Finally Got my Powerpoles!!!

[mjhaverkamp]

I don't have power poles or minn kotas version but I have the poor man's power pole a stik-it anchor pin. much easier to be stealthy and like said with two Stik-it pins I can set my boat however I want. Clean up is easier too, just swish in the water.

I have some of those for my tunnel jet boat, pretty handy but worthless on a hard bottom, they do very well other than that.

[SaltwaterSlick]

With 2 power poles are they deployed together or do you have control over each? On a windy day especially on the bay, I can see them being very handy, but if you deploy them both and the boat is cross-wind, the profile of the boat with the wind pushing on the side would seem to be a recipe to rip a pole off or at a minimum damage it or the boat.

Anyone have experience with this? I'm not a bass fisherman any longer, but sure do love chasing trout slicks (hence the screen name I've had for years)...

[Russ81]

I have some of those for my tunnel jet boat, pretty handy but worthless on a hard bottom, they do very well other than that.

Must be rock I've had no trouble anchoring in oyster or sand bottoms with mine.

[Riptide369]

Nice looking rig !!!!

[Capt.Bryan]

With 2 power poles are they deployed together or do you have control over each? On a windy day especially on the bay, I can see them being very handy, but if you deploy them both and the boat is cross-wind, the profile of the boat with the wind pushing on the side would seem to be a recipe to rip a pole off or at a minimum damage it or the boat.

Anyone have experience with this? I'm not a bass fisherman any longer, but sure do love chasing trout slicks (hence the screen name I've had for years)...

The poles have enough flex to them that it should not damage the boat. Recently had a Coworker have one fail in the down position and ran like that back across east bay to Texas City dyke then loaded it on trailer and up the ramp. He then had to unbolt it to head home. Gears locked up on it.

[SaltwaterSlick]

What is the actual probe made of? In the early days of these, I know of at least 2 or 3 guys that set their poles on the "hump" out of Port O'Connor and went wading... had to hitch a ride to get their boats back.. seems the wave action allowed them to sort of "bounce" along until they lost the bottom... If I ever get me another bay boat, though, it will have a pair of the longest ones I can get.

[BBRU]

On powerpoles, the actual poles are fiberglass. The talons, I'm not real sure.

[TX_Kevin]

So, did you have them installed, or do it yourself?

[txdukklr]

My next boat will have two. Can't count the number of times I've caught a trout dropped the pp and proceeded to whoop on em cast after cast. Especially in the salt I think pp is an excellent piece of equipment.

[BBRU]

So, did you have them installed, or do it yourself?

I installed them myself with a couple of buddy's. They are very easy to install, but you definitely need a extra set of hands.

[Slew]

I don't fish shallow enough to have em do me any good for the most part but if I did 2 would be the cats meow! Would be nice to pull up to a good dock, drop the poles with the boat in perfect position, and extract all the crappie I could without losing boat position or creating a propwash under the dock to scare em off.

[Chuy]

My next boat will have two. Can't count the number of times I've caught a trout dropped the pp and proceeded to whoop on em cast after cast. Especially in the salt I think pp is an excellent piece of equipment.

same here. I had one 10ft blade on my boat and would tear up the trout and reds with that PPs help. Best addition I ever made. 2>1

Itll will hold you in place, especially when you forget its down and hit the throttle!

[Jaybo31]

The poles have enough flex to them that it should not damage the boat. Recently had a Coworker have one fail in the down position and ran like that back across east bay to Texas City dyke then loaded it on trailer and up the ramp. He then had to unbolt it to head home. Gears locked up on it.

Huh? All it is is a piston. Take hoses off pump and lift it by hand.

[b.latiolais]

It's a 2011 Skeeter FX21/250hp Yamaha SHO/Manual Jackplate
Lowrance HDS 8 and 5. Soon to be upgraded to hummingbird 1198's.

Let me know when you get rid of those HDS units. I'm looking for one for my mud boat.