I have a 10' & a 12' collapsible pole, that I used to use down at Barkley Lake, for fishing the buck bushes. Don't use them any longer, though ... don't go down there and there aren't that many buck bushes left, anyway
I can vouch for the ones I have, that they WILL lift a near 3lb Crappie out of the water (though, you may have to stand on your tippitoes and hold it over your head to get one in the boat )