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Originally Posted by Togfather2530
Spot lock lol. I get a kick out of seeing them out there with those trolling motors working their ass off and the shafts bending and flexing like hell in the water. I don’t think the spot locks are as detrimental as you think to the fishery. Most people are just anchoring in large dump sites or reef sites in larger structure instead of anchoring small individual pieces of wrecks. I will agree that the electronics have come along way though. I love my new electronics.�� When I see the cost of the spot locks and 1 to 3 lithium batteries it kind of makes me chuckle. I know it won’t be a game changer to me. With my electronics that I have on my boat now I can throw the hook and pretty much get right back on pieces right where I want to be. I’d be super irritated if I blew all that money and the trolling motor was toast in a few years. Not to mention the cost of the freaking batteries. I don’t think anybody on a spot lock next to me is catching any more fish than I am. It would definitely make it a little quicker to get set up and I’m sure it would be a nifty little toy to have but I can’t justify the cost of it and the additional maintenance and expense. I take enjoyment out of being able to throw the hook and get back on my piece. Most of the best captains out there with real sizable boats rely on the hook.��
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I guarantee you many guys are kicking your ass catching wise , that IF they had to anchor couldn’t hit a football field sized spot .
And they now easily hit the tiny stuff too
I can anchor on a dime with a hook .done it for decades .
and can tell you switching to a spotlock is an absolute game changer .
Especially wind/tide condition , where even on 2 hooks your floating around .
Spot lock holds that entire time with zero swing within feet of its spot .
Wanna go out and hit deep water wrecks , you need 2 barrels of anchor line, and a half hour to set correctly .
With spot lock it takes 10 seconds to do the same thing .
Have to hit a few spots , the spot lock gets you hours extra fishing a day .
As far as boat size , there are some very large boats now running spot lock , including a 39 Henrique, a few 35 down Easter’s .
Some of the bigger boats including freeman 47 are running duel trolling motors to get it done
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