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.

[Bandit1]

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.

Same thing happened to Austin & I last year. We were at Rocky Point on the river fishing a tournament when all of the sudden I hear "Dad, look on the back of my seat" (the passenger seat), & sure enough Mr. Jingles was there along for the ride. I caught him & sent him swimming & then another & another. We ended up throwing 5 or so into the river that morning. It was raining pretty good & I reckon thats what drove them out of hiding.

I checked the Nitro out yesterday & didn't see any signs yet this year. I have the moth ball thing going on, but was just curious if there was any other ideas that people had to share about this.

Thanks everyone for shareing their info.

Jason