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been flirting with buying a pair of power poles for my 18ft. express. only thing holding me back is there are times when fish in thick cypress trees on some of the oxbows of the ms. i worried about em hanging up all the time when fishing in that thicker timber. anybody got any thoughts on that. thanks.
If the tree limbs are not hitting you in the head...the power poles should be ok maybe. Dunno, you might ought to do some measuring. I dont want to go under limbs anyway...good way to get a snake in the boat.
Or hit a wasp nest!Quote:
Originally Posted by "G"
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I imagine it would happen all the time, if you fish like I do. Sometimes I leave my spyder loks on the back after long lining and get up in and out of thick trees to jig and hang them up all the time. They arent near the height as a power pole. But I also take my boat where a lot of guys don't go.
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On my 1648 jon. I use a cheap king pin anchor system with 2 piece 12 fiberglass poles for shallow anchor system King Pin Anchors, front and bow. Works great and cheaper than power poles. Welcome to King Pin Anchors | A MarineTech Brand. Also the 2 piece 12’ poles fit nicely in the boat out of the way when you don’t want to use them. Click on the products Tab for bow and rear mounts.
Cevans, how do those hold up in all the chop we get?
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I got the transom mount for the back for blue gill bed fishing last spring vs, throwing a anchor out, and used it 3 times in a 10-15 mph wind on West Boggs as I also steadied the front of the boat with trolling motor up front and worked great then. Haven’t had much chance after that in mid June to use them and did use them once on East Fork ofmthe White River in a current once for cat fishing when the river was normal also. I am pretty impressed and I think you just have to pick and choose where you would use them, but if you stick the pole deep enough, your going to have to wiggle it free and a lot depends on the bottom your sticking it in. I really want to use it more before I spring for the bow mount and if I get the bow mount will get the detachable version. I can even see this working for duck hunting if your into ducks. You can google some users of this and they have a catfish version somebody makes also. And there’s a electronic version bass pro has for 600 bucks.
What's the cost on 2. 12 footers with transom mounts ? They dont have prices on their website
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I shopped for mine and found best pricing between eBay and Amazon. 2 piece 3/4 dia 12’ long fiberglass pole was like 100-105.00, 2.5. Transom black bracket around 127.00. Front bracket with quick release plate around 150.00. Chrome is alittle more. Google panther king pin shallow anchor system, or marinetech products.
I got the black bracket and painted it sand brown to match the color of my boat. G3 1648 jon.
wonder if he's talking about hanging up when he lowers them and hits tree roots or stumps??
The front and rear brackets have a lever at the top and rubber sleeve inside to lock the pole in place after you stick the pole in the bottom of the lake. Keeps the boat from bobbing up and down also.
no, i meant the poles hanging on the low limbs as your working your way through the timberQuote:
Originally Posted by wannabe fisherman
Friend of mine installed power poles on his 1860 g 3 and he had to wire them to a disconnect switch at the battery as they do draw amps while shut off. He doesn’t leave the on board charger plugged in sometimes and found this out the hard way with a dead battery once. Just a FYI you might check on.