Leave plug out, start motor, full throttle, turn on bilge pump and ride until the waters out. Then have homeboy put plug back in, continue fishing.

This is why a 5 gallon bucket is in my kit. There is no pump more efficient than a scared man with a bucket

I love how they are half submerged and the homie is still fishing.

Been there, done that!!! And I'm a living witness to what some of these guys are saying. Start the motor, turn on the pump, and head for the shore. We put the plug in, and headed back out to keep fishing. Lesson learned!

Remember kids. When your boat fills with water, start driving fast towards the boat launch or a sand bar.

Just bought my first boat. And these comments might save me one day. Thanks all you knowledgeable people.

Number one rule of boating. Be sure the plug is in.

"Now, where did I put those life vests?"

This has happened to me. Luckily I had a very experienced passenger with me. And he immediately jumped in the drivers seat told me to seat down and full throttle sent it. He turned the bilge on and then stopped after a few minutes. With all his clothes on. Took the plug, cut the motor off, and jumped in and plugged it. I have never forgotten a plug ever since. I’m glad he was there that day. Because I don’t think I would’ve been that prepared. But now I know!

The Bass came out on top that day.

I would never take a bass boat miles offshore.. in the Great Lakes or the ocean 😅

I did that once. Was able to make it back to the dock, pull it out and drain it, plug it and re-gain the party.

And he’s already on the phone with his insurance so he can call his wife next and say he’s stopping and looking at new boats on the way home

The guy had plenty of time to save his boat.

Gotta wear your life jackets guys. This could happen to anyone

If it is plug out and you can start motor, fast forward the water will siphon out of the boat

I had this happen just yesterday. I'm a new boater but no fool. I noticed the boat felt heavy when trying to accelerate and was off to one side more. Then I realized I forgot to put the plug in. It was too deep below the water to reach so I quickly turned the bilge pump on and started driving just fast enough to keep the back end up while pulling the upper deck drain plugs where the scupper valves are. It was enough to get me back to the boat launch grab the trailer pull the boat up onto it and let all the water continue to drain out. Then I was back in the water and back to fishing. Can't lie, it was pretty scary.

What bothers y'all is the sinking boat, what bothers me is the fact their life jackets are floating in the water instead of wearing them.

Dude definitely forgot to put the plug back in 😂😭, he shoulda took off full steam ahead 😂.

If you pause and look when it’s flipped upside down there is giant slit/hole where the fiberglass split right between the light brown and the red. This wasn’t a drain plug issue. It’s on the side closest to us aound the 10 second mark. You have to play pause and as the wave goes by you can see it. Looks to be about 4 foot long by atleast a finger or 2 wide.

As a coast guardsmen, the most disturbing part of this is they are not wearing jackets. Water temp is probably 50-60, so even tredding, with water over your shoulders you have less then hour before hypothermia kicks in. With jacket, you have 6-8 hours.

Apparently nobody told them when the boat starts sinking to start the motor adjust the trim to ride as high as possible and move just fast enough so it lifts itself back up, and as long as there's not a large gouge or hole in the hull it should be good to make it to shore. Of course if you have a large hole in the hull you're probably just going to rip it apart more but it's still worth a shot at that point.

That’ll happen when you have beers before you get to the boat ramp

Done forgot the plug! Yes, done this too…very important to check your pumps for clogs and do maintenance. We always keep our live well empty…follow what others have posted on running your bass boat. Turn on pumps and run as fast as you can to shore…

Don't forget to put in the drain plug

Pulled an insurance claim he wants the new 23-model bass tracker

Captain Obvious: Technically, these don’t run near as efficiently when in this configuration.

Jump in water, put plug in, run bilge pump, fish.

My man still jigging for that last walleye while the boat’s going down. Respect.

That is why you don't cancel your boat insurance when you think you don't need it.

Такой катер утопить это нужно быть сверх интелектуалом.

My bilge pump is fully automatic and always on, but does also have a manual switch. If I for some reason would have gotten into the water without the plug, the pump would surely be noticed and I would immediately just be able to return to the ramp (or some random shore - the Buster aluminium hull can surely take a beating).

