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System and Method for Controlling a Trolling Motor

  • US 20120015566A1
  • Filed: 07/01/2011
  • Published: 01/19/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/16/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A trolling motor control system comprising:

  • a main controller configured to interface with a trolling motor for a watercraft, wherein the main controller is further configured to control an output power of the trolling motor and a directional heading of the watercraft via the trolling motor, the main controller having an electronic interface configured to establish a two-way data connection between the main controller and an electronic GPS-equipped mapping device such that the main controller can use data stored on the GPS-equipped mapping device to execute functions of the trolling motor control system, and such that functions of the trolling motor control system can be executed via controls on the GPS-equipped mapping device.

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