Water Coming from Boat After Removing from Lake?

I purchased a 1995 Stratos 201 pro. It has 3 drain holes at the back of the hull. One has a plug that I put in before launching the boat. When I bring the boat out of the water it has a lot of water coming out of the 2 open holes. I thought these could be for the live wells but I looked in one of the live wells while in the water and it had no water in it. When I remove the drain plug a lot of water comes out of it also. I’m just confused as to where the water is coming from and how it is getting in the boat?
Thanks for any thoughts on this subject.

How often does your bilge pump kick on while fishing? Or how often do you run the bilge?

-J.

I flipped the switch for dual bilge pumps my last time on the lake. Nothing happened.

Some boats have ballast cavities that intentionally allow water in to help balance the boat and make it ride better. Could be that if your bilge isn’t picking anything up.

OK thanks for the info

Robert Rains wrote:

I flipped the switch for dual bilge pumps my last time on the lake. Nothing happened.

If nothing happened, ie; the pumps did not turn on, I would get that corrected ASAP.

I would also check the transom on that age of boat it could be getting bad and allowing water in.

This happened to me last weekend. My livewell pump was cracked where it hooks to the hose. I didn’t notice until my floor carpet was wet. I now fixed it with a new pump and also switched over to a auto bilge

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It could be a number of things. Cracked live well line, line could be off the bilge pump, bad pump, bad connector somewhere… If the waves are big enough when I launch my boat I will take on water. Before removing yourself off the water try to see as far back and to the bottom of your boat you can if there is any water there.

Put your plug in and start filling bottom of boat with water. You should see where it leaks pretty fast. Them you know what needs to be fixed at least