Pool Noodle Kayak Scupper Plug: Episode 4

[sergeantsailorman]

Well, good video, and good idea. I would only make one comment, and that's about smoothing the sides with a lighter. I would use a candle. Damn lighters get hot and can burn your fingers on the metal part, and my finger gets tired holding the lighter gas lever down. A candle stays lit by itself (inside out of the wind), and allows you to use two hands to rotate the foam over the flame. Happy Yaking.

[ITSGABEZ]

williamsburg va?

[jowo3]

Good idea. Practice golf balls also work well.

[GrandmaFoxes]

Thanks.. I flipped the yak and lost one. So I made one out of those gardener kneeling cushions...I had already cut up..to pad my kayak cart.

YOU rock!

[GrandmaFoxes]

Thanks I flipped my ywilderness tarpon 120 kayak on Juniper springs (woo hoo) and lost a plug. Now thanks to you ans those foam gardener "kneeling cushions" I got a new plug and a spare!

YOU rock!

[patatogamer7]

Awesome! Thanks for the tip!!

[homeostasis4me]

They make fantastic catfish jugs, too.

[ASTROHOTROD]

Great idea. Just bought two for 11 bucks but will try this on the other two.

Thanks for posting.

[XtremeOutdoors29]

Awesome! Thanks. I'm going to try this.

[my83gti]

Great idea. I used packing from a computer box, It's the same material.

The only difference is I took a piece of PVC pipe and filed the edge at an angle. It works just like a cookie cutter.

[zonex2]

Hahaha really great idea!!  i'll try it!

[seanandjean]

great inexpensive idea.I have used old jandals,cut into the right size and glued together.sanded to fit perfectly.a time consuming job but lasts forever.

[engineer10325]

Thanks for poasting this. I just got off the phone with the local kayak repair shop. they charge $35/hr for heat welding. With 7 kayaks that need to be repaired - the DIY scupper plug is looking pretty good!

[plutoplatters]

i've found the synthetic wine corks fit the extra small scup-holes in ocean kayak... used two in my Prowler...One pool noodle can make about a thousand $6.00 ocean kayak plugs ..can't beat that either... great idea another idea i'm going to try is... putting the noodle on an alum pipe... to place under the knees for support when just sitting/fishing..braced on the top of the kayak.. ( just to hold the knees upwards/for the change.

[photodc]

Great Idea! I've been lazy about ordering Scupper plugs so I've been dealing with having a wet ass the whole time I'm on the water. You sir, Have Dried my butt and for this I thank you!

[fishyaker]

Thanks! Check out the Nerf plugs video too.

[reesk92]

@fishyaker ok im going to asume that the scupper plug is the thing you pull when you want the water inside the kayak to drain okie dokie so why do you loose the original one in the first place why not like put it on a cord

[mishmosh2000]

Why do they even have scuppers at the seat? Do they expect us to sit in water or do they expect us to plug them.

[photodc]

Great Idea! I've been lazy about ordering Scupper plugs so I've been dealing with having a wet ass the whole time I'm on the water. You sir, Have Dried my butt and for this I thank you!

[garagebolduc]

Good DIY, Thanks!