Power Pole Micro (Updated with review)

I had one on my skiff. I don't know what to say about it, it worked for what it was. You will have to drive a 3/4 inch anchor pin pretty deep into soft mud bottom to keep a boat that weighs 1500 pounds from moving. The mount seems pretty strong so I don't see that being a weak point.

I don't know. It's got cute little thing to mount your gopro ontop of the anchor pin.

For what it's worth, I ditched mine for something similar to a wang anchor or stickit.

I don't know man, it's a good little anchor but at the end of the day it's a $700 anchor pin. I guess maybe if you fish solo from the bow and need to be able to drop anchor via a remote. It's going to pivot on the anchor so you're going to have to use the trolling motor anyway unless you get two.

I'm on the poling platform 99% of the time so it is nothing for me to push the spike down but I use my push pole to keep from pivoting.

Like I said, they are cool little anchors and work very well. If you want one then buy all means buy one but all you would be doing is trading your current anchor pin mount for one that works without having to touch it.

Recommend looking into the Stick-It anchor system. I have one for bass boat; works great and costs a lot less than a power pole.

I've heard bad things when there is current/wind. It will deploy fine. It's when you go to pull it back up. The current puts a bind on the pole as it's stuck in the mud. Sometimes that extra bind makes it so that the motor isn't strong enough to pull it up. No personal experience, but that's what I've read.

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some of my best fishing experiences are alone.

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As much as I like powerpole, I think I would consider a Talon for the mud boat

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don't have the money to throw at a full size

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I have seen used talons go for 7-800, not often, but there are some out there.

So the good folks over at Dockside Marine in Bogalusa let me demo one of these things yesterday on my boat. Here's my short review.

My boat is an 1850 Phowler with a Pro Drive. With everything on the boat plus the motor, I'm sitting around 900lbs empty. Add people, 12 gallons of gas, trolling motor batteries, and fishing gear and I'm pushing 1400-1500. Yesterday, I just brought my dog, but I filled up two coolers with ice to add extra weight. I fished in 1-4ft of water with soft mud bottom, and the wind was blowing +20mph at times.

Pros: The micro had absolutely zero problem holding the boat in the wind and current. I honestly thing it holds better than a regular Power Pole because of the angle of the transom. The anchor sticks towards the boat as opposed to away from it. You can adjust the angle however you want to as well. I used it with the clamp on mount, but I'm going to forego that and just through-bolt it to my transom. The clamp on mount is awesome, but you can remove it just as easily through-bolted and just take it off during duck season/whenever it's not needed. The unit itself attaches to the mounting bracket with a levered bolt contraption. It also comes with a rope attachment that serves as a quick release, but I didn't use that. I guess it's for kayakers in case a hurricane comes or something. You can also adjust the anchor force in the event the bottom is less favorable to sticking. I had no problems with the anchor retracting, and I set the anchor force at the highest setting just to see if I could stick it to the point that the motor couldn't get back up. Didn't happen.

Cons: The only negative I have to say about it is that it's really tall. It's not that noticeable on my boat because of my poling platform, but if it were on another boat it would be a little more noticeable. You can't trailer the boat with the anchor pole in the unit though. I guess you could...but unwise. You can also buy different sized anchor poles. The one I have isn't made by Power Pole, but it works just as well.

All in all, it's an awesome tool. It did everything I expected to and then some, and functioned just as well as the full size Power Pole on my Skeeter. Anybody that's fished with a Power Pole in the past knows how convenient they are and this model is no different. I wouldn't put it on a bigger bay boat or something like that, but my boat isn't exactly "small" and it did just fine.

Dockside Marine in Bogalusa also sells them for ~$150 less than pretty much anywhere else I've seen, so if you're interested and you're around there, give them a call.

I would like to know how would 2 work. I read somewhere that they don't recommend 2 because it will still twist. I guess because they don't spread out as far as a PP, but Talons go straight down. I'm not really sure how it would do. Can you sync 2 Micros together like the others?

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Dockside Marine in Bogalusa also sells them for ~$150 less than pretty much anywhere else I've seen, so if you're interested and you're around there, give them a call.

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They are at Academy and everywhere else for $600. Are they $450 in Bogalusa? If so I will make the drive there to go get 2