Mice in boat

[Bandit1]

How does everyone keep mice out of their boats when stored for the winter?

Jason

[stratos185]

I had a problem with cats wanting to spend the winter in my boat and used moth balls to keep them out. Found some round cricket cages at a yard sale and filled each up with moth balls and toss one in front and in back seems to keep them out. May work for mice also.

[Carter1]

When I was younger and we had a boat in our garage we had the same problem. My dad put mothballs in the boat and the problem stopped.

[kydonky]

I ditto the moth balls, Place a few in a cup in all the air enclosed areas. If your boat is covered place a bunch in the middle of the boat. The smell of the moth balls will keep them out. Mice can do a lot of damage to wiring, floatation, seats.

Send them an eviction notice attached to a bucket of moth balls.

[zimmy]

I noticed my dog food was going a little quicker than normal last month in the garage. Until I pulled a couple rods out of the rod storage on the boat and a pile of dog food came out with them.
Mouse trap (with dog food for bait..ha) and 7 dead mice later boat is mine again.
Have to remember the mothballs next year and beat them to the punch

[HURRICANEBOB]

Does that hurt the moth? Friend of mine put a full sized towel in the boat his cat had slept on for 2 weeks. That worked too.

[Tyme2fish]

Naphthalene and Paradichlorobenzene





(Fancy name for moth balls.)

[artcarney_agr]

another vote for moth balls

I just placed mine in an empty butter tub - put one in the front, and one in the back

[Carter1]

A safety note on using mothballs; don't use too many if storing your boat indoors. It isn't healthy for you. An inhalation hazard.

[peter]

A safety note on using mothballs; don't use too many if storing your boat indoors. It isn't healthy for you. An inhalation hazard.

Jeez. I'll have to check that out. I use a total of three boxes between the boat and rod storage and other storage. Boat is in a six bay pole barn. wouldn't think that would be a problem.


Rat poison works too if there are no pets that could get to it.

I was out I'm the middle of the lake one day and there was a mouse right on top or the trolling motor.

[peter]

A safety note on using mothballs; don't use too many if storing your boat indoors. It isn't healthy for you. An inhalation hazard.

Jeez. I'll have to check that out. I use a total of three boxes between the boat and rod storage and other storage. Boat is in a six bay pole barn. wouldn't think that would be a problem.


Rat poison works too if there are no pets that could get to it.

I was out I'm the middle of the lake one day and there was a mouse right on top or the trolling motor.

[Moveon]

How does everyone keep mice out of their boats when stored for the winter?

Jason

I set out mice traps in the garage where I store my boat. And I also set up rat poison bait stations to keep the mice population down in the winter months and summer months.

I have a mouse eat a hole in my boat cover one year and that really pissed me off. When ever I see mice turds in the garage I set up new traps and bait stations all around the garage.