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spiders fresh water docks
Posted: Sun May 19, 2013 9:30 pm
by larryeddington
Has anyone tried the product Suspend SC as a control of the many dock spiders in fresh waters?
Re: spiders fresh water docks
Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 3:50 pm
by lawyerdave71
I never tried that product.
I use Ortho Home Pest Control which seems to do a great job.
I spray it all over the boat from top to bottom - bow to stern, engine room, cabin, bilge, anchor locker, and dock lines.
Hate spiders.
Re: spiders fresh water docks
Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 4:53 pm
by lasker
use fabric softner
Re: spiders fresh water docks
Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 7:04 pm
by aaronbocknek
lasker wrote:use fabric softner
fabric softener? never heard of that trick. sheets or liquid? and how is it used in and around the boat? just curious.
Re: spiders fresh water docks
Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 9:16 pm
by prowlersfish
Better than Raccoons
Re: spiders fresh water docks
Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 9:26 pm
by larryeddington
I can trap coons in fact just relocated one and he was a growling nasty and thoughrouly unhappy critter.
Re: spiders fresh water docks
Posted: Tue May 21, 2013 6:05 am
by prowlersfish
Just got rid of 3 at the house and now there is one on the boat next to mine
Re: spiders fresh water docks
Posted: Tue May 21, 2013 10:23 am
by Commissionpoint
prowlersfish wrote:Just got rid of 3 at the house and now there is one on the boat next to mine
Better than skunks......
Re: spiders fresh water docks
Posted: Tue May 21, 2013 4:51 pm
by lawyerdave71
I heard fabric softner sheets are supposed to keep the mice away. You just throw them in drawers and stuff.
We have a lot of raccoons @ my marina. I'm always fearful of them getting in the boat. One time, a coon chased me down the dock!!
Re: spiders fresh water docks
Posted: Tue May 21, 2013 8:06 pm
by aaronbocknek
lawyerdave71 wrote:
We have a lot of raccoons @ my marina. I'm always fearful of them getting in the boat. One time, a coon chased me down the dock!!
who won? i know it's not funny, but the thought of a raccoon running down the dock..... well, that's just funny. not laughing at you, with you. 
Re: spiders fresh water docks
Posted: Tue May 21, 2013 9:04 pm
by Commissionpoint
[quote="lawyerdave71" One time, a coon chased me down the dock!![/quote]
We have lots of animals here. Its just part of life.
No coolers with food or empty food and beverage containers on the cockpit deck. No trash either. Unless of course you
want a visit from a black bear.
I don't mind a
few spiders. They do an excellent job helping to control other pests.
Now whats all this about dryer sheets? Aside from laundry all I know they are good for has something to do with college dorm life and wacky tebacky.
Re: spiders fresh water docks
Posted: Tue May 21, 2013 9:56 pm
by larryeddington
Under coon attack make them a football, just the right size. I have always seen them flee unless you get it cornered. I can see on a dock how that could happen. They can swim according to my research. My lady does not like spiders so that means I cannot like them either and need to banish them.
Re: spiders fresh water docks
Posted: Wed May 22, 2013 10:07 am
by lasker
MIX FABRIC SOFTNER 50/50 WITH WATER IN A SPRAYER..DO ROPES .BOAT SIDES ALL OVER DOCK TRY IT