A Must Have Drain Plug on my Tracker Classic XL 

Sounds interesting. The plug is a great purchase no reason not to do it. I will tell you though even hanging there. for the first time in my life this year I did put the boat in and park the truck as I got in the boat I realized I missed the plug. I reached my hand in the water grabbed the plug hanging there and put it in no problem. used the bilge had no issues. I thought I would never miss it on the ramp with it hanging there. I was wrong but when I did miss it I knew exactly where it was and it was easy to grab and put in even in the water.

Good luck and and congrats!

You're gonna like it! It works well.

Just Jim Time I’m sure I will! I’ve done a handful of mods on my Classic XL over the winter as well. I think maybe I should post some videos of them soon too.

Good deal! For the record I did forget to put it in once regardless. But I quickly realized it, reached into the water and felt for the plug hanging and put it in blind pretty easily.

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Glad that works for you. I store my boat in my garage and have never stored it with the plug in.

It is becoming a law in many jurisdictions these days to remove the drain plug when the boat is pulled out of the water. I am like you and don't do it unless I am made to do it because I don't even use the livewell and my bilge is always "bone-dry!" I would more readily do it if I had the "drain plug on leash" shown above.

@@kodi2k6 Good point, Ive often wondered what the point of pulling the plug out time after time and never any water coming out. But for me it's habit, Ive occasionally had water come over the back when stopping to quick though. There pretty Strict about removing invasive species in my area.

I have only used it for panfish. Works good for that. If I were to guess it could hold three bass but if they were all 5 pounders. it would be tight

Thanks for the sub by the way. Spring is almost here. #more videos

its only been warm enough and not windy one time for me so far. It handles better and drove faster than I was expecting the one time, so I'm happy about that. I was concerned with it being a modified V. but it was good. I've done quite a few upgrades, Happy about all of those, IMO I think it really needs the upgrades right away. Still a good value. I would love to have a Bimini but I dont like the idea of how much back deck it takes up when its down. I know you can take it off but then what's the point. Still debating on that, I remember feeling like I was in the dessert on my last boat in the hot sun. I have no regrets I can think of, but still have some things I want. If you are going to keep the money on the credit card I would go with a loan instead the interest will always be lower. I used a credit card because the points and I was able to pay it off right away. Good luck Its a great boat for the money

Just Jim Time Thank you ,, I know what you mean about the heat and the room ,, I live in Texas so yeah ,, Thanks again for the tips ,, Good Luck , tight lines

Most Lunds come with them so I don't think its an issue. If you're concerned you could plug it in. This is my second boat with this plug. No issues. I Don't park outside for long periods but my first boat was used and stored outside prior.

Not yet. I don't think the lakes are thawed yet but they're close.

@@justjimtime1672 Fox river is where I took mine. Hoping some lakes are open soon if not already.

@@alexkoutdoor I was just looking today. the weather is nice, the lakes I drove past looked open. if its nice enough tomorrow Im going to think about breaking the engine for a couple hours.

Well, you could leave it in, but it's a good practice to leave the plug out when its not in the water to drain any water that might have gotten in the boat while boating as well as any rain water from traveling. I've always been in the habit to put it before launching and take out after pulling the boat out. Either way, if you have to take the plug out ever to drain water, you wont lose it.

@@justjimtime1672 ive always done the same especially with riveted boats. But being a new boat & allweld i dont see a point in taking the plug out everytime. But definitely doesnt hurt

@@shooter3288 To each his own, I think its probably pretty standard procedure. Your question made me wonder if I was following some old misguided rules from 30 years ago that's unnecessary, so I did a quick Internet search. Everything I found said pull the plug when not in water. One person said there are laws in some states (did not verify) that make it illegal to trailer a boat with the plug in due to invasive species. I read about many reasons to do it, which make sense to me. Good luck to you though

Not sure. If they didn't change it from previous years, its 1"