TCESOX - 2/24/2022 8:17 PM

I put together my little "one boat network", midway through last year, so I don't have a lot of time with it yet, and am still getting used the new interfaces and capabilities. I rarely used my bow mount for muskie trolling, uses too much juice at those speeds. I have a Pro Guide tiller, which is great for trolling, and I often am trolling at 4, 4.5, 5, or 5.5 mph. Last fall, after having mastered the follow the contour feature, I thought I would try to combine that, with trolling with the gas motor. Since the water was pretty cool, and I was going to be trolling a little slower, I figured I would try to combine the two. This is a 250 acre lake, that you can make a trolling run, literally, all the way around the lake. I wanted to go about 3.5 mph, so I started the bow mount to follow the contour route, then put the gas engine in gear, and accelerated to 3.0 mph. Then, I set the bow mount on cruise control, and set the speed to 3.5 mph over ground. The result, was that the boat literally drove all the way around the lake, and stayed exactly on the route without me steering or adjusting anything. It stayed at the set speed, and didn't use nearly as much battery as it would have, if I had set the bow mount speed to go 3.5 mph, on it's own. I don't know how it would work at different speeds, so I still have a lot of experimenting to do. If you are trying to troll at 3 plus mph, only with your bow mount, I can see you using a lot of juice in a day.