Perko Weed Guards for Intake Water Strainers

[heynow2203]

might want one of the under hull strainers for bait well it has a larger area that will scoop that water even whan underway

[FishStretcher]

Pretty sure I have that one on the bottom of my 25. It looks huge, and it is near the keel. It is required to have something besides the pickup in the I/O for water, but this looks kind of big.

Do these affect trim/planing?

[joshmon71]

i run a round strainer that is entirely separate from thru hull. I teed off the thru hull one side goes to livewell pump, other to nothing right now capped off, but soon a washdown. used all groco on the Tee and step down sizing pieces, to the livewell pump. make sure its flanged seacock.

I asked the pros at cape and island boat works when they do thru hulls for downeast boats, they did not like the strainer you show-reason it forces a lot of water into the thru hull when running. we run faster than a downeast so that style is really putting more water pressure on the intake. the round type strainer I have still brings plenty of water in trust me. this shows a style I used:

http://www.jamestowndistributors.com...Round+Strainer

my thru hull is on the lowest dead rise panel, but that's more due to the fact I don't have a lot of options. not sure about mounting it on the middle panel I did not have the option so never gave it thought. used a piece of left over Penske from Pat's(Wildman) minty green 23 rebuild, 45 degree bevel on edges better for glassing, triangle shaped to mimic the thru hull flange shape, looks like a home plate shape. then glassed over with CSM, then 1708, maybe 2 layers 1708 I forget. used epoxy. its nerve racking drilling a hole in the hull bottom. I gave a few bucks to a pro in the garage next door to ease my mind off hours, over a couple beers.

yeah it must have some impact on speed I guess. nothing I could notice. and mine being a round strainer with holes all around it lets water pass out much more easily when not running the livewell. makes sense think about the hydrodynamics. I did coat it with my epoxy bottom paint inside and out. prob overkill. and since it is separate, I can remove it and its not attached to the thru hull.

for the intake I used one of these full flanged seacocks BV series I think: http://www.groco.net/

if you want a pic will be working on boat later and can take a shot inside of hull and outside.

[joshmon71]

water temps up here are not SoFLo hot, and we don't have weeds thus like y'all do. we also don't get girls in thongs up here like SoFLo . I don't like the clamshell style ramming water into my system. its all a minor point go with what ya want on the strainer in the northeast weeds are not that bad at least around the Cape. I like the round perforated, and proved it rams plenty of water on plane to keep multiple bluefish alive in a 40 gallon Kodiak. the other note is the clamshell I think threads onto the seacock. I prefer the 3 piece seacock setup, with separate strainer on bottom not threaded-4 pieces with strainer. at a later date if needed, any part of the setup can be replaced. make sure you use a piece of Penske or similar, or wood, glass over, and place the flanged seacock on that. make sure you think about transducers and water turbulence. use marine exhaust hose double clamped every connection.

ah square grouper. we had some on the cape but I was like 5 years old. good stories though.