These poles are electric jigger poles. The fisherman just laid the pole on the front of the boat and cruised the banks with the vibrator on and the lure just under the surface. The motor on the end is a vibrator motor. I saw a guy doing this a couple years ago on Murray. I watched him and when he got to my house I stopped him and asked him what was he doing. He showed me the rod and said they cost about $200.00. Course I wanted one. I asked him if it worked and he opened the live well on the sneak and it was full of big bass. This type of fishing works best during the spawn when the bass are on the banks. The line that the lure is tied to is only 2 ft long. Just imagine the fight with a 5 lb bass on the rod. The poles use 12 volts to run the vibrator and the lure was a inline spinner bait.