Power pole anchor

[Strip]

I want one on my boat, but I don't want to pay for one. Thinking about building my own. anybody have any ideas on a cheap way to power one? Or any thoughts on this at all?

[rockmike]

I have a Talon on my boat, which is a little cheaper than a PP. I have seen some home builts somewhere, may have been the BBC board.

[Strip]

Talon? I'll have to look that up. I'll check BBC for some home builts. I was thinking about air power, I could mount a small tank in my bilge and air, maybe a large paintball tank in my bilge. Just a thought.

[midnight_f150]

if you try this post some picture of it please.

[Cray]

Strip, there was a post here while back from a guy wo uses a fiberglass rod from WWGrainger. Just stick it in the bottom and tie off to it. Lot of salt water guys use that method. Also saw a you tube video on cat fishing where they had a couple of brackets with ring eyes mounted on sides of boat. They just slid a couple of pieces of conduit through rings and stuck in bottom. Held boatin currrent.way cheaper than power options

[Strip]

There are a lot of cheap ways to hold a boat still in the water, but what I need is convienance. For instance when I am trolling a windy bank and need to rig a rod, It would be nice if the boat was still on the same side of the lake when I finish rigging. The design of the Power Pole is fairly simple and is actually going to be a hard design to better. So, If I can't better it, I'll try to make it cheaper. Air power is a lot cheaper than hydraulic, but not near as powerfull, smooth, or controllable. Another issue is my boat is small and I don't want a pole sticking 2 or 3 ft higher than my engine because it will play heck on the back swing of a baitcaster. so I am figuring on trying to build one that will only be about 2.5 ft tall so it will only anchor to about 5 ft.

[mb4850]

What is the cost of a power pole? There are some inexpensive 12 volt hydraulic systems (Bailey Hydraulics).

[arkansaskiller]

How bout something like this. Cheap maybe not as cool as a PP but cool cost $$$$$.

[Strip]

I think a good deal on a power pole is about a grand installed. That is a pretty nifty set up on the boat pictured. What do you do with it when underway? I could see something like this working for me If I used an old troller mount to flip it in and out of the boat. However, It would be waaay easier to push a button. LOl! My thoughts are that the set-up pictured would be better suited for duck hunting than trolling a bank where I may need to put it up and down often. I'll search for bailey hydraulics, thanks.

[arkansaskiller]

They are for duck hunting. As far as the pole you could fix some way to maybe pull it up lock it and spin it down toward the back of the boat? I'm not sure where there is a will there is a way.