My first boat was a used Sears 14' jon boat with a 8hp Evinrude and tiller steering. My brother Billy and I launched on the St Johns River early one morning for a little Florida largemouth bass fishing. As we drifted out into the river I was trying to pull start that ornery lil Rude and realized we were taking on water! A frantic search for the plug was in vain but luckily I managed to get that Evinrude started and got us up on plane draining the water out.
So we're running up the river without a plug and I hollered at my brother to find something to stick in the hole, after a few minutes he handed me a plug......he had whittled a drain plug out of my favorite Devils Horse Top water lure.
Miss you Billy.