That's why you always check the plug before you leave the dock and make sure you have at least two

My first boat was an old aluminum boat that had wings on the back that reminded me of the Batmobile boat 😂..I let my 10 y/o son drive it back to the boat ramp. He was driving as fast as that old Johnson 35 hp would go. I told he to slow down and he shut the motor off. A large wave of water came up over the rear of the boat..I yelled "GET TO LAND, GET TO LAND! He started the boat back up but by then the second wave had filled the back of the boat and it was going under. You could hear that pour old Johnson motor running as it went under the water fighting for its last breath as the rest of the boat continued to sink. ol Johnson got us close enough to shore to where the front bow of the boat looked like a nose poking up for air 😂. Our boat seats and takleboxes and small ice chest was floating. My son was crying as I was gathered up everything floating 😂. I was lucky an old man with wisdom was there to calm me down and talk me through the process of retrieving the boat. I backed my Datson 4X4 down to the water and he had a long strap. My truck was able to pull the boat to the bank of the lake where we alowed the bildge pump to pump out water. The boat started rising in the lake and went into the water and was able to load the boat on my trailer by hand. We put everything back in the boat and learned a lot that day. The boat went under because the back where the motor is attached is open with nothing to help with"back wash". So we learned you couldn't just come to a sudden stop without waves coming into the back of the boat. We had to slowly come to a stop. We got the ol boat home, I found some instructions on what to do if your motor was submerged. Pull the spark plugs, lay it on each side, crank the engine over to spit all the water out of each cylinder. Pour alcohol in each cylinder and crank the motor over to spit all the liquid out. Spray some gas mixed with oil into each cylinder. Put motor back on boat. Clean the spark plug with wire brush, reinstall them, spray some gas in the carboretors, connect garden hose to water pump inlet holes and crank engine over while spraying gas into each carburetor and it started right up.😁 We put fresh gas in the gas tank and took her back to the lake. I left her attached to the trailer while backing the boat far enough into the lake for the motors pump inlet holes to be under water. Cranked it up and let her run for a while to allow the oil from the fresh mixture of oil and gas to relube all internal parts. She ran for several years afterwards and the whole boat was sold because I wanted a real bass boat

It is just like a Car....Always put the Oil Plug in before you drive away from an oil change. Always put the drain plug in before you drive away from the boat ramp...take an extra 1/2 hour if you need to and have a conversation with someone or just watch the weather.... Water stops coming out...Plug goes in... you drive away. Next time out you have the insurance that if someone does not check that it is in, you already did.

I learned this one from my dad and his experiences if you take a bass boat out onto the ocean or a really big lake have at least one big ass bilge pump in the bottom of the boat with a 2-inch diameter tube attached to it he had two of them the back of the boat once got full of water due to some unforeseen circumstances it drained that whole rear end of that boat in less than a minute so what I learned that day the bilge pumps cost him about $200 and saved the whole boat in the process

Folks, please read, answer the SOS! Just rope the bow to the stern of the running boat and start traveling. As the derelict boat rises a wee-bit, the water will start to flow OUT of the leak. We saved a family with a huge leak in their out-drive boot one Sunday. Watching people just film it always sinks my heart. Be kind, rewind, Dan

Dude you can "loose" Your guns without sinking a boat lol.

To start with, did you forget to put the drain plug in? Second, when you see that you are taking on water put your life jacket on. Third, accelerate the boat and it will self drain on your way back to shore.

The first lesson every boat owner learns.

Well props to him, went down with the boat like a real captain 🛥

I like how there’s a life jacket floating right there and neither one of them thinks “oh, this might be good to use!”

That is sad to see😢 it’s not just a boat going down. It’s every weekends fun and fishing with the boys going down

While running jugs by myself i noticed the nose would come up when i took off. I opened the floor storage and it was half full of water. A plastic fitting on the back that went to the livewell had broken---probably from old age! Beached it and let the pump get ahead a little before heading to the boatramp.

