Manic Moore Posted May 27, 2007 Report Share Posted May 27, 2007 (edited) Last week I was invited to spend the day on my mate's Karnic 2050 with 200 horses of Suzuki hanging on the back. Martin, after getting to play with boat for the day I can see why you bought yours. Possibly one of the best handling boats I have been on even in yesterdays weather. Excelent build quality and it goes like sh1t off a chickens lip! The only modification I think would add to the alround performance would be a set of adjustable trim tabs. With full fuel tank and all the fishing gear (and box of fish ) we had to trim the engine right in to keep the boat at the right angle. Although once opened in ernist at 45 knots it was like an arrow. I also got play with the Hummingbird 970c. A nice bit of kit but I would personaly still opt for a Garmin. The software is a bit long winded although it didn't take that long to figure out, just a number of short cuts they could have easily put in. A dual unit with sounder and plotter. My mate is a bit of a self confessed techno fobe so he was grateful for the tuission. (I think Anyway I met up with Will about 6 in Bournemouth and we were at the boat in a yard in Lillyput by 6.30. Boat already in the water and stowing all the gear we were out of the harbour by 7. The plan was a wrecking day and try to take in a few wrecks between Poole and Christchurch. Clearing old Harry and all the white horses a change of plan was in order. Luckily we had the bait for the contingency and it was west now and under the cliffs for bream. Will had a nicely made bait dropper and had made a secret recipe for the bream and they loved it. (which I now have ) Fish to 2 and a half from the off. Every time we shook the bait dropper they went mad untill the tide slowed right down and we were swinging all over the place. Also squeeked a few macky out too. As the tide eased so did the wind a little and so we went back to plan A, which didn't take into account all the wrecks having divers on. So plan C we looked at the charts and found a reef to fish. Pollock to 6lb from the off and regular double hook ups on rubber. That fished well for a couple of hours untill the wind took hold so we then did a tour of wrecks which bought in more pollock of similar size, although the wind certainly made conditions difficult. 7 o'clock and we are back in the harbour, washed down the boat and gear in the car back home for 8. A long day, but 30 plus bream and similar number of pollock was a fantastic days fishing and got to play on a fantastic boat to boot. . Definately a blue day. Edited May 27, 2007 by Manic Moore Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Fox Posted May 27, 2007 Report Share Posted May 27, 2007 That sounds like a brilliant day! Much better than ours too! Dead envious about the pollack - how far out? Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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