A twelve inch netting around the bottom of your fence will do the trick.

Scott

My frog count is up to 3 in the past three weeks. Not an unreasonable amount, although I'd prefer they die somewhere else. Funny thing is - I never saw frogs in my yard before ... they must sense the water and be drawn to it. Unfortunately, they can't seem to find their way out other than by sacrificing themselves in the skimmer pots.

I'm talking tiny frogs, BTW, not bullfrogs.

Frogs do not like the chlorinated, chemical treated water of a swimming pool, so they will not hang out. If it is salt water they hate that more.
The problem is they dont know this till they get in, no way out, then its a mess in the skimmer.
Here is a good way to give them a helping hand.

Here is a link that might be useful: Critter skimmer

Don't frogs help keep your mosquitoes and other flying insects at bay?

Anyway, if you have an automatic cleaner with floats on a hose, the frogs will sometimes use those as floating resting places until morning when you can catch them with a leaf net and transport to a more appropriate location.

I didn't think we had any frogs/toads, either, but we get a few (less than 10) every summer. Nearly all have survived by using the cleaner floats!

Thanks for your suggestions. It seems like a seasonal mating/hatching thing. The result is thousands of tadpoles. They hang or for a few weeks, drive us crazy then go on their merry way. One PB said I should get a "ranch cat" to keep them at bay. The only good thing about the drought in S. Texas is that it has yet to happen this year. I just didnÂt want to invite them with a pool.

Just signed the contract today and taking a deep breath!! I think IÂll start with the netting and look into the Critter Skimmer.

Regards,

We are down in the hill country and so far only one frog since we installed the pool but we also have 2 cats and 3 dogs chasing them off.
Oddly enough I heard an interesting theory while we were in Ft. Worth a couple weeks ago. A couple of men were talking about this at our grandson's birthday party. They both have pools and one seems to have a horrible frog problem in his pool while the other gentleman did not.
Seems the one who did not have frogs allowed some fire ant nests to flourish around his property (they both live on extensive acreage).
So based on this conversation with my husband and I, "Folklore" seems to be that the frogs don't go near the fire ants and thus will not collect in your pool....????
Hmmmm, frogs or fire ants? I think I will take the frogs....

How large is your property ladyangler?