Thanks Jay . I fish in the dirt , and timber . Sounds like I better stay with a foot controlled unit .
I bought a Terrova w/iPilot about 6 months ago. For the first 3-4 months using it, I was having to fish shallow. I was really second guessing my decision. I primarily fish Rayburn so timber is not really an issue, but I was still wondering if I did right.
Fast forward to late April when I finally started to move offshore. It's priceless. The anchor feature is the bomb at the right time. There are times where it forces you to fish off the back of the boat because of wind direction but that doesn't really matter.
Based on how you said you fish, I'd strongly discourage you from buying one though. No real benefit up shallow other than the feature of being able to record a trail along the bank and then repeat it later.