auto pilot

[steelydan]

i am looking to get some sort of auto pilot or auto helm. i have a 19' c.c. with a 90hp merc and a 6hp yamaha for a kicker. any ideas or recommendations?

[BigMac]

For trolling or for running to and from ?

My vote is garmin tr1 gold. Incredible unit, gives you the remote steering and throttle as well as programmable turns and routes via your head unit

[Indecisive]

Raymarine & ez-steer, wish I did it a few years ago.

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[steelydan]

for trolling, i wont need the remote throttle. the kicker pushes the boat at 1.5mph at idle. simple would be best for me, its a small boat usually with 3 guys and a 9 rod spread.

[Indecisive]

I installed the Raymarine ev-100 on my 21' cuddy with 175 outboard tied to my 9.8 kicker with the ez-steer, works great! Fished solo many times this year, worked great.

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[steelydan]

does it still work at low speed like 1.5 or 2.5?

[BigMac]

for trolling, i wont need the remote throttle. the kicker pushes the boat at 1.5mph at idle. simple would be best for me, its a small boat usually with 3 guys and a 9 rod spread.

It's nice to be able to bump the speed up in very small increments that just can't be done via controls or tiller handle. I can go up in 0.1 mph increments. My kicker idles at 1.5 also.

I fish mainly walleyes and they like 2-2.3 in summer and down to 1.3-1.5 in late fall so the control is necessary for me

Good luck with your purchase. I'm sure all of the options work well

[bayofquintecharters]

For trolling I don't think you can beat the Garmin Tr 1 gold. I have the Simrad Ap 24 which is very similar to the new lowrance autopilot that is coming out. To get it to hold heading at low speeds you really need to add a rate compass. Most auto pilots will have trouble holding a heading at low speeds 3 mph +\- the TR 1 gold is designed to work at trolling speeds and is incredible. The new lowrance autopilot or the Simrad with a rate compass will work well to. But as Big Mac said you will be surprised how much you appreciate the throttle control on the Tr1. Speed is very very important to sucess somedays 0.1 of a mph will be the difference and getting that kind of control manually is very difficult.

Scott

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[steelydan]

thanks for all the input guys.