River jon boat owners

[Jdecoudres]

Curious if any of the river jon boat owners has any experience of the micro power pole anchors. Looking pretty hard at them for my river jon which is a xtreme with a 60/40 jet. I fish the white and taneycomo often along with other waters but figured this forum had the most river jon owners on it so I figured I would start here. Thanks for the advise and information from you all. 

[Ham]

I’m not sure if it has the power to drive down into the gravel. 

I love the concept, but expense, concerns that it might be ineffective, and weight have kept me from pulling the trigger. 

[Jdecoudres]

I like the idea that i can put them on my river boat and then move them to my kayak.  I get what your saying. I found a deal of barley used for 350 a piece so i'm considering it.  Heck if they don't work looks like it wouldn't be hard to get my money back from the market I have been seeing.

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If you do it please give us a report.  

[netboy]

Seems to me that anchoring from the stern might be a little dangerous if they are running any kind of water. 

[fishinwrench]

Yeeeeeah I wouldn't want to rely on anything electronic on the river.   I kinda prefer my river craft to be about as basic as it gets. Rivers are no place for all this high-tech BS.

[aarchdale@coresleep.com]

1 hour ago, netboy said:

Seems to me that anchoring from the stern might be a little dangerous if they are running any kind of water. 

I agree,  A trolling motor with spot lock works great in the current and wouldnt cost much more than 2 micro poles

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I can vouch for spot lock.  Works great.  

[LittleRedFisherman]

3 hours ago, aarchdale@coresleep.com said:

I agree,  A trolling motor with spot lock works great in the current and wouldnt cost much more than 2 micro poles

Yes I bought the ultrex specifically for river use.  Spotlock will hold in mine in most places on current river which is swift and the cable/ power steer is a huge safety factor with the foot not getting away from you and slinging you out of the boat at high speeds.  I’d vouch for the trolling moter 

[Seth]

Another vote for the Ultrex and spot lock. I’ve used mine several days on Taneycomo in the past few weeks as well as one trip for bass on the Gasconade and I love it! I also spent a little time on this past Friday trolling crankbaits on taneycomo and it was great for that as well. Set the speed and heading and focus on watching the rods. Get hooked up, slow down the speed, reel in fish, handle fish, toss out bait and go back to trolling speed. It just makes so many things WAY more convenient!