Fish Help!

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JAYROCK

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I am in fresh water in the Red River in NW Louisiana,our boats GROW a carpet like fur on the bottom in a matter of weeks,exp if they are not run very often. Some kind of fish peck and grind the bottoms of our boats in the middle of the nite. I guess there is something that they eat in the "carpet". Any ideas on how to keep the fish away? (Other than powerwashing the carpet off weekly, this would greatly reduce the life of our paint)BTW my boat is painted with Interlux Ultra if that makes any difference.
Please help before I turn to explosives or other nasty means......
 
That "carpet" is full of edible goodies and the only real way to stop the nibbling is to get rid of the growth.

I'd check around to see if others are having the issues and what brand of paint they are using. Some work better than others in certain areas.
Either way, hauling around that rug is probably costing a fortune in fuel..

John
 
Most paints only work good, if the boat is ran.
I painted every 2 years and never had any issues with growth.
Then I swapped to 3 years and still no barnacles on the bottom where the paint is.
We run at least monthly.
There is a brown film over the paint when I get home from offshore, but after a good run,
it is back to blue.
 
If your boat is in fresh water, running for about an hour in salt water will clean off that fuzz. Conversely, if you dock in salt water, running in fresh water will "scrub" it off.
 
Flutterby I WISH I was close enough to RUN to saltwater. That would an eazy fix! Too bad I am too far inland.

I run om plane every weekend but, missed the weekend after the 4th. Fur was 1/4inch thick on the entire boat! Bowed up on a sandbar and scrapped off all I could reach with a plastic scraper. This did help. The warmer the water the faster the fur grows. It does not seem to make any difference what paint is on the hull. This is a major discussion on the dock frequently. Nothing we have tried seems to STOP the fur from growing. Just part of boating in our crappy part of the world.

Maybe firecrackers is my next attempt.......
 
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