't eat wild parsnip is what you are telling me?