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I got a 19ft Triton 19XS bass boat and i want to put shallow water anchors on it what i just want to know is what make and model to put it on it.

How is the new Minn Kota Raptor Shallow Water Anchor any different than the Power Pole? Also, does the new Minn Kota Raptor basically deploying similarly to the Power Pole and not vertically like the Minn Kota Talons show that the Talons couldn't hold the boat as well as the horizontally styled Power Poles?

I can't think of anything that they will improve on shallow water anchors, but I can see some with trolling motors, specifically Minn Kotas. I believe that Motorguide already makes a wireless foot pedal but I would like to see Minn Kota do it. I like to move my Minn Kota Ulterra's foot pedal around from one side of the boat to the other depending on what side the docks or shore I am fishing are on. It's a pain with a wired foot pedal like the Ulterra has. It would be nice if the Ulterra had a wireless foot pedal with hard-wired backup. Like you could just whip out your cable and connect it to the foot pedal and trolling motor with quick detach hardware if the wireless went out for some reason or the battery died. It would also be nice if you could quickly charge the foot pedal off of the boat batteries when you plug in your boat's batteries each night. I'd also like to see a "Summon" feature on the Minn Kota. This would be similar to Tesla's summon feature. So you could launch your boat like in the Minn Kota Ulterra commercial where the guy launches his boat and then guides it to the dock with his remote. However, with the summon feature you could just walk to the dock and hit the "summon" button and rather than have to manually guide the boat to the dock with your remote the trolling motor will do all of the work for you and come right up to the dock so you can keep your hands full with your tackle and rods that you are carrying down. Sort of like when the Silver Surfer summons his board by saying, "To me my board". You also don't have to worry about coming in too fast with your trolling motor and crashing your boat into the dock. What will the next improvements to Trolling Motors and Shallow Water Anchors be?

I am trying to make a good decision on which technology to go with Shallow water anchor or Trolling GPS. I have narrowed it to Talons over Powerpole and Minn Kota Ipilot over Motor Guide XI5. a set of talons would be around $3500 and the Minn Kota Ultrex Bow Mount Trolling Motor with i-Pilot Link US2 $2600.00. I fish Toledo Bend and Lake Fork and San Rayburn, What are the pros and cons of these I need advice I can only afford to buy one. Let me know your thoughts.

Hi I'm looking at either the sportsman or pro. I'm looking for a dealer for pricing and shipping etc. Thanks

I am looking to purchase a Minn Kota Talon 12' to install on my 2013 Nitro Z7 with the 150HP four stroke. I do not have a jack plate installed and I plan to use the sandwich style brackets to install the Talon. I have read that installing the sandwich style brackets can void any warranty from Mercury. Is this true for the boat and motor that I have? I was unable to find anything regarding this. If this will void the warranty then what is the problem associated with installing these style brackets with this setup? I want to make sure I don't compromise the structural integrity of the transom or anything mounted to the transom. Any help or insight to this would be much appreciated! Thanks guys!

Hello, I am new to this forum and I could use some help. I recently purchased a 6' Power Pole Pro model off of a friend of mine. The only issue is, I do not have a bracket to mount to my 2005 Ranger 185 VS Jack Plate. I also do not have a hydraulic pump. I am a college angler and am really trying to save some money buying these two things and they are both very expensive. I was able to find one or two things on EBay, but I am wondering if anyone has any other suggestions or one or both of these parts? I am also looking for a manual for this. I have an idea of how to install it but it would be nice to be able to look at a manual for help as well as pictures. Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks very much! SCAR College Angler

So recently I have been trying to add a power pole to my 2006 Nitro 591. Bass pro is offering free install on all trolling motors, anchor systems and electronics. When I called the service center they said they couldn't do a standard install because nitro didn't recommend it and said they couldn't unbolt the motor because that happened to not be recommended. Basically they're telling me I can't put one on but I have seen many nitros with power poles. Does anyone know any dealers close to chicago or Milwaukee that may be able to install one for me. Thanks, Mike

Hey guys im trying to find out if the 12' Talon is longer than the 10' and 8' models when retracted, I'm looking to buy one but I don't want it to be a problem for the guy fishing from the back. Is a Talon higher than a Power Pole when retracted? Does anyone have one of the new Talon models, I know the previous one was bad but is the new one really better? Thank you everyone!

Has anybody used a minn-kota talon on here? i want a power pole but $2000 is alot, and i can get a talon for $1000. my concerns are since it is telescopic, does water and debris get in the shaft and corrode the internals or is it a really solid unit? any feedback would be great! thanks.