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Bondy

Posted 11/24/2012 6:10 AM (#599316 - in reply to #599308)
Subject: RE: freezing temps and water in the hull??

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You have to plan ahead. Pulled my plug on the way home last night but put it right back in as temps plummeted before it froze. I took maybe a gallon of water over the bow yesterday in all that wind and immediately came home and propped up every compartment lid I had. It's in the 20's now. In the past I've bent rod locker lids trying to un stick them in the am. Once I went a whole day walleye fishing an couldn't open my livewell. It's also important if we get rain before a bad front to prop open your battery/oil lid. If you freeze that one up and need to get back there in an emergency you might be screwed. And don't forget to put something over your hitch coupler to keep that from freezing and maybe even drain your graph plugs out by pointing them down to keep ice out them. I also drain the big motor while still at the ramp....