Trolling motor help

[Stump bumper]

I am convinced that I am getting a minn kota 24V trolling motor and I want the GPS spot lock and trail memory. The problem I have is understanding the different models and upgrades. I see copoilt that can be added and ipolit that can be added and found a great deal on half price ipilot at the outlet store in Springfield.

The question I have is what is the difference in the models you can upgrade and the the units that come already equipped?

Difference between copilot and ipilot. 

I am holding out for a return to the Bass Pro Outlet store but I have to be ready when what I want pops up but not sure if I am sure what I want and what I could upgrade or weather an upgraded model is option that would be right.

Any help with this would be appreciated except for sending to the minn kota  web site, since I have spent a couple hours there getting confused.

[Blll]

Stump I'm pretty sure that co-pilot is just the ability to run the motor with a handheld remote. There is no GPS function so the features you want are not there. IPILOT has the GPS and the features you mentioned. There is a higher level, IPILOT Link that will follow certain models of hummingbird depth finder. If buying the IPILOT as an add-on accessory, be sure the model year of the motor works with that particular IPILOT. That's about as far as I can go. I used to work at Bass Pro and sold loads of trolling motors but I have not kept up with the newest models. In the past, 80# was the most thrust on a 24 volt set up. Hope that helped.

[Dan the fisherman]

Not sure on the copilot, but the I-pilot and I-pilot link is a bit different.   I pilot link connects to the hummingbird and u can follow conture lines and save tracks.  The i pilot can't not if I remember correctly 

[nomolites]

3 hours ago, Dan the fisherman said:

Not sure on the copilot, but the I-pilot and I-pilot link is a bit different.   I pilot link connects to the hummingbird and u can follow conture lines and save tracks.  The i pilot can't not if I remember correctly 

That is correct Dan.  I run the link with an Ulterra and it is sweet, especially for bottom bouncing.

Mike

[jeb]

On 7/4/2017 at 10:17 AM, Dan the fisherman said:

Not sure on the copilot, but the I-pilot and I-pilot link is a bit different.   I pilot link connects to the hummingbird and u can follow conture lines and save tracks.  The i pilot can't not if I remember correctly 

Correct, but only if you use Lakemaster maps. And it may not work with some of the HB units, either.

I bought a new co-pilot 24v Terrova really cheap from BP the outlet store in Springfield. I replaced a PowerDrive 24v co-pilot system with it. I had co-pilot mounts on all my rods and have 10 of the remotes, so I was happy to upgrade to newer, stronger motor. Unfortunately, the designers at MK don't allow the co-pilot remotes to work with any of the iPilot systems. Absolute idiocy on that one, as it could easily be done. But I wanted some of the iPilot features, so upgrade the head of the new motor to an iPilot one. It took me a while to get comfortable with running the new one via the remote, but I like it now. I still wish I had the co-pilot remotes on my rods, but the Auto-Pilot makes up for it pretty well.

I fish with AP most of the time but use the spot lock feature a lot, too. Both are game changers, IMO, over co-pilot, even the co-pilots with AP (gps is better). I rarely use the foot pedal at all, only the bottom buttons for minor course changes while on AP or to turn on and off the prop if I'm too busy to want to use the remote. I NEVER step on the big foot pedal part. I've never had a cable steer, so that is very un-natural for me.

I owned a Link system for a while, but did not own any Lakemaster maps. So it had no more features than the non-Link iPilot, but you have to deal with a bigger remote. It's been a while since I looked, but LakeMaster does not have many of the lakes I fish in high def, so hard to spend the money on them to lose detail.