Minnkota I- Pilot Trennova

I spoke with the Minnkota Rep and it today my had some concerns on my I-Pilot not staying on spot lock that Would drift from 3 to 10 foot away before would finally come back on the target. He said unfortunately that's the closest and the best that GPS can work under those circumstances there's no other way to get it to hold up to the closer target. So I-Pilot users know that it is not you or you doing something wrong or the equipment doing something wrong that's just the best that we are going to get with this version! I hope this information helps you to sleep more soundly buying this of expensive of an Item and watching the commercials and the YouTube videos but that's it!!

They can't hold you any closer than GPS can locate. They really don't work good for shallow water cause they tend to rev up and wash fish off shallow cover.

Been thinking about buying an i-pilot expensive to be 10' off. Thats not far in some cases and a long ways in others.

kww I would highly recommend jumping in with one of us that have one and getting your feet wet 1st.
Trolling/Guiding - nothing better
One pole jigging or long lining
Not so much the servo has a slow reaction time and is very noisy. Nothing beats the reaction of the cable operated!! My $0.02!!

kww I would highly recommend jumping in with one of us that have one and getting your feet wet 1st.
Trolling/Guiding - nothing better
One pole jigging or long lining
Not so much the servo has a slow reaction time and is very noisy. Nothing beats the reaction of the cable operated!! My $0.02!!

I agree totally!

Love my terova

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Originally Posted by arkansasbowhunter

Love my terova

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Meeee Toooooo!!!' :-)

Shane has it nailed. That being said, I had the opportunity to change when I got another boat. I bought another Terrova.

Don't get me wrong I'm a fan but it's like 1/16 head and 1/8 head
There's a time and place and wind isn't it!

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Originally Posted by BigRiverMarine

Meeee Toooooo!!!' :-)

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Me threeeeereeee :).

Spot lock is a very small part of the functions of the I pilot, don't use it much but the more I use the better I like it, does it hold me still, no but it does allow me to manage multible poles while fishing by myself. For the multi-pole fisherman it IS the cats meow. Will have the link by summer, either upgrade my Terrova or replace it with a new 112.

I think the Terrova/IP combo is GREAT for long lining, the spot lock feature is so so. I use it for staying off a dock while dock shooting, and it will allow you to drift a bit which allows different angles for more shots, and then it will pull you back in a slightly different way, and more angles. some of the best $$ spent IMO.

If spot lock won't hold you and the wind gets up just hook up the foot pedal and use it like cable steer.

I would give up my 1198 and my 997 before I would give up my Terrova.:twocents

Cray that's what I do is use the foot pedal. Love the spot lock for many reasons but in light winds it works great for brush pile fishing. Heavy winds it is not very helpful for the brush pile fishing but many other features makes it my goto ATM.

If mine disappeared off my boat, I would go buy a new one tomorrow !!

thanks guys for info it will be a few months before i commit but might take someone up on a test drive in the future. I realy like the idea of brushpile fishing in a fair wind without hassle while removing fish ( jig fisherman mostly )

If you're into blind dragging, it is a must have:biggrin

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Originally Posted by hawgdog

Me threeeeereeee :).

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Me four...

Too noisy... I like peace and quite. I wish Minn-Kota could work the noise out of them. I just don't want to hear that constant BZZZZZ,BZZZZ,BZZZZ all day if I am going to spend that kind of money on a TM. If your mainly a troller YES Like Shane said get ya one of those, but remember its going to cost ya to hear all that noise. LOL If your a vertical jigger go with a 70 Minn Kota Maxxum. It is the best deal out there for the money and I can still troll well with that just fine and the GPS on my electronics.

I know I am going to be on a bunch of you all's POPO list for my above comments. (I recant my above statement). It's a fine motor try one out. LOL

whatever wirks best for you is what uou should own!

Once you get used to trolling with an I Pilot it is really hard to live without it.

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Originally Posted by Crappie Greg

whatever wirks best for you is what uou should own!

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X2.

Depends on what kind of fishing you mostly do. The Terrova is noisy and has a slow reaction time, and it is not the motor for all types of fishing, however, I have removed all the seats (cause you weren't going to be sitting down much) and pulled 9 crankbaits, at one time, by myself, with 6 poles out the front and 3 out the back. It would have been impossible with a cable steer. When we were running the 542, I could stand in the back and put Carol or a fishing buddy in the front seat and me run the TM from the rear. Carol often ran 8 poles by herself. I guarantee the person in the front would always have a good time. This would be impossible with a cable steer.

I am convinced that the noise sometimes spooks the fish and I hate it, but I choose to live with it because of our style of fishing.

Actually, I sort of like the wind pushing the boat around a little when in spot lock. It actually can come in good when fishing a general area (think deep bream bed or large brushpile). If you are using ten ft poles are longer, you can still reach the target area, and the movement makes it easier to present your lure from different directions. I agree, the large spot lock area is not what I expected, but it is something I can live with, and I do believe in certain situations, it is actually an advantage.

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Originally Posted by hawgdog

Me threeeeereeee :).

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Me Fourrrrrrrrrrr. It cant be beat for trolling.
No trolling motor likes the wind and staying still. In shallow water and dock shooting I sit on the front of my boat with a sculling paddle in my hand. If I want to move to the next dock I use the remote and never have to get up.

I've noticed that if I lock on over a brush pile and even though I've drifted off a few feet that the TM head will turn and generally continues to point to the direction of the lock location. My thinking is that if I'm in open water and have no visual reference point then I can fish in the direction the head is pointing and I can generally reach that far with my jig pole. That's my $.02 worth.