set boat scale to "-2".

....in addition to the "obstruction " as stated above.

trying mine out for the first time this weekend!!!

If you don't have one, how can you comment on it?

Boats, motors, rods and reels and lures are not essential to catching fish either but they do help and make fishing more pleasurable. I bought what I could afford so I bought a Ultrex and it sure made fishing a lot easier. Haven't caught a new state record with it yet but I ain't through fishing yet either.

I just installed two Kingpin Shallow Water Anchors on my boat. I bought the out board mounts and mounted them to it. I have the 10 foot polls that unscrew in the middle and I can use it at both 5 feet and 10 feet. They are very high quality and much cheaper. I think with the everything I was around $500 total and you can install them yourself very easily. I have some money Im saving up to purchase the Ultrex. I figured Id spend the money on the Ultrex and save on the "poor man" power poles instead of the other way around.

Because I have used one on several occasions that my buddy owns and it hasn�t swayed me to buy one. There is essentially nothing different other than spot lock and power steering (which I didn�t care for). I couldn�t justify spending that kind of money when I�m perfectly capable of throwing out a little yellow buoy and staying on a spot to catch the exact same fish. It�s not near as useful to me as a good graph. So many people on here are basically saying without it you can�t catch fish and I�m here to provide my perspective and opinion. I wouldn�t buy one because I haven�t seen it out anymore fish in the boat. If you have the money and feel like you need the latest and greatest and all that. Then by all means. Get one. I however haven�t seen the benefit in the times I�ve operated one.

You are a rare guy, for sure.

In fact, you are the first to use one and actually say you don't think it's beneficial over a standard trolling motor. There are several reasons for choosing an Ultrex over a Fortrex. But, if you are good without one, then you're good without one. It also means there's one less person on the waiting list for the guys waiting on one.

What kind of boat do you have?

I�m far from rare. I�m just the only one dumb enough to post on here that I�m not impressed with it. I know plenty of folks who don�t care for the power steering and they can�t justify the price simply for the spot lock. Then again most of the people i fish around don�t need the latest and greatest equipment. A good graph is more essential to my success than a trolling motor. If I need to stay on a deep spot they make 1.50 buoys for that.

And a TR 21x.

I don't think your dumb for voicing your opinion. You like what ya like. That's good that you say it and back it up with reasoning.

I think a 21 ft boat is a waste of money for me, IMO. It's not stupid to own one, just not needed. The pros fished out of my class boat for years. 19ft Skeeter with a 150.

And I bet you catch just as many out of a 19 as others do with a 21. It�s all about perspective. If you think an ultrex ups your catch. Then it will because you have confidence. Does it really? Who knows. For me I didn�t see enough of an advantage. Doesn�t make me right or wrong. Just means I don�t need one to catch fish.

I agree.

Major Con.
I am unable to sell my 9 mo old forttrex for a reasonable price. Going to have to south of 8 to get a bite.

I have the ultera and have only used it a few times. I rather fish from a John boat with this trolling than a $100k boat without it. The only disadvantage I have seen so far is the unit sticks off the front of the boat which makes it easy to ram into things like boat slips. I actually broke mine first time out when my fly by wire did not go in reverse and I slammed into a dock.

Other than that, it's a dream for fishing in the West Texas wind. I fished a north bank the other day with 25-30mph winds, with spot lock on, on from the back of the boat for 3 hours.. I just would not have fished ithat spot with a manual motor. And I caught fish! What a game changer!

They tell me Ultera is easy to break compared to ultrex but I had already purchased it. I love to sit at the helm, deploy and command to go to a waypoint as I rig things. Real time saver.

I guess a better way to say it is, fishing in the wind is quite frustrating . This trolling motor removes most of those frustrations and allows you to just fish and enjoy it. Life is just better without those frustrations .

About 12 years ago I got the Terrova, I remember all the ole timers (cable steer guys) saying how it was a waste of money and couldn't be a "game changer" haha. Now that the ultrex is out people act like its new technology. its really funny. kind of reminds me when I got the Verado in 2005 and people were saying how much they sucked because they weighed 100 lbs more than a 2 stroke all the while they were hanging powerpoles, pumps, carrying 200 lbs of fishing tackle 78 lbs group 31 agms ect while I was cruising around with power steering, fly by wire electric shift, ultra quiet ect. and had spot lock years ago