Advantages console: better visibility, especially when you have others in the boat; electronics are in front of, not beside you; drier in waves, especially with windshield.

Advantages tiller: backtrolling into the wind is the most precise way to present jigs and Lindy rigs; more floor space (useful on narrower boats); if you’re fishing walleyes, you can sit in your chair all day and never get up because all your controls are near the transom; softer ride in back of boat.

Hope this helps.