PSA for first trip of the year!!

[coonass]

For all boaters taking their rigs out for the first time this year. Please check all boxes and any nooks and crannies. I had some very unwelcome guests in my storage boxes. After sticking my hand in there without looking and hitting the web, wile simultaneously ****ting myself, i found what is in the pics below. Please be cautious when taking you boat out for the first time. Needless to say i did not go after the white perch today as i am still cleaning the stains off my shop floor.

[SaltERedneck]

holy shiznit!

[coonass]

And i found 2 more. Which is odd because they are very territorial i am told, and that makes 3 in one 22 foot boat. I will never sleep well in my own home again.

[Ray]

Keep em at your house.

[Loneshark]

Found one in my boat before. I closed all hatches and Delors in 4 foggers, 1 in the front,1 in the back and two in the center console.

[Duffy.yyz]

Screw dat!

[bjhooper82]

Dang. Glad you didn't get bit!!

[basinmaster]

Thats nothing. I actually had 4 baby kittens under my center console that rode all the way from Laf. to the Quintana Landing. Never knew they were there. Needless to say I didnt go fishing that day. Drove back home and transfered them to a box under the carport so my wifes momma cat could find them.

[bluewing]

hate them damn things!!!!!

[Hydro]

I have been leaving a small plastic tub full of moth balls in the boat, while covered, for years... Keeps critters and cats away...

Not sure if it will work for spiders or not, but may be worth a try...

[Gerald]

Moth balls work great. I use to have a problem with spider spinning webs out in my shop. After I got a box of Moth balls and put it out there.....no more spiders.

The box is unopened...... and still puts out a smell, years after i bought it.