Thread: New Trolling Motor

I bought the Ulterra this spring, as mentioned above the knees and hips don't work like they use to. Now, just push a button and deploy the unit and push a button to stow. Would hate to give my Ulterra up!!

I've had an Ultrex for a year and its the best investment we have made for our boat. Spot lock is a game changer in itself. We fish a bunch of docks so a responsive foot pedal was important. I love the remote in more open water. You won't be disappointed.

Originally Posted by need2befishin

I've had an Ultrex for a year and its the best investment we have made for our boat. Spot lock is a game changer in itself. We fish a bunch of docks so a responsive foot pedal was important. I love the remote in more open water. You won't be disappointed.

It is responsive enough to control a boat close to a dock?

Originally Posted by DockShootinJack

It is responsive enough to control a boat close to a dock?

YES! The Ultrex is foot control and has a very fast response. You stow and deploy it like a standard trolling motor. It also comes with a remote.
The Ultra comes with just a remote, it does have the cool stow and deploy feature and I think you can get a wireless foot pedal. I have no idea on the speed of its response.
Both are very good motors, just depends on what features your really looking for.

Originally Posted by Roy

YES! The Ultrex is foot control and has a very fast response. You stow and deploy it like a standard trolling motor. It also comes with a remote.
The Ultra comes with just a remote, it does have the cool stow and deploy feature and I think you can get a wireless foot pedal. I have no idea on the speed of its response.
Both are very good motors, just depends on what features your really looking for.

As Roy says above, it depends on your preferences. I don't mind not having a self-deploy unit but can see where others love that option. I'm old school enough to like standing on the front of my boat running the motor by foot so the smoothness of the Ultrex is second to none. I do enjoy the remote while out spider-rigging and have used it a little in tighter quarters around docks but it doesn't feel as "natural" to me. The electronic foot pedals whether wired or wireless seem slow in their response time. Others may love them but to "me" I didn't like them at all. I do plan on using the remote more this fall when my dock shooting gets more attention. Maybe after some time in the saddle it will become more familiar.

Originally Posted by need2befishin

As Roy says above, it depends on your preferences. I don't mind not having a self-deploy unit but can see where others love that option. I'm old school enough to like standing on the front of my boat running the motor by foot so the smoothness of the Ultrex is second to none. I do enjoy the remote while out spider-rigging and have used it a little in tighter quarters around docks but it doesn't feel as "natural" to me. The electronic foot pedals whether wired or wireless seem slow in their response time. Others may love them but to "me" I didn't like them at all. I do plan on using the remote more this fall when my dock shooting gets more attention. Maybe after some time in the saddle it will become more familiar.

I guess it would require you to look at the motor to know where it is since the foot pedal would'nt give any feed back like a cable steer pedal

Originally Posted by DockShootinJack

I guess it would require you to look at the motor to know where it is since the foot pedal would'nt give any feed back like a cable steer pedal

The Ultrex pedal does move anytime the motor turns via remote. Obviously it has a direction arrow on top but I find myself paying more attention to the foot pedal for reference than the arrow especially if I'm running it from the middle or rear of the boat. The first couple trips spider-rigging felt odd using the remote but I quickly picked up a "feel" for direction and now I don't even notice if I glance at the arrow or not. Some times I use Ipilot link and let the motor follow contours or previous routes so the motor does everything on it's on. I'm still learning but this equipment makes fishing better for sure.

Originally Posted by DockShootinJack

It is responsive enough to control a boat close to a dock?

The remote for the Ulterra works flawlessly near or far from a dock. I love being able to sit comfortably on the padded cooler just aft of the deck (and under the Bimini top) and to be able to control the TM. I can control it from anywhere on the boat and I would not give up the auto deploy/stow for anything!


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Originally Posted by dhaire

The remote for the Ulterra works flawlessly near or far from a dock. I love being able to sit comfortably on the padded cooler just aft of the deck (and under the Bimini top) and to be able to control the TM. I can control it from anywhere on the boat and I would not give up the auto deploy/stow for anything!


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Thank you for the reply. I either shoot docks of stage over cover and fish. Very seldom do I do any trolling of any kind

Originally Posted by dhaire

The remote for the Ulterra works flawlessly near or far from a dock. I love being able to sit comfortably on the padded cooler just aft of the deck (and under the Bimini top) and to be able to control the TM. I can control it from anywhere on the boat and I would not give up the auto deploy/stow for anything!


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Thanks for your reply as well