new Minnkota IPilot

With the Terrova you get to use your foot pedal and I pilot.  The V2 you have to give up the foot pedal.  So, my vote goes for the Terrova.  Especially if you work shorelines at all.  If you strictly troll or jig deep, you would do fine with the V2.  Also, how big is your boat?

I have the V2. As gill said you lose the foot pedal, but I can't say I have missed it. I have a tendency to fish from both ends of the boat so the pedal really does not come to play for me. I don't recall there being any issue fishing the shoreline with the ipilot.

Get the terrova and be done with it. I still find myself using the foot pedal especially working shorelines. The shaft is also a lot tougher on terrova and a lot easier to pull out of the water. For the few extra dollars its worth it.

I got the terrova 80. Single best boating accessory purchase I ever made.

I went from the old fashioned pull rope maxxum type to a terrova and I had a powerdrive prior to the maxxxum (and whatever the names were prior to the maxxum i had those too -along with mguides etc etc ).   My comments on trolling motors in general.  

Maxxum types:
If you fish shallow water - bass fishing / walleye jig/crank casting in cover and you start stop --- stick to the maxxum type.   In my opinion --- you need to be concentrating on your lure / cover and not looking over at the damn trolling motor to see what direction your pointed and then moving it to move that direction.   With the maxxum (or any thing like it) its just like a tiller you know when you put your foot on it the direction of the motor.   Other positives is that u can tape on your cord to your side finding transducer and it stays out of the way.   Plus the new ones have an assist for lifting and stowing.   Nothing like coming up on a sandbar and just quickly pulling a rope to stow vs. have to bend over the front of the boat release and then pull up the old heavy terrova.    


Terrova:
Goths comment on the Ipilot.  Sorry  -- I fish all the water in ND.   I could not live without having my hands free and not on a trolling motor control.  Plus if you have owned one of these you have probably put the foot control in your lap or up on something and used it by hand - its not really new techonology other then the gps qualities.  The only thing the ipilot looks good for is the GPS functions - the hand control of it is bunk.     ND fishing ---   Maybe if you fish with someone that nets for u 100percent of the time --- I am always working with both hands crankin the reel, net in the other, wind blowin 50mph pushin me and my big 8lber into a tree -- sorry I need my foot control to troll the boat out of the way, or in a trolling situation --- critical you need the boat moving foward and putting constant pressure when bringing a fish in and turning the boat properly so you can net the fish (not under the boat)The positives to this type is for deep water trolling / auto pilot / and the fact that you can control it from the console.  Other than that they are a pain in the @ss to lift -- I also like the fact that they can bend and take abuse vs. the pull rope models.   I currently have the Terrova on my boat.  

  

How many walleye pros are using the terrova type?   

Get a Terrova.

The motor is "supposed" to be more responsive than the V2.  The I-Pilot vs the Co-Pilot is really what you make of it.  Bigger remote with more features (follows up to 3 loaded tracks, spot lock, and more refined speed adjustments) in addition to all of the standard handheld features the V2 Co-Pilot has.

I would NEVER go back to the footpedal styles ever again.  I never use the foot control on my current Terrova, and didnt on my old V2 either.  I have used many of the cable driven styles and if you troll bottom bouncers and such with your bowmount it is a very difficult motor to use.  I troll the trees, cast cranks alone and with 3 other guys in the boat, run the boat from all over the boat, and assist my kicker with the bowmount on really windy days pulling cranks with winds at my side all with a small remote attached to my side.

 I purchased a 80lb terrova with I-Pilot last spring and it is the single best investment I have made for my boat. I thought when I bought it that I would use it a lot for the track recording but I have not used it much for that at all. It has an advanced version of auto pilot that does a very good job of keeping you on track even in pretty good wind. The option that I absolutely fell in love with on the I-pilot is the spot lock button. I fish devils lake every chance that I get and the spot lock has helped put many walleye in my boat that I otherwise would not have caught. Find a windy shoreline and point that sucker into the wind and waves and hit the anchor button and it does exactly that. It holds accurately enough to fish bobbers off the back of the boat. We bounced up and down shorelines like this pitching cranks into shorelines all summer long and it worked great.  Not having to fumble with the anchor saved both time and headache. I cant wait to get out on the boat! Is it spring yet?

Tight Lines speaks truth. I love to cast jigs/cranks and slip bobber windy shores and the ipilot makes it a pleasure to hunt/seek without anchoring.

Holding on windy shores is brutal on batteries though. Need a new pair this year - three years has pretty much killed mine.

I guess I didnt read the title to this thread --- so I guess what you guys are saying is go out and spend the 4bills on the Ipilot.   i put this question out on walleye central and got a response from the pro doctor --- he wasnt using a terrova or a ipilot -YET.

So my q --- this is only the people who have had some other type of motor before --- if I buy a ipilot for my trolling motor -- hows that going to catch me some more fish.   I rarely anchor.

see i even type the name and tim has an app giving me an ad

this world -- its all about marketing.

SHORTHAIRSRUS Said:
I guess I didnt read the title to this thread --- so I guess what you guys are saying is go out and spend the 4bills on the Ipilot.   i put this question out on walleye central and got a response from the pro doctor --- he wasnt using a terrova or a ipilot -YET.

So my q --- this is only the people who have had some other type of motor before --- if I buy a ipilot for my trolling motor -- hows that going to catch me some more fish.   I rarely anchor.

I cant speak for how YOU would catch more fish.  For me I like the remote for fishing.  I dont have the I-Pilot yet, but will this summer (still using just the Co-Pilot).  There are many spots on Devils Id like to anchor, but it is often a hassle with extreme depth, wind, etc;  spot lock on windy shorelines would be another benefit.  I may even save a track for some of my favorite pitching shorelines, freeing me up to just fish any not pay such attention to boat control.  Just like anything........will you catch more fish???  Dunno.  Will it maybe allow you to be more efficient and effective???  Likely at times.

If the "pro doctor" isnt using one does it make the product less effective and useless?  Since he is a Lowrance guy does that make Hummingbird and Vex a couple unnecessary companies?  Is he possibly backed by Motorguide?

Goose is dead on. Ipilot reduced my effort expended on boat control by 90%. If it was always a skilled partner taking turns with the electric, then it's not as obvious an advantage, but with kids or wife.... Suddenly you get to focus on fishing again, not boat control.

Free at last Lord, free at last!!!

ps, I upgraded from co-pilot 65 lb... It would occasionally lose it's marbles, etc. I HATED that Powerdrive Co-pilot. The ipilot has been flawless with regards to going bonkers.

And finally, it tracks better cuz it uses gps to stay on course. Tracking at an angle to the wind is no problem. The copilot's compass-only system would let cross winds blow you into shore... Not the ipilot, it actually 'crabs' you along sideways to keep you on a true line, not just pointed in a direction ignoring the fact you're being blown sideways.