Dirty Rats

[swim-bait com]

Whats the trick to keep rats out of your boat??

[blkdog812]

try moth balls. or cats

[swordfish]

Keep all food products out of the boat, set victor traps on the floor around the boat -they are cheap--bait with peanut butter, open rod lockers ect often the longer the boat sits quiet, they move in if you disturb them and trap em all good if they take a foot hold trouble.....moth balls and ammonia repels rodents and coons

[FRANKRIZZO]

rats in the boat, means big fish at night

[swordfish]

How do you hook em ? What is your most effective retrieve?

[Ray]

According to the old timers that fish the Owens River for Brown Trout, you hook them rats just under their coat, use of a wood shingle is optional...

[swordfish]

I hear ya on the big brown lakes with an offshore breeze drift em out on a shingle and jerk em off and hold on...back to bassin'....and Ive never done the shingle thing just heard about it..

[texas john]

If you have your boat tied up and away from the dock, put some funnels (like oil plastic ones) on the roap. Face the funnel opening towards the dock by sliding the rope through the funnel. Rats/mice cant climb over the funnel.

[Phil Burgess]

WELL WHEN YOU CATCHING SMALL ONES MOVE SPOTS.................................................. AND LOOK FOR BIG ONES...........................