Pontoon Boat & Deck Boat Forum

Anyone ever put a power pole on a toon. I am thinking of getting one since a lot of my fishing is in shallow water.

What is a power pole? Also anyone know how to group members by state?

It is a anchor that mounts to the rear of the boat and used in shallow water. Runs off your battery.

I never have seen one on a pontoon boat, but if your fishing conditions will handle one--go for it.

Our lake's too deep for one to do much good.

I know we have one or two here that has them, they work great in Florida too

I keep two 10 ft pipes I got from the electrical dept at Home Depot, I just hammer them in and rope it off. Works great for me.
I also can use it to push off from the bank if the water is cold.
I fish shallow for catfish a lot during the spring.

Gonefishing wrote:It is a anchor that mounts to the rear of the boat and used in shallow water. Runs off your battery.

Only the minn Kota talon is electric, the power pole is hydraulic. Here's a couple pics of them on toons







From what I've seen they need to have coustom mounting plates for use on a pontoon boat. I plan on getting a minn Kota talon on my new toon, I'd like to have two so well see how it goes

Thanks guys n thanks for the pics. I will let u all know how it goes when I get it put on.

the ones from MK are big $$

The talons are auctually a bit cheaper compared to the power pole!

Mrtoler wrote:The talons are auctually a bit cheaper compared to the power pole!

Nope about the same, 1300 and up, I think I'll be sticking to something on the manual side

I have seen some use a long piece of PCV pipe.

mitchwilldoit wrote:What is a power pole? Also anyone know how to group members by state?

LOOK at htis link

viewtopic.php?f=2&t=11480

HandymanHerb wrote:

Mrtoler wrote:The talons are auctually a bit cheaper compared to the power pole!

Nope about the same, 1300 and up, I think I'll be sticking to something on the manual side

I see them for about $100 less in (comparable) models. And there is a few sites like moodeals.com who have very good prices on them often... My friend got two 8' talons at $900 a piece last year for his bay boat from this site.

I came across this on another thread. Seems reasonably priced. Anyone had any experience with? It looks like the only to mount it on a toon would be at the bow. Appreciate your thoughts.

http://www.wanganchor.com/