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Motorguide Xi5MotorGuide (www.motorguide.com), will introduce Pinpoint® GPS navigation available on its new Xi5 wireless trolling motor. Pinpoint GPS delivers on-target location accuracy that enables anglers to precisely position their boats and achieve optimum boat control.
In talking with anglers, the most important aspect of GPS-integrated trolling motors is their ability to maintain accuracy, said Ben Curtis, category director for MotorGuide. Pinpoint GPS uses an ultra-precise GPS receiver and control algorithms to keep the boat positioned tightly on the target.
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(Editors note I have one of these on my boat and can tell you they are an absolute necessity to help manage trolling motor control. You will find them on most pro angler boats as well. The following is the press release provided by the company. louie)
Heres a must-have product for your bow mounted electric motorIf youre a fisherman who owns one of the popular cable steer, foot control electric trolling motors, no doubt youve experienced the motor turning in unexpected directions, or having to fight the pedal to stay on course, especially on high speed settings. Just when you need the power the most, instead of going where you want it to, the trolling motor has a mind of its own.
The Troll Perfect product has a patented design to address the problem of trolling motor side to side torque steer and pedal kick back.
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TAMPA, FL JL Marine Systems, Inc. introduces a more evolved solution for drift fishing, the Power-Pole Drift Paddle.
Mark Zonas boat is shown below with Drift Paddles stored during a filming of his TV Show with KVD.
Mark Zonas boat is shown with Drift Paddles stored during a filming of his TV Show with KVD. No matter where you go around the country anglers have to deal with windy conditions on the water. One of the most common ways to slow down your boat is with the use of the age-old drift sock. Unfortunately, as effective as the sock may be, its primitive design is messy and difficult to work with, course corrections are not accurate, retrieval is backbreaking work and storing a wet sock on board means extra cleaning and hassle. Surely there's a better way to achieve the accurate drift speed and direction without the hard work and wet mess.
Fast forward the evolutionary clock of technology to today's Power-Pole shallow water anchor, the advanced hydraulic anchor system that's famous for boat control is changing the world of fresh and salt water fishing again. By adding the Power-Pole Drift Paddle accessory, suddenly there is drift control and accuracy that anglers have only dreamed about. It's a whole new species of deep-water control.
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Nearly full tank or nearly empty tank?
That is the big question facing boaters now in the midst of preparing their boats for the long winter hibernation. The concern is ethanol - an octane enhancing gasoline additive that has some unfortunate, harmful side effects on marine engines. Boat Owners Association of The United States (BoatUS) has some tips learned from fuel industry insiders on how to store a boat with E-10 gasoline (containing 10% ethanol) over the winter.