New tm or ff

Have a horrible dilemma! :biggrin In a couple months might be in the market for a new fish liar or troll motor. What would you do?
Currently have a 40# edge, with two batts wired in parallel. Switch some wires and I could easily go 24 volt. It's good tm, until the breeze picks up.
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A new fish finder. Have humminbird 141c and a 525. Is the side imaging what it's made up to be? Had a handheld GPS, loved it. It's now on the bottom of the lake, at least my spots are safe! If I go with the ff it would have GPS.
I fish for both crappie and bass. Boat is a g3 1756, w/ a 50 hp.
Are their any new products coming out that I should wait for? Maybe find a better deal on existing stuff?
Thanks in advance

Get a trolling motor. No such thing as a fish finder.

If you can afford it get an iPilot and a side imaging unit. You will not regret either. Just budget your money and time in getting them. Nothing beats a good GPS/depth sonar and when they find fish you can call them a fish finder. I do.

If you spider rig or long line at all I would save my penny's and get a Terrova trolling motor. Best investment I ever made for crappie fishing. I would give up both finders a keep my terrova.

What Cray said

I agree with Cray. I would quit fishing now if I had to give up my Terrova. Giving up my electronics would hurt but not keep me from fishing the way I do mostly, trolling.

I opened this thread just to see what "tm" and "ff" stood for.

theysaid TERROVA! Best thing since sliced bread:ThumbsUp

:hesaid Terrova, hands down

Terrova. End of thread.
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PS. Get more tm than you think you need. If you don't, you will just be back in the market for a bigger one next year.

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Originally Posted by cray

If you spider rig or long line at all I would save my penny's and get a Terrova trolling motor. Best investment I ever made for crappie fishing. I would give up both finders a keep my terrova.

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I bought a power drive with auto pilot and it does a fine job. I do wish I had spent the extra and gotten a Terrova with the I-Pilot. At the time the difference was between $1100 and $1500. When the wind got up when I was trolling cranks this past summer I didn't worry, I had plenty of power. The deploy on the Terrova is easier also, makes a difference as we age. I have 1 798 that I bought used. The #1 feature in my book is the movable cursor to mark a spot that I have already passed and maneuvering back to it. Saves a lot of stumbling around trying to find where the given pile is. It still does more than I know how to make it do.

I bought a Terrova with iPilot slightly used from a board member for my last boat and it has been the single best investment I have made in fishing aside from the boat itself. I would gladly take the versatility and simplicity it offers over side imaging if I could only choose one technology. It allowed me to focus more on fishing instead of fighting the boat with more much control than if I were using a foot controlled TM.

tough choice - i have the terrova with the remote control on a strap and i would give up my depth finder (reluctantly). i would really miss my waypoints but still would go with the tm.

fish 4 brains

Terrova is great but I would save for the Ulterra. Auto stow and deploy and trim are awesome features. If you can hold out until they hit the market you will find terrova and power drives at discounted prices as some will be looking to upgrade. I will definitely be going to the ulterra with link.

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Originally Posted by cray

If you spider rig or long line at all I would save my penny's and get a Terrova trolling motor. Best investment I ever made for crappie fishing. I would give up both finders a keep my terrova.

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Without a doubt. :hesaid I put off upgrading my outboard motor so I could get a Terrova I-Pilot and love it. I finally got an HDS7 touch and love it too, but the I-Pilot is king,

What about the Xi5 Motorguide instead of the Terrova I-Pilot?

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Originally Posted by SeaRay

Without a doubt. :hesaid I put off upgrading my outboard motor so I could get a Terrova I-Pilot and love it. I finally got an HDS7 touch and love it too, but the I-Pilot is king,

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Thank you to all for the replies. I will take the advice and go with a new troll motor.

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Originally Posted by Joe

What about the Xi5 Motorguide instead of the Terrova I-Pilot?

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When I got my I-Pilot, Motorguide had not come out with the X15. I had always used MG foot control motors, but also has some excellent MKs as well. The track record on the MK was too good to ignore. I am sure as the MG becomes more common it will be a good unit as well, I just don't know anything about it.