On Sun, 20 May 2007 17:18:57 -0400, Dan wrote:

What's that bar in the water behind the motor? Here's a picture of it
out of the water...

http://www.yellowfinyachts.com/bayboat/bayblktwrdok.jpg

It's called a Power Flounder Gigger. Basically, you drift along the
beach uisng a light at night and when you see the shape of of a
flounder in the sand, you press the button and it gigs the flounder,
brings it up to the surface, the pole rotates and delivers a freshly
gigged flounder.

It can also be used for a trailer jack.

Sometimes it's used to position the boat - you set the pole into the
bottom to hold the boat in position. Handy in a tidal rip or on a
flat to keep you from drifting too close to structure, the beach or
such as that.