Quote Originally Posted by Fishin is life View Post
One of my friends fished with one and absolutely loved it for keeping the boat positioned, BUT he also said if you're fishing along a bank the trolling motor is REALLY slow to turn....This isn't a huge factor if you're fishing a clean bank, but if you're in standing timber it's a nightmare....He said you absolutely can't navigate through the standing timber without hitting everything....As far as striper fishing, crappie fishing, or wanting to set up on a brushpile bass fishing I can see where they'd be extremely beneficial, but they do have their drawbacks
Man, that is EXACTLY why I got rid of the AutoPilot that I had on my boat when I first purchased it. It was a seriously expensive motor, but all that expense was built into useless technology. I sold it for less than 1/2 what it was worth to a guy on here.............THEN I added a few bucks to the money I received and purchased a Minn Kota 70 / 24v system with cable drive.

My biggest issue was turning the dang thing. AND it's horrible method could be heard half way across the lake, so I guarantee the purty brownfish in my vicinity could hear it.

Yep, dropped that product as quickly as I could.

Now, don't get me wrong........it was FANTASTIC for pointing and forgetting and fishing. GREAT. But if I needed to navigate as fishin stated, it was very hard.

Later,

Geo