Monmouth Beach is small, dense, and waterfront — which means concentrated mosquito and tick pressure on every property. We treat homes throughout the borough, from the oceanfront blocks east of Ocean Avenue to the bayside properties on the Shrewsbury River side. The compact geography means once treatment starts working in a neighborhood, the whole block benefits.
The borough is sandwiched between the Atlantic and the Shrewsbury River. Bayside properties deal with salt-marsh mosquito pressure from the river — these are aggressive, large, and active all day. Oceanside properties deal less with marsh species and more with Asian tigers breeding in the small standing-water sources every property has: outdoor showers with poor drainage, kayaks holding rainwater, tarps, plant saucers.
Tick pressure in Monmouth Beach is light compared to inland Monmouth towns — the borough doesn't have much wooded or shrubby habitat. But we do see ticks on properties with mature ornamental shrubbery and any yard with regular deer visits.
For bayside homes, our focus is heavy resting-site treatment along privacy hedges, the underside of decks, and structure perimeters. Salt-marsh mosquitoes love to rest in cool shaded spots between flights, so we hit those zones hard. Oceanside, we do thorough yard walks to find the small breeding sources — outdoor showers and watercraft are the two biggest culprits.
Treatments are scheduled around the highest-use windows: we often time monthly applications to land mid-week before weekends, so the yard is ready when guests arrive.
We treat properties throughout Monmouth Beach — including the oceanfront blocks, the Shrewsbury River bayside, Beach Road corridor, the Borough Hall area, and Riverdale Avenue blocks. If your block isn't listed by name, we still cover it. Call (732) 272-1929 and we'll tell you straight whether you're in our service zone (you almost certainly are).
Anthony Howard founded Fight the Bite in 2019 and has built the business on one principle: do the work right and the customers stay. Seven years in, we have a 5-star Google rating and dozens of Monmouth Beach-area regulars who renew season after season because the program actually works. No franchise upsells, no quarterly contract lock-ins, no gimmicks. Just mosquito and tick control done by someone who lives in the same county you do.
Call (732) 272-1929 — Anthony picks up personally — for a free estimate on your Monmouth Beach property.
We treat properties throughout coastal Monmouth County. Our service area extends from our Long Branch headquarters across these neighboring towns:
Tell Anthony about your pest problem and he'll get back to you fast.