b'The thing thatMoving into very shallow water and being plastic stands outwith 10mm hull gives immediately withyou confidence about the boats toughness the SW4200 is theand ability to ignore the amount of roomodd rock while drifting and fishing.the beam provides,We drifted through nearly 2m whichsome very shallow water with kelp covered rocks is a decent widthwhere no keen boatie for its 4300mmwith a fibreglass boat would dare venture.The overall length. fishing was proving tough though, as we caught only The handy fish bin andone pannie and several The boat didnt mind atseat serves two purposesjuvenile fish that were all and as Graeme slowedand maximises space. released unharmed.to adjust for the tricky conditions, each time we came off a wave and landed softly it was a surprise.We were used to the twang of the boat from our experiences in alloy boats but with a 10mm plastic hull, the Smartwave is very quiet on the water.This is something many owners of Smartwave boats comment about to others.Being a centre console with an open design, you expect a bit of water to come back into the boat, but the soft-landing vessel pushed the water away from the hull and only the lighter spray from the strong wind gusts came back in on occasion.SHALLOW STALKWe moved into Hooks Bay and out of the windGraeme moves the as Graeme wanted toboat quietly into fish the shallows andthe shallows to cast softbaits.cast softbaits for fish. /FISHINGINGODZONE59'