To find the leak take a garden hose and with the plugs in the boat fill the bottom of the boat up with some water. Do this on a dry concrete surface where you can see where any water leaks out of the bottom of the boat. Take a grease pen and mark any rivet heads or any seams that leak water.

You can then weld the rivet heads closed or repair them with new rivets if you can get access to the rivets to remove the old ones and install new one.

Or you can have a welder heliarc weld the holes shut. Any seams that are cracked can be welded shut also

If you want to go a cheaper route then just get some JB Weld and seal them with this stuff. Just make sure that you clean the metal really good before applying the JB weld.

Quote Originally Posted by Cajun78 View Post
guys,

Im new here, but hoping y'all can help me figure out a little issue. I have an old boat, *(was my granddads, the boat I learned to fish in) and its been very well kept over the years. I have noticed lately it seems if I fish a while and then take off, there is a little water in the bilge. Dont remember this happening much before. My granddad had one of those old humminbird transducers mounted on the back and I took it out when I upgraded depth finders. It left 4 small screw holes I figured did not go all the way through. Even so, I did seal them up but have noticed the sealant came out on my last trip. Do you think I could be taking some water here?

If not, is it typical to pump out a little water when leaving a spot after fishing a while to find new ground?

Any thoughts would be appreciated.