With the current economic climate, the boating industry has had a very tough year. To get some idea, we needed to venture from the glassed-off waters of the Hacking, and head to its mouth, where small swells at least confirmed the clanging and banging associated with most aluminium boats has been kept under wraps in the bandit’s construction. The conditions of our test day were magical, but not ideal for testing how the hull performed under the pressures of a messy outing. a single pedestal seat behind the console made for comfortable driving, and the dunbier trailer that comes as part of the package means you’re underway as quickly as you want to be. The bandit I stepped into had a small console with storage space inside, port and starboard welded side-pockets, an anchor well and a plumbed live-bait tank. One of the ideas behind anglapro boats that I really like is their acceptance that every angler is different and therefore they make each boat fully customizable. The width of the gunwale topsides also allow for the anglers to easily fit extras aboard, like downriggers, extra rod holders, bollards, and so on. This also improves its ride, as its plate-sides impart less flex and contortion on the hull than many other small aluminium boats. its high and wide gunwales, coupled with 3/4mm plate-sides make the boat very sturdy for its size. The anglapro bandit 444 strikes me as a real workhorse.
I had brought a fishing rod with me, and once i rounded the Port Hacking ocean entrance and started to feel the swell-pulse passing under the boat, i found it difficult not to point her east, put the throttle down and leave the team from Good Times Marine behind. its sheer simplicity and incredible amount of deck space for its size sparked my imagination and immediately made me wish we had longer on the water for the test.
When I first stepped onto the anglapro bandit 444, i could feel that childish enthusiasm reignite.
#TIME BANDIT BOAT MOTOR FULL#
i can recall hours and hours roaming estuaries in my small aluminium boat, soaking up a full day’s uV light back when it was considered ‘healthy’. i know i have always enjoyed fishing solo: for me, it forms the basis of my fishing roots. It is often the solitude of fishing that captures many anglers’ imaginations.
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