Be at a standstill, or close to it when you hit spot lock. If you are traveling forward when you hit it, the motor will then have to return to the spot where you hit lock.
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I ordered a new boat and it will have a gps anchoring tm ( think spotlock).
Never had that luxury before. Any tips you've learned along the way that you would share?
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Be at a standstill, or close to it when you hit spot lock. If you are traveling forward when you hit it, the motor will then have to return to the spot where you hit lock.
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Also, if you point yourself into the wind then hit lock, you'll save yourself a ton of headaches and spooked fish
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What brand TM is it ? What brand fish finders will you run?
Lowrance interfaces with motorguide and lowrance , Humminbird with humminbird and garmin with garmin.
once you have waypoints entered on your fish finder, you can go to that point with your fish finder, Just get close and tell the FF to navigate to the point,
the trolling motor will take you there and keep you in position,
it is the greatest thing since sliced bread.
How much you use it depends on your fishing style, more than 90% of my fishing is over brushpiles,
So I use mine all the time
Your mileage may vay
MO
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Motorguide tm and garmin and lowrance electronics
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Set it correctly. Set the scale to the boat if available ( I have experience with Minkota) overhead objects can block the signal and cause it to surge ahead trying to find its position. Being a dock shooter I get close to things that can block its view of the satellites. All that said it is an awesome piece of gear. I can sit in the back of the boat and pull planer boards. I can fish the side of the dock that the wind is blowing into by setting the spot lock and shooting the dock off the back of the boat. Couldn't do that with a foot control
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I like the bird/MK combos that are linked and become and auto pilot to your next chosen spot. I have an Ipilot but not a linked version. I’m thinking hard on upgrading to the system I described, I love my Ipilot and it’s spotlock.
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all great advice items . put the puck close to it as well
and the be near stopped is critical too
always face the wind
set it to fit your boat on weight and speed
and remember this .....
they tend to keep you in the zipcode , NOT exactly always right where you anchor down
AND a strong breeze helps , on calm days they roam a bit too much ....
beats tossing out an anchor out by 20 miles for sure
congrats ....
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