How can you stop dirt dobbers from building a condo in your pee hole?

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Originally Posted by RMGeorge

My dirt daubers are smart enough to lift the flap! :yikes

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They would be unstoppable. They would figure out how to pull out the string.

If you fall into the rabbit hole of mud dauber studies. It takes a minute to get back out.
Seems they sting and kill many spiders including the black widow. Starlings and blackbirds are 2 species that eat dirt daubers.

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Originally Posted by "G"

I stick a piece of weed eater line in mine.....if I forget to pull it out, it will blow out when I start the outboard.

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we do this also, when I remove the transom saver I grab the line, place them together

All I can say is plug it before THEY DO...and dont forget to UNPLUG

Update. Took the ole Kenner for a ride last week and the stream was strong! No condo this time. Weed eater line really does work.

Thanks for the advice! Y'all are AWESOME!

Chris

That is good to know

A friend took a small piece of hardwood and carved a plug that was just a bit longer than needed. Drilled the excess and threaded a piece of string through it and tied it off nearby. Plugs it and forgets about it. When it blows out it stays tethered and isn’t super tight so it blows out easy.

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Originally Posted by BuckeyeCrappie

A small piece of blue painters tape when you park it. I take it off when I plug the boat. It’s also on my “preflight” checklist I keep.

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Agree and if you forget, it will fall off when the pressure hits it??*??


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a dab of grease on finger spot it on weep hole and no dobbers

[QUOTE=bvs123;4203001]a dab of grease on finger spot it on weep hole and no

That would work