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 Re: Trolling motor recommendations
[Re: blake@regalmfg]
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11/04/15 11:07 PM
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Flipside Outdoors
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For fishing brush piles in wind I would not suggest the iPilot. Im rubber-branding 20 or so feet back and forth the whole time I have it on. Its ok for deep water humps where you don't have to be so accurate but I've found that every time I've used it on a brush pile my buddies are making fun of me for spending all that money.
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Re: Trolling motor recommendations
[Re: blake@regalmfg]
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11/05/15 12:29 AM
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I love fishing
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True I-pilot does not hold tight on brushpiles in strong wind. Even in 5 to 10mph wind it shifts off too much. As much as i love it it's mainly for sandies, stripers, and hybrids.
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Re: Trolling motor recommendations
[Re: blake@regalmfg]
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11/05/15 12:42 AM
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Gonzz
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Motor Guide Xi5 ... It will keep you on the BP..
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Re: Trolling motor recommendations
[Re: Gonzz]
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11/05/15 12:59 AM
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TCK73
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I'm not happy with my Riptide's I pilot. Mine seems to hold better in 3-10 knots of wind. I started putting a buoy out when chasing Whites and Stripers and noticed the drift. On brush piles for Crappie, I just use the foot pedal.
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Re: Trolling motor recommendations
[Re: blake@regalmfg]
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11/05/15 02:03 AM
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Knot Normal
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I also have an I pilot 80# I even sent it back and had a new GPS installed...............same stuff. its retarded it will drift away 20 ft before "coming back" then it will over shoot. its not the power it will do what I tell it to but on anchor mode its retarded.  
Randy I'm in good shape for the shape I'm in! 
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Re: Trolling motor recommendations
[Re: Knot Normal]
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11/05/15 06:46 AM
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Flipside Outdoors
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I also have an I pilot 80# I even sent it back and had a new GPS installed...............same stuff. its retarded it will drift away 20 ft before "coming back" then it will over shoot. its not the power it will do what I tell it to but on anchor mode its retarded. I feel you on this. I was gps anchored about 30 feet from a concrete wall and the dang thing let me hit the wall!!! I was like "Its gonna kick in any second now and pull us back" and never did until after it hit the wall. I don't use it now unless I have to unhook a fish or redo a rig.
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Re: Trolling motor recommendations
[Re: blake@regalmfg]
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11/05/15 03:02 PM
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Retired Fisherman
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I have a Motorguide Xi5 networked into Lowrance HDS units. I consider it a crappie fishermans dream on boat control over brushpiles. You can concentrate on fishing and quit trying to manually keep the boat over the brushpile. The anchor lock does a better job of holding than I can do manually. Yesterday in windy conditions and rough water, I would punch in a nearby waypoint on the HDS screen, engage the auto pilot function, walk to the back of the boat to eat a snack, then return after arriving at the brushpile and start fishing again. The technology seems astounding for an older generation guy who remembers when the first hand held calulator came out.
Negatives - The deploy and retrieve mount SUCKS. It would be very easy to fall overboard trying to deploy and retrieve the Xi5 TM. Also I got the salt water version so I can bay fish along the Gulf Coast. It is not designed to make it easy to have a transducer on the TM. If you get the fresh water version of the Xi5, it has a build in sonar transducer. Here again you need an external transducer to get down imaging.
If we concentrated on the really important stuff in life,
there'd be a shortage of fishing poles
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Re: Trolling motor recommendations
[Re: Retired Fisherman]
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11/05/15 09:12 PM
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GhostRider32
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I have a Motorguide Xi5 networked into Lowrance HDS units. I consider it a crappie fishermans dream on boat control over brushpiles. You can concentrate on fishing and quit trying to manually keep the boat over the brushpile. The anchor lock does a better job of holding than I can do manually. Yesterday in windy conditions and rough water, I would punch in a nearby waypoint on the HDS screen, engage the auto pilot function, walk to the back of the boat to eat a snack, then return after arriving at the brushpile and start fishing again. The technology seems astounding for an older generation guy who remembers when the first hand held calulator came out.
Negatives - The deploy and retrieve mount SUCKS. It would be very easy to fall overboard trying to deploy and retrieve the Xi5 TM. Also I got the salt water version so I can bay fish along the Gulf Coast. It is not designed to make it easy to have a transducer on the TM. If you get the fresh water version of the Xi5, it has a build in sonar transducer. Here again you need an external transducer to get down imaging. I am so ready to get an Xi5 for the reasons you listed. I hope that there will be some Christmas sales soon. 
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