Scuppers?

I'm getting ready to order my trident 13 yak from Outdoorplay.  The package comes with scuppers but you have to choose a size.  Any advice on which size fits best?

2 small - foot wells
4 medium - Seat and live well.

The Outdoorplay website lists what you need at the bottom of the Product Descriptions.

http://www.outdoorplay.com/store/Product.asp?DID=569&PDID=3&SKU=BSP_OKT13A

In my newbie enthusiasm (April) I got all of them and are only using the 2 under the seat so I don't get a geyser up my back.  No matter what you do, if you are paddling you will get water in the boat and it needs to drain out.  The drip rings keep most of the water off your hands, but dump it on your legs.  It needs to go out the foot well scuppers.  

you might want to just hold off on the scupper plugs til you've taken you boat out a few times. i made the expensive mistake of buying all the plugs for my T15 after i picked it up the other year, and have only used them about 3 times since. for me, having the plugs in gave me a wetter ride than having them out, and i'm a fairly heavy guy at 6' 1" and 250.

however, yesterday while fishing with another member, who was on a T13, i noticed that they had about an inch of water constantly in the footwells all the way up to the seat, and asked them if that was normal, and the reply was, for them, yes. i know roughly what this person weighs, so mentally adding that plus thier gear load, i came up with a weight of 275lbs, far within the weight capacity of the T13. bottom line, it shouldn't be flooding like that. 

what i might do for them is loan them my plugs and see if that helps any. i'm starting to suspect that the T13s may be a bit wetter ride than the T15 due to size and scupper placement. has anyone else noticed this?

Most of us have all of our fishing gear behind the seat, putting just about all of the non-kayak weight aft. One thing I found with my Big Game was that I could reduce or eliminate the wet footwells by redistributing some of the weight forward. This will increase drainage from the footwells.

I've always appreciated having the scuppers working as scuppers. It is one of the biggest advantages of using a SOT for fishing. Blocking the seatwell scuppers does help eliminate WBS on long days though.

Jay

When I ordered my T13 from Outdoorplay, I specifically didn't want the plugs.  To this day, I still have never bothered with plugging the holes.  In the salt, I want the water to drain out at all times, and I don't care if the tank well gets wet, that's where the fish are kept anyways.  As for my seat area, I haven't noticed any geysers up the back side.  I'm usually in my waders/drytop combo, or swim trunks.  Either way, water isn't going to bug me personally.  I expect to get wet in a kayak, so there's no sense in me trying to stop it.
 

and to stress something Insayn said.. the water on the legs and back is great for a cool off during hot days.

and to stress something Insayn said.. the water on the legs and back is great for a cool off during hot days.

Yup!

I have been dressing for the water this summer (two layers of fleece under my waders/drytop), and the air has been pretty warm lately.
So, I dowse myself with cold water throughout the day to keep myself cooled.