05-20-2021, 01:34 PM
A lot of us just use the kicker to push the boat and steer with an electric trolling motor on the front of the boat, there are several advantages to this set up. Steering from the front is more reactive you can make quicker tighter turns when trying to stay on top of schools. you can use it to vary your speed up and down in smaller increments, most electric trolling motors have auto pilot that will drive the boat while you our setting up or playing fish and many of them can be networked to your electronics to drive the boat in saved routes or follow contour lines. Another feature is spot lock a virtual anchor that will hover your boat on a spot which is great for vertical jigging.