Powerpole or Talon?

[Elbert Chamblee]

I was in la flounder fishing alot last year and watched guys with talons and pp. The pp is more popular now but the talon is gaining ground around here. When a big ship came by most of the guys with pp were washed off their spot. Even had a 20' aluminum that has dual pp and he was washed off several times right in front of me. The talons just swung around and stayed. I saw one talon that didn't hold when a ship came buy. But we have big dbl anchors out and we got washed off spot. Usually we are set with our anchors down.
At rayburn last week we pulled up to Caney boat launch and was wondering what it was with all the blue lights at boat ramp. There was 3 intercoastal type bass boats and all had talons. I question them about geting stuck and they said in soft mud you may have to rock the boat but never had to ratchet up yet. They also said with the soft bottom mode that should solve the problem that some say they have. The soft bottom mode is now on the 10' and 12' but will probably show up on the smaller ones later.
I was at the houston boat show this January and a dealer told me not to go with the talon?