New Product (at least to me)

[stripernut]

Autoboat-GPS
For those who use a clamp on the trolling motor and miss/wish you had spot-lock, there is now a way to get it with a clamp on a remote control device. Clamp it onto your portable trolling motor and with your smartphone you are good to go! At $650 I will wait with the hope it comes down, but when renting a boat on the Q, it looks perfect!

https://tbnation.net/products/autoboat-gps-trolling-motor-anchor-system

[lowaccord66]

Wicked cool!

[filetandrelease]

  a nice tool

[stripernut]

Any time I am out in a boat these days without spot-lock I am bumming, it is such a great tool...

[Jethro]

That's awesome. It's expensive but a heck of a lot cheaper than say a Terrova.

[Raquettedacker]

Pretty cool but I fish a lot of places that don’t have cell reception..
 Like the one I will be on this weekend.
So the phone stays in the boat glove box…😎😎

[stripernut]

It has its own remote, so you don't need a cell phone and the free app is so you can do even more things like set up routs and such. I would not be surprised if you can use the cell phone without the signal as most use the GPS...

[Raquettedacker]

Thanks I guess I didn’t read into it enough.  In that case it should work fine for me…. 👍👍✌️✌️

[filetandrelease]

 Minus that battery as I have a terova 12v 55lb 54” shaft on my 16’ Lowe , with a Walmart sealed deep cycle battery I get at least 3 days looking and spot locking perch and fishing  bait and it pulls the boat up to 2.2mph, great game changer
 

[Steve H.]

Minus that battery as I have a terova 12v 55lb 54” shaft on my 16’ Lowe , with a Walmart sealed deep cycle battery I get at least 3 days looking and spot locking perch and fishing  bait and it pulls the boat up to 2.2mph, great game changer

Same motor/battery on a 14' Lund Fury. Love it for trolling, set it and forget it.  Game changer is right.

[lowaccord66]

Ive had two different terrovas, one riptide and one regular.  Both 2014 units.  First one was a 12v 55#.  Current is 36v 112#.  Without it there'd be a lack of laker pics for sure.  Cant jig them without it!

[stripernut]

I believe that spot-lock has been the most significant innovation for angling (at least for boat owners) since braided line. Even the real-time sounders...

[Jethro]

I believe that spot-lock has been the most significant innovation for angling (at least for boat owners) since braided line. Even the real-time sounders...

Yeah, rarely does any farkle/product I buy like fancy reels or tackle actually make a difference in bringing more fish on board, but spot-lock and GPS enabled trolling sure does.

[lowaccord66]

Add in a bit of livescope and boom. 

[Jethro]

Add in a bit of livescope and boom.

That's been on my list for like 3 years now. Need to make it happen this coming year. It's not cheap but just like divorce I'm sure it's worth it.