Quote Originally Posted by NIMROD View Post
When verticle jiggin , how close will the I-pilot hold you ? Some spots I fish are extremely small and need to hold within 10'.
It depends on a couple of factors; GPS signal strength, wind speed, current flow. I have set on brush piles many times and just set the spot lock and not touched it for 20-30 minutes or more. There have been other times when the corrections where a little too far off when fishing very narrow brush piles and it didn't quite hold me as tight as I wished. There are other bonuses to it though. My only livewell is in the back of the boat so when I unhook a fish I have to go to the back to put him in the well. If the wind is blowing I'm off my spot by the time I get back to the front (drawback of aluminum boat as you know). With the spot lock I can hit the button, put the fish in the well, and come back to the front and still be within 10-20 feet of where I started. It is also super nice when you are retying, eating a sandwich, netting a buddy's fish, or anything else that may pull you away from the foot control. The remote really comes in handy at times; I can stand anywhere in my boat and run the troller. I might be watching my GPS at the console coming up on a waypoint, or moving from one spot to another while retying or changing baits. The motorized steering doesn't drift like the cable steering does so it will track straight as your moving along. If you really want to track a straight line you can use the advanced auto pilot which uses GPS and a compass in concert. The only thing that takes some getting used to is the motorized steering. I ran cable steering ever since I was a kid so it took a couple of trips to get used to it but now that I have it's no big deal.