Power Pole or Talon on pontoon boat?

[skipg]

Hi, thinking about something like a Power pole or Talon for a 22 ft. pontoon boat. Feasible?
Also, is it o.k. to mount on rear of boat and should I think about 2 of them!
Obviously twice as expensive.
I assume I'll need to add another battery as well.

Thanks for any advice
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[Scott Danforth]

anything is feasible. however you will need two of them on a pontoon. a pontoon has a big sail area if the wind picks up. regarding batteries, that is up to you.

 

[bansil]

All the "big fancy bass boats" run them here, thing is unless your on top of an mnt top island or 5 ft from the bank, all of our water in the TVA lakes are way too deep, I guess it is an option on a $90k boat and they look good

 

[Cat nip]

I keep thinking of adding 2 or 4 spud poles to my toon for anchoring in shallow water. but that's because I like to build stuff and cant afford a talon or power pole.

 

[icwingman]

I have a 10 ft single talon on my 22dx fishing barge, works great you have to wait for the wing to pivot you and then your done, fish your heart out, i boat in the gulf and it even hold in choppy water 6-7 ft deep no problem, you dont need a extra battery but i would turn off battereys when on trailer, there is a power drain from talon or put in an on off switch.

 

[icwingman]

thinking of getting a spike pole for the front some day

 

[icwingman]

remember whatever you get will probably just mount to floor aft deck, i had to ad a steel plate 1/4 thick to deck and under deck to sandwhich it together.