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I saw a bass boat being towed the other morning that had 2 Power Poles that were mounted one on each side of the transom, and I was thinking that that was the way to go. One pole will keep the boat in one spot, but it won't keep the bow in place, while two poles would do both. The problem with that though is that two Power Poles or Talons will set you back at least $3K. So anyway i found this product. On ebay for less then $400 one could get two of these with either the two transom mounts or one transom and one bow mount, both with 8' poles. To me they look like they would do the job. I'd like to quickly stop the drift in an 18' Parker CC when I know that the fish are in a spot without having to deal with an anchor, but I don't want to spend a lot of bucks on something else that could break. Has anyone tried these?
Last edited by reelhandy on October 14th, 2012, 1:09 pm, edited 1 time in total.
they look like they would work and they've been out on the market for a little while, my only concern would be where would you store the 8 foot poles for them to be out of the way... not just one pole but two.
Been around for awhile. Work well for the cost but not quite as easy to deploy as the Power-Pole. The Stick It and Wang pins will stow in a rod rack or you can bungee into an upright position when not in use.
I only have one power pole on my Hewes and I find that is enough. Most of the boats you see with two must have some kind of deal with PP or they just have a lot of money to burn.
I have a stick it type pole on my War Eagle and it work great too.
dombern34 wrote:they look like they would work and they've been out on the market for a little while, my only concern would be where would you store the 8 foot poles for them to be out of the way... not just one pole but two.
The Parker has those encapsulated wooden supports under the gunwale and it's easy to mount clamps to stow rods and stuff there. I'm thinking that I could put a slide mount on each side of the transom in that space beyond the lifting hooks and below the rub rail. The setup I'm leaning towards has the 5" offset transom mount.
Tidedancer wrote:I only have one power pole on my Hewes and I find that is enough. Most of the boats you see with two must have some kind of deal with PP or they just have a lot of money to burn.
I have a stick it type pole on my War Eagle and it work great too.
I could see where 2 could come in handy. The wind or tide is going to carry the bow around and if everyone is casting in the same direction it could pile everyone up on each other. Say for instance you drift over a hump that has fish on both sides. If the boat is spiked right the guy on the front and the guy on the back can both cast out on either side towards fish. If the bow keeps swinging the guys fishing can really only get to one side of the hump without having to cast over each other. If you are fishing towards a single spot like a oyster bar or creek mouth setting the boat parallel to the spot could really make a difference, especially if more then one person is fishing.