Love how the life jackets are just floating and not on the guys while the boats sinking

"A bad day of fishing is better than a good day of work" Whoever originally said this was a shore fisherman.

I remember here in Australia family bought petrol from an outback petrol station, it must of been poor quality or something because after awhile driving the boat it started struggling and just went out, in the middle of the river, we ended up getting a trawler tow us back to the ramp

I’m not even a boat owner yet and I feel like my life has been saved. Thanks for the comments.

Brings back memories. On my honeymoon, my best man and his wife took my bass boat out fishing. The boat's engine was larger than necessary for the boat. A barge came by and my friend's wife says, " Hey honey, were takimg in water." He ignored her and the boat flipped. All the other boats on the lake came to their rescue. He called and said, "Hey buddy, I sank your boat." It didnt sink to the bottom though because of an air pocket. He had it hauled to his house, spent days cleaning every part of the boat. When I got home, the boat looked sparkling show room condition and ran like a gem.

My dad grew up on lake Sinclair and has told me he has 3 boats at the bottom of the lake. One was from another boat colliding into his boat. The others were rogue waves and he didn’t have someone there watching him sink instead of pulling his boat to safety!!! He loved his John boats and once those fill with water your in trouble. After the third boat going down he decided to buy a Boston wailer because they’re almost impossible to sink!

The dude in the front looked like he was still fishing. lol im glad u guys are ok u can replace the boat, but never a life. god bless you all

No way and I just bought one 3 weeks ago. Lol. Make sure that your bilage pumps are working first before going to the water. 👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸

Have the key attached to your plug. Install plug, put key into ignition.

I would of turn the motor on full throttle and get the bilge pump on and head to shore

Boats sinking ,but hey what’s that floating away? It’s the life jacket. Duhhh

It is surprising how many people don't know that a boat on plain will drain out the plug hole. As soon as you notice water in the floor get your butt moving. turn on the bilge as someone else suggested.

My brother did this over 90 percent of the time. As stated above. start motor, full throttle, turn on bilge pump and ride until the waters out.

look how well the life jackets floated

If you forget the plug, jump into the water, swim underneath and put the plug in... A lot of people don't think about doing this for some reason...

i tend to leave my plug in and put in a automatic bilge pump once i left plug in while boat was parked but just squished the tires a bit better than sinking boat.

Someone forgot the drain plugs… had they noticed sooner, get the motor started and floor it. Will save your boat.

The two happiest days of owning a boat the day you buy it and the day it sinks

Vessel: 3/4 of the boat taking on water. Both occupants: Still fishing.. Vest: ... Common sense, well we know that doesn't exist with these two individuals.. 🙄

My first job was on a gas dock and I remember one time a big cruiser pulling in for help. On looking at the back of the thing I saw this little 2 person boat fully underwater and tied to the back of the boat. Apparently, they were navigating a lock and dam when they backed too far into a wall

I always keep a power drill in the boat, because that way, you can drill holes to lets the water out.

Grew up on a bass boat. This situation was so damn fixable smh

As an owner of several boats, leaving the plug out does happen. But letting the boat just flood is crazy.

At the end when he's on the phone and he says "uhhh", all I can imagine is that's his insurance on the other end of phone and his next line to the insurance lady is "So about that boat I added to my policy yesterday...😅"

i love that he is more concerned about the fishing pole than the boat :D

That’s when you turn the bilge on and put that motor to work straight for the closet bank

Should have just gave it some gas and turned the pump on. Me and my kids were out swimming on an island and I guess the boat was too close to the bottom and my plug came out. Once I noticed it I immediately plugged the hole started the engine turn on my bilge and headed to the dock. Made it back with the pump still rolling. Didn’t lose my boat or any gear. Kids were a bit frightened but they rode it out like a champ with me.

I’m glad they did everything but actually grab the life jackets and put the life jackets on.

