On Mar 30, 6:15*pm, Short Wave Sportfishing
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On Sun, 30 Mar 2008 15:05:01 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
On Mar 30, 5:57*pm, Short Wave Sportfishing
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On Sun, 30 Mar 2008 17:47:01 -0500, John H.

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On Sun, 30 Mar 2008 14:19:35 -0700 (PDT), photomom
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I took my boat out for the first time this morning. *Finally got it
started but it would die after several minutes if I didn't give it
some throttle. *It is an older model Glas-ply with a Volvo motor. *I
lifted the doghouse on the engine and the entire bottom was filled
with water. *It had evidently sprayed the motor. *Do I need to insert
the plug in the back of the boat to keep the water out, or just run
the bilge pump? *This is the first boat I have ever owned and any
suggestions you coulc offer would be great.

Yes, put the plug in before you launch it.

I swear this is absoutely true.

There is a big sign behind the service desk that reads:

"Plugs are required to be removed from boats in this facility. *Please
reinstall plugs prior to launch".

I swear that's true. :)

And I can tell you the reason why too.

And no you morons, it wasn't me.

Although I have been guilty of doing that. :)

Hey, I bought a boat awhile back and ran it up to the lake and forgot
to unhook the stern tiedowns, that thing wouldn't come off the the
trailer for nothing!!

Been there - done that. *:)

I've also forgot to remove the restraining strap from the bow eye,
undid the stern dock line and was lazy about where I put it with the
resulting prop wrap, Scotty caught a lobster trap due to stupidity on
my part, grounded myself at the mouth of the Connecticut River at Old
Saybrook Light when I misread the tide chart and tried to cross the
sand bar, run out of gas in one of my old bass boats, fallen over
board twice trying to boat a fish, dead batteries due to keeping my
ignition key and radio switch on and that's just for starters. :)

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I was on Lake Sinclair one time and it was VERY early spring, the
water was cold as hell. I got a spotted bass on that was one of the
biggest I'd ever seen come out of Sinclair, so of course I was so
excited thinking I may have a lake record that I reached down to lip
it, not even thinking that I'd changed from a worm to a Rapala.
Shakes, a couple of treble hooks go into my hand, yank my hand out,
causing me to lose my balance. In the lake I go. When this happens, my
brand new rod and reel decide to leave my hands in 30 feet of water. I
wonder if that monster fish is still laughing.