the anchor feature is nice when someone loses their rod in 40' of water.

1. You have to program the remote to the unit. You can use multiple controls on the same tm ( your partner could also control it from the back)

2. You don't need to link it to a graph. The tm has it's own built in gps and you can set lock spots anywhere by pushing a button. If connected to FF with the link, then you can store more points on the graph and also control the unit using the graph and tell it to move the boat to another waypoint. As far as control and alignment, that is dependent on the wind, waves. It will always face your boat into the wind.

You are in control to whatever amount you want. When in stumps and such, I'm not constantly trolling down a shore fan casting. I'm more apt to move a little and flip then move some more. The only time that I bump a stump is when it is hidden under the water.

3. The Terrova and Ulterra both come with a foot control. Doesn't work the same as a cable steer but you can use your foot to control when your hands are busy, just like the cable steer.

It is a little hard to wrap your head around unless you just try one and then you still have to give it a chance to adapt. There are some that never like it and switch back but the majority that use one will never switch again from everything that I read. I know that you think that using a remote will take time away from actual fishing. In reality, it gives me more time fishing and less time correcting for wind and waves.

I would bet that I can fish out deep in rough water in my 15 footer and have a more relaxing day than most people would in a larger boat having to stand on one leg all day fighting it. That is where it really shines. I have never been in water so rough that the spot lock won't hold the boat. I've been on 20 footers where partners have to trade off running the tm when boating a fish or retying. I'll be next to them sometimes fishing off the back of the boat or taking my time sitting down and changing lures or getting a drink and a cigarette and my partner never has to stop his fishing to move to the tm.

If you ever fish Joe Pool (or I am thinking of trying Grapevine) then let me know you can hop on and test it out.

Thanks for the offer to watch it in action. I do go to Pool. Often. Just not lately, since the last flood. Been busy trying to hammer em on the plant lakes. How is it on battery. And does it have smooth power? Or is it jerky. I'd imagine it is smoother than me foot controlling mine. I have ADD bad. Lol. I'm liable to beach my boat because I'm not paying attention to the boat. Watching and feeling line. Lol. Lord help me when I hang one of them 7-8lb overs on that lake close to the dam, during a 20mph south wind. Lol.