Spiders: Careful

[Jimmy Easterling]

I was getting gear ready, respooling reels, and packing extra line to take with me this week and went back to the extra spool to make up a couple of Carolina rigs to save time on the water. They were already in the house packed. Anyway, when I open the box to get the line out I noticed some spider web, I paused, looked, then pulled the spool out and peeked into the box. On the other end, the end I didn't open, was a Brown Recluse. I was storing like I was told to, in a cool dark place in the shop. Just so happens that that is where Black Widows and Brown Recluses live. Guess I will cleck out the rest of them and start storing in sealed plastic bags.

 

[Jeff Daubert]

I'll tell you what, i have a new respect for spiders. My wife got bit on the elbow by one about a month ago and was in extreme pain for about three days and still very sore a week later. I don't think it was a brown recluse, she never did see it, but the doctors said it was definately a spider bite. I saw a show on tv the other day where a guy almost died from a spider bite. Little bastards.......:angry:

 

[G8rmac]

8 legs on one critter is just wrong :blink:

 

[Bass Tracker]

Were do you guys live? I hate spiders to death

 

[Jeff Daubert]

I am from Saratoga New York

 

[Jimmy Easterling]

South Carolina, mid state, we have lots of both types, Black Widow and Brown Recluse. Suprisingly not that may reports of bites though.

 

[Barry Dufour]

We have both the brown recluse and the black widow here in south La. I just keep an eye out for them.

Barry from La.

 

[Mike Levesque]

Can't STAND spiders, ok confession time.

I'm one of those guys that has his wife kill 'em, as I cower. Now snakes, reptiles of any kind, and mice and rats, I can handle.......... but those little 8 legged devils....when that Arachniphobia movie came out years ago, my wife thought it'd do me good, maybe help, to see the movie, wrongo..... I ended up walking out and waiting outside 'til it was over. Anyway thanks for the post, I store all my gear, along with maintenance stuff, and the boat in the garage, and will definitely keep a watchful eye from now on....