Gotta love how dude is still fishing while it's going down,we salute you sir😅😅😅

Been in a similar situation when I was 16yr old. We were fishing in lake Jordan when a water spout started and the sky went pitch black. The waves started and were bigger than anything I've ever seen at the beach. 2 waves hit us head on before my dad could get life jackets and my paw paw could drop the trolls motor. We cap sized and held on to the bottom of the boat for about 4hrs before my dad went under and grabbed a rope. He swam as far as he could and was about to drowned when he started to go under he touched a big rock and he pulled us in and swam to shore and pulled us the rest the way. All 3 of us were lucky that night very scary being helpless on the bottom of a bass boat 💯

He saved his sunglasses for another day!

I left plug out. Soon as I realized it I turned bilge pump on. Boat was so heavy it cranked but wouldn’t plane out so I drove it gently on a soft spot on the bank. If your gone sink and the motor or trolling motor will push it let it happen in one or two feet of water. I ran bilge about 2 hrs after getting the plug in.

"Time and Intelligence DO NOT run in parallel lines" The Old Man's Book of Quotes

Life jackets really did their job floating in the water 👍🏻

I bet they just got done with a professional tournament 😂

You didn’t have a Ranger did you ????? Skirt!!!!

My Dad owned and co-owned a few boats. He told me "a boat is a hole in the water you throw money in to".

Not always a missing drain plug fellas. If the bait pump is plumbed to a through hull fitting, the boat can sink if the pump housing or associated plumbing cracks or leaks. I’ve seen it firsthand.

Drain plug bandit. 😂 Always keep a spare drain plug in the glove box. If you don’t have it. take some plastic or foam from a life vest, raise the motor & stuff the hole. Failing that, get the boat on plane asap & head back to the dock - the water will drain while on plane.

I would've tried to get the engine going, and get that thing up on plane FAST. That might not have been a possibility for them, hard to tell from just this. That would be so heartbreaking :\ I hope you were able to recover it!

Kid on the bow with a fishing rod "Let me get a few more casts in before she goes down"

😂 true fisherman‘s right here Grabbing their fishing poles before their life vest

The dude was like oh coast guard come save my boat before its too late ! Lol 24 hours minimum buck

Very first thing I bought for my boat was a spare drain plug, zip tie it to your cables at the transom. If you ever lose one you got a back up right there handy. These boys need a check list.

Best thing to do when this happens is get the boat going with the nose up and don’t get onto a plane. Water will go to the back and drain out the plug hole. Giving you time to get to your trailer

Simple solution, before backing down the boat ramp, put the plug in. If you forgot, start your engine, put the engine in gear"preferably in forward" idle up a little, keep moving until the water is all gone. Put the plug in, and your emergency is over. Unless you left the plug in your home, with your brain!😊

People please go to school. Learn about the things you are buying. Carry 2 or more 360 gallon or bigger bilge pumps. Don’t use screw in scupper plugs. Get the rider to turn on the pumps if possible but the best way to fix that situation is get the MOFO on plan and pull the plug. When a boat is on plan the back of the hull is out the water enough to drain it.

Was in this exact situation with my buddy’s Ranger. We jumped up on plane and kept the boat moving. Dumped me off close enough to the ramp to be able to get the truck and trailer. He kept doing laps until it was ready to load. A boat will not sink while it’s ok plane.

If I had a dollar for every bass boat that has done this on Saint Clair I would be rich.

мне понравилось вот это его "эээм.." в конце))

Always double check even triple check ur plugs and seals aren't crackd, broke or missing before u drop the boat in the water or before u leave the dock . And always keep extras close by with a heavy duty sump pump on board.

Homeboy filmed his own insurance fraud

Dang, i thought the Cap'N was going down with the ship for a second.

When I was 16 an old man on a jet ski forgot his plug like 50 ft from the doc it sank... in shifts me and my brother would swim down and drag it little by little back to shore... we did get it out tho

This is why you might wanna take a boating class or two before thinkin you know it all. smh. Should have never happened. As others have said just get goin with the bilge on, water won't come in if you are movin plug or not. It will actually empty the bilge moving even without the bilge pump on.

" I thought you said YOU put the plug in!!"