If there is a good bit of water in the bilge area (like when it rains), all the rod lockers will get wet. When coming off plane that water is sloshing around and when it comes to the front of the boat it will wet the stern side of the rod locker carpet. Also when it's draining from the front, it will get them wet as well. My experience has been most of it comes from the back of the bilge and when it sloshes around. My lockers only get wet on the stern side of the rod lockers. I see this topic way too many times and people think their lids are leaking. My carpet always gets wet there when it rains. If you don't want something to get wet then put it in the back storage lockers or in your tackle storage center locker.