Trolling motor upgrade

I’m looking to upgrade my trolling motor on my 15 ft modified v xpress duck boat. I troll mostly but also like to fish around and over brush piles and timber. I think what I want is spot lock and would like to be able to set a heading and speed and it maintain it. Anything over that would be bonus but looking for lower cost items that’ll do these things on a small boat.

I’m sure it’s been asked a lot but couldn’t find it tonight on here. Any guidance on options? Thank you.


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I have a 16’ Jon and would like a 12 volt terrova I pilot. I’ve been using power drive for a lot of years and they do just fine. If you troll for long periods you may eventually add a second battery in parallel for longer duration. Both my 70lb are 24 volt and I stay on the TM for 7 hrs straight with no power loss. But a big trolling motor turned sideways on a light boat with the speed up high will throw you for a good one if you don’t pay attention. Not near as bad with the 12 volt. My 24 volt motors are both MK PD-V2, one is an auto pilot and the other an I pilot and the I pilot is now on my skiff where the auto pilot used to be. Do t make the mistake I did. Buy the ipilot first time and you won’t have two motors like I do now. Hindsight and all that.

A 55 lb 12 v would be plenty. Go motorguide xi3 or terrova. As long as you don't have to have a cable steer foot pedal those should work. Cable steer one's with spot lock go way up in price.

Thank you. I don’t have to have cable steer


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Ultrex for sure!!


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don't get the new garmin thing is my thought .
it is a beast that has no leash , runs like a rabbit and pushes like a bull , but don't hold still worth a flying flip
best I can tell you no MATTER what speed you are moving when you hit anchor lock .....
it backs up 10 feet or so ....:banghead
made me want to get out the screw driver and unistall it when I got to use it for sure ......:Rofl

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Originally Posted by Ketchn

don't get the new garmin thing is my thought .
it is a beast that has no leash , runs like a rabbit and pushes like a bull , but don't hold still worth a flying flip
best I can tell you no MATTER what speed you are moving when you hit anchor lock .....
it backs up 10 feet or so ....:banghead
made me want to get out the screw driver and unistall it when I got to use it for sure ......:Rofl

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Easily fixed by adjusting the anchor gain feature. Garmin is great but have to read the owners manual to know how to work it! [emoji6]

Terrova or Powerdrive will suit you just fine.

The big differences are that you cannot keep the foot pedal once you install Ipilot on a Powerdrive, a Terrova can use both. The Terrova also has a little simpler stow/deploy mechanism.

Im also interested in one of these trolling motors, I’m really liking the idea of spot lock and to be able to troll easily.
Just don’t know if I can get away from the foot controller, do you guys miss that feature??

Again
Get the Ultrex
Best of both worlds
Proven quality over the years


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