For some that won’t be a huge problem but
there’s certainly a trend for anglers to want
larger 10 and even 12 inch sounders on
estuary and inshore boats.
The boat sports an underf loor rod locker
which holds at least five rods up to nine foot
in length. If you don’t mind piling up rods,
you could fit many more. Most keen fishos
these days bring several rigged rods along and
the ability to safely store them out of harm’s
way is a necessity for a specialist fishing boat.
There are also two extra horizontal rod
holders along the portside.
Up towards the bow and the casting
platform is spacious with a pedestal seat mount
if you prefer to cast in a seated position.
A bow mount electric motor is pretty much
mandatory for this style of boat. Crestliner
makes mounting an electric easy via a
dedicated battery box with a built-in plug
located under the front hatch. There’s loads of
fishingworld.com.au | March 2015 | 85here weren’t any fish,
but we did get a good
account of how well the
boat handled average
Harbour chop. The Vision
ate up the chop and we
remained bone dry.”
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CRESTLINER VISION 1600
LENGTH: 5M
BE AM: 2M
DE ADRISE: 10 DEGREES
WEIGHT (DRY): 424KG
MA X. PERSON: 5
MA X.HP: 60HP (AS TESTED)
PRICE: STARTING AT $ 35,0 0 0.
CON TAC T: http://www.crestliner.com.auT HE DETAILS