There are times when shooting docks and when trying to stay on a school of crappie that are chasing shad when I had side imaging on the trolling motor. They don't always stay in one spot, especially when chasing shad. I ended up having to use the side imaging on the back of the boat to stay positioned on them, but it sure would have been a lot easier on a trolling motor where i could just swivel the transducer to find them. Kind of a "poor" mans 360 imaging.