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[QUOTE]Captain - 3/10/2015  10:38 AM

MuskyManiac, I have commented on course lock before, maybe not this thread as I think there was another one about the MG last summer.
If you want the motor to stay pointed forward in the situation you described, don't turn on courselock, its as simple as that. I had probably a 2 mile stretch of shoreline that I was fishing on Lake of the Woods last summer that had all sorts of nooks and crannies, but the wind didn't cooperate to just fish it in a trolling pattern so I drifted along it as you described. I just pointed the bow toward the shoreline and didn't use courselock at all. I would kick the motor on from time to time to maintain the depth or distance from shore that I wanted and it worked well. Previously when I had the MK autopilot motors I would turn off the autopilot and fished it the same way. It wasn't a change for me at all.
I find myself using Courselock with Cruisecontrol about 90% of the time. Like MinnKota, xi5 uses GPS accuracy for its courselock. It actually sets a series of "virtual" waypoints in a path in the direction your are heading when using this feature and continues down that path until a user input. If you decide you want to head a little bit left or right, just use one of the arrows on the keypad or tap the pedal the direction of the new course and it splashes the "virtual" waypoints on the new course and you are in business.
Using these two things with cruise control is awesome because you can dial in the exact speed you want to go and it will adjust for current and wind direction automatically. This probably applies more for walleye fishing than musky I think, which is how I used it predominantly last year.
VERY impressed with this motor. Not a single regret from me. I had MinnKota on my boats for over 30 years and it wasn't an easy switch, but after thorough research it became obvious for me and this was supported with my on the water experience.
I am not a foot pedal guy so the concerns expressed about that have no bearing on me. I put that thing in the storage compartment and haven't taken it out since. I guess all the years with the crappy Power Drive pedals converted me to a remote. Those things never worked right.[/QUOTE]

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Posted 3/10/2015 10:38 AM (#758610 - in reply to #717703)
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