Poles- stiff or spring

Location
NC
I got a waterdog lowered pole bracket for my 2016 superjet and didn’t realize you couldn’t use a spring with it. With that being said, I jump behind boats and rip buoys once in a while.

Am I better off tightening the bolts and bracket with no spring or returning it and getting the blowsion bracket that I can use a spring with? If so, stock or blowsion spring?
 
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