Got a new boat in 2004, got an ipilot on recommendation. 2 months later, traded it in on a Maxxum 70. Got new boat in 2006, kept the TM. I had no use for the electronic TM's. I keep a 15 lb anchor on a rope, just coiled in the front. I use it only when I chunk a buoy on a brushpile and just want to fish it from a cast away. Windy days will be here from ....... um ......... tomorrow, until about August!!!

If I'm moving all around a brushpile or structure, I do what these guys do and just 'stroll' around it. I need to kick TM on/off/on/off/on/off with foot, and use both hands to fish. I also can raise and lower it without having to walk to the bow of boat.

My two cents.