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My boat's been occupied!
#8485410
01/22/13 12:02 PM
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Joined: Aug 2009
Posts: 115
hi rise fishing
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I keep my new boat (2012 BassCat Cougar AE) on a floating lift, in a pretty good size marina. A couple of weeks ago I discovered that my boat has been invaded by a mink. This filthy vermin turned one of the carpeted dry storage compartments into his bathroom, and it smells about like you would imagine it would! He's gained access through the rod-butt holes on the passenger side and comes and goes as he wishes. I put about a dozen mothballs into each of the carpeted storage compartments (rod box) and left for the week. When I got back to the lake Saturday I found that the mothballs didn't affect him at all. The poop pile was larger than before! Next, I sprayed some fox urine heavily throughout the carpeted compartments and on the lower deck. I hope that I'll find him gone next Saturday. If he's still there what should I do next???? He's ruining my beautiful boat! Help?
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Re: My boat's been occupied!
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#8485416
01/22/13 12:12 PM
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Joined: Aug 2007
Posts: 1,083
Eddie201
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Sounds like the boat needs to be taken out of the slip for an intense cleaning and allowed to air out. I would have tried trapping and relocating the varmint before adding more stench (fox urine)to get embedded into the carpet. Get a warm day you may not be able to stay in the boat due to the smell!
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Re: My boat's been occupied!
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#8485466
01/22/13 12:43 PM
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Joined: Jun 2011
Posts: 897
txhorsedoctor
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Life is short. Do what you like, like what you do.
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Re: My boat's been occupied!
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#8485508
01/22/13 01:07 PM
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Joined: Mar 2009
Posts: 683
Bassen
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I have mice living in mine. I have had to rewire my graphs. I have been setting traps, next I am getting some mice bait. It may stink for a while, but I got to get rid of them. Good luck with your mink!
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Re: My boat's been occupied!
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#8485551
01/22/13 01:30 PM
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Joined: Jun 2009
Posts: 5,480
J-2
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"Hotblack Desiato"
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This. You can pick up a live trap at any tractor supply. Or buy a snake
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Re: My boat's been occupied!
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#8485573
01/22/13 01:38 PM
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Joined: Nov 2010
Posts: 9,501
Jake Shannon(Skeet4Life)
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Trap and make ur wife something nice LOL
Last edited by Skeet4life; 01/22/13 01:39 PM.
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Re: My boat's been occupied!
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#8485577
01/22/13 01:39 PM
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Joined: Feb 2010
Posts: 1,271
soonersorlaters
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How big is the hole? I would try to get some wire mesh to cover that hole or pack it with steel wool. Those vermins teeth don't like chewing on that stuff.
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Re: My boat's been occupied!
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#8485618
01/22/13 01:56 PM
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Joined: Feb 2010
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TxDan61
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For mice issues the molt balls work well just use a box in the boat scattered out through out the boat.
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Re: My boat's been occupied!
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#8485679
01/22/13 02:21 PM
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Joined: Jun 2009
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J-2
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For mice issues the molt balls work well just use a box in the boat scattered out through out the boat. I just wouldn't like my boat/gear smelling like an old lady. Trap it and get rid of it.
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Re: My boat's been occupied!
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#8485730
01/22/13 02:36 PM
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CWCW
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2009 Tracker PT 170 TX Mercury 50hp Lowrance X125 Lowrance X50 Motorguide 46 TM
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Re: My boat's been occupied!
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#8485777
01/22/13 02:49 PM
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big fish2
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That trap works really good don't wait the sooner you put one the faster you can get that little problem maker.
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Re: My boat's been occupied!
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#8485944
01/22/13 03:32 PM
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Joined: Oct 2011
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onthebank
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Trap him and make your lady a nice scarf......
"That's thirty minutes away. I'll be there in ten".~Winston Wolf
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Re: My boat's been occupied!
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#8486017
01/22/13 03:49 PM
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Joined: Sep 2002
Posts: 5,471
GoArmy
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Wad up a bunch of newspaper in the rod box. For some reason this really absorbs odor real well. Also put in some onions cut in half. That will absorb any bateria that the feces leaves behind. You will see how black the onions turn in a day.
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Re: My boat's been occupied!
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#8486253
01/22/13 04:42 PM
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Joined: Jun 2012
Posts: 343
Stephen Phillips
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Down here in hurricane country when all the freezers went out during evacuations what we found best to get rid of smell was a thin layer of baking soda on the carpet, then pour a couple of bags of charcoal on top of that.
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