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Telescoping pole for DRT rope

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Newhunter1

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Looking at and considering getting a 6 foot telescoping pole that will go to 24 feet. Anyone know where I can get a light one and a hook for this...or better yet...repurpose one for this method.
 
I went down this road last year, your best bet as far as I could find would be an 8' pool skimmer net pole. I ended up with a 4' quick action paint pole. I would get about 15', but it was a PITA.

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This is cheap and will help you decide if a push pole method is for you. I tried an aluminum extension pole. It is nearly impossible to keep it from hitting anything with a resultant clinking sound. Now, if that sound attracts deer, then this could be good. :D

Electrical Rope Pusher Pole Success

I used my 10 foot electrical conduit rope pusher to push the rope up a tree. It worked. I shot a doe. Now I can try for the buck. My tether was set at 17 feet which seems kind of low but the leaf canopy was around there so I could not see as far if I went higher. It was so thick in there at...
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I can't think of any pole that would get your rope over 20'. And lightweight on top of that?
You had better practice with a throwball.
I could be wrong of course,it happened before.
 
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I haven't tried this one. My only concern is it being fragile. Ive connected 2 8' painters poles with success. I don't believe you will find a 6 footer that goes to 24.

IMO this is a better option than the throw ball. Ive been bit too many times by spending too much time at the bottom of my tree. Im to the point if Im cold rolling and walk past a tree I liked I wont walk back to it and hunt. Your just setting yourself up for failure.
 
This is what I've found so far...
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I'm probably going to look at the electrical conduit PVC and see if I cannot DIy something.
 
Newhunter1 said:
I'm probably going to look at the electrical conduit PVC and see if I cannot DIy something.
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Good choice. For around $10 you can make something that works. 24 feet might be a bit too much but you never know till you try. Plus, it's fun to DIY something and make it work. Are you going to drop a throw weight over a crotch?
 
Newhunter1 said:
Looking at and considering getting a 6 foot telescoping pole that will go to 24 feet. Anyone know where I can get a light one and a hook for this...or better yet...repurpose one for this method.
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I‘ve got a 20’ telescoping fishing pole for “jiggerpole” fishing. Its fairly light and you could easily place a smaller line more than 20’ up.
 
Why not just use a shorter extension like an extendable pole to 10’ and mix in SRT and one stick methods?

for example, get tether up as high as possible with 10’ pole, srt up 6-7’, set platform, srt up and step on platform, repeat the process. No need to take a 20’ extendable pole in, or something crazy bulky/loud/heavy.
 
bj139 said:
Are you going to drop a throw weight over a crotch?
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I am now...didn't even think about that.

Looking at the electrical conduit I think it would be fairly quiet...plus I will take three ten foot poles and cut them to 3 to 4' and attach male and female threaded ends. Total cost will be 15.00 dollars...so I'll try and make this before I go back to the drawing board.
 
Newhunter1 said:
I am now...didn't even think about that.

Looking at the electrical conduit I think it would be fairly quiet...plus I will take three ten foot poles and cut them to 3 to 4' and attach male and female threaded ends. Total cost will be 15.00 dollars...so I'll try and make this before I go back to the drawing board.
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My avatar shows four 2.5 foot poles wrapped with a bungee cord set on my pack . I just put them in a side pocket and placed the upper end under a shoulder strap. They never fell off. When ducking under low brush, they will catch. I never thought about threaded fittings...interesting. I may try to go 5 or 10 feet longer on my pole sections. Throwing a throw weight sometimes goes perfectly the first time. Other times it can be trouble.
 
Sipsey said:
I‘ve got a 20’ telescoping fishing pole for “jiggerpole” fishing. Its fairly light and you could easily place a smaller line more than 20’ up.
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Off topic but I rarely find anyone that has even heard of a jiggerpole much less has one. I’ve spent many an afternoon fishing the jiggerpole with my grandfather. He’d always say something like, “don’t worry, if they ain’t biting today, we’ll give them the what for with the jiggerpole later.” So we’d regular bass fish all day then whip out the jiggerpole an hour before sunset and absolutely catch the fish. Lots of fun.
 
bj139 said:
My avatar shows four 2.5 foot poles wrapped with a bungee cord set on my pack . I just put them in a side pocket and placed the upper end under a shoulder strap. They never fell off. When ducking under low brush, they will catch. I never thought about threaded fittings...interesting. I may try to go 5 or 10 feet longer on my pole sections. Throwing a throw weight sometimes goes perfectly the first time. Other times it can be trouble.
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I'm planning on cutting the poles into 4' sections, and see if I can put 4-6 sections bungeed together and a strap to carry it in. We will see.
 
Newhunter1 said:
I'm planning on cutting the poles into 4' sections, and see if I can put 4-6 sections bungeed together and a strap to carry it in. We will see.
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You could cut it into three 3.333 foot sections out of each 10 foot length.
 
gcr0003 said:
Off topic but I rarely find anyone that has even heard of a jiggerpole much less has one. I’ve spent many an afternoon fishing the jiggerpole with my grandfather. He’d always say something like, “don’t worry, if they ain’t biting today, we’ll give them the what for with the jiggerpole later.” So we’d regular bass fish all day then whip out the jiggerpole an hour before sunset and absolutely catch the fish. Lots of fun.
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I was introduced to the concept back in the late 60’s by my Dad’s coworker. He was the first bass fisherman i ever met that fished more in the Winter than summer. There were some good videos on its use around Demopolis on the Tombigbee.
 
Sipsey said:
I was introduced to the concept back in the late 60’s by my Dad’s coworker. He was the first bass fisherman i ever met that fished more in the Winter than summer. There were some good videos on its use around Demopolis on the Tombigbee.
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What part of Alabama are you from?
 
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