my project wellcraft 180 fisherman

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Originally Posted by Curapa

That's the dilemma. Close them off and loose the self bailing feature, keep them and have wet feet. I compromised and plugged the drains when needed, on cold days mostly.

I keep a pair of rubber plugs on board for that reason...when I'm fishing live bait and have a 30 gal tank on the deck, then two guys are at the stern, puttin out lines or playin' fish, she gets a little wet back there...other than that, I typically don't need 'em