I use tracks all the time. If I'm trolling a cove and want to troll it over and over again (cause I'm catching fish) then after one time around all I have to do is run that track. I lay tracks all the time. If I dont catch fish there then I can always lay another track over that one. I use routes to stay out of the timber when running a lake at night. I also run over those same routes to avoid shallow points too.