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They're standard equipment on flats and bay boats in Florida and the Gulf. I only know of one other resident boat on LSC that has one, and that's Jon Bondy. I get asked what it is every time at the ramp. It's a hydraulic spike that extends out and downward into the bottom and holds the boat. So yeah, they're only good to about 8' (7' or so really) but they'll hold a freight train. LSC being as shallow as it is, I get alot of use out of it. Especially fishing along a channel where it's 3' that dives to 20' in the channel. I'll Power Pole down up on the flat and fish over the edge in the channel.
I got it for boat control, but mostly to just hold me still. I fly cast, so in the distance a conventional caster can get four casts in, I get one or two. I drift over so many fish I know I'm missing. Now, I can PP down, stop the boat, make a couple of good casts, PP up drift 20', PP down and repeat. I can cover more water more efficiently. The muskie on it was my addition. Alot of bass boats are getting PP's now. Some even have two.
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