Yesterday, 02:44 AM
Most boats will drain while on plane so you can run with bow up and bilge running to get water out pretty quick! But when you slow down off plane it will rush back is so better have a plan to get plug in!!
My Crestliner has the plug with cable just like Lund ( both Crestliner and Lund owned by same company) they share some features.
I had a buddy years ago run from bullfrog at Lake Powell all the way to dangling rope! He thinks someone stole his plug and he didn’t check, because he left it in all the time. He only stopped two or three time to fish so not enough water showed up and it would drain out when he ran, he was sitting at the gas dock filling up when his feet got wet! He pulled out the pump and took off, then thought he was trying to skip on the gas bill , he yelled his boat was sinking!! He ran around on plane and turned on bilge to drain it. They did not have a plug at the marina!! He had his buddy find a peice of driftwood and pound it in with a rock and they headed back to bullfrog non stop!!
Got TWO new plugs there! All was good , scared him pretty good! What if he would have had engine trouble and could keep it on plane for 2 hours of running back, if the wood plug failed!
My Crestliner has the plug with cable just like Lund ( both Crestliner and Lund owned by same company) they share some features.
I had a buddy years ago run from bullfrog at Lake Powell all the way to dangling rope! He thinks someone stole his plug and he didn’t check, because he left it in all the time. He only stopped two or three time to fish so not enough water showed up and it would drain out when he ran, he was sitting at the gas dock filling up when his feet got wet! He pulled out the pump and took off, then thought he was trying to skip on the gas bill , he yelled his boat was sinking!! He ran around on plane and turned on bilge to drain it. They did not have a plug at the marina!! He had his buddy find a peice of driftwood and pound it in with a rock and they headed back to bullfrog non stop!!
Got TWO new plugs there! All was good , scared him pretty good! What if he would have had engine trouble and could keep it on plane for 2 hours of running back, if the wood plug failed!
time spent fishing isn't deducted from ones life