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I love my GLP Rocket Launcher and the owner Tony is the nicest and most honest guy I've ever dealt with.

Thanks for the well wishes pap! And those are beautiful Richard, nice job.

tandmbait, Mine's a 2012 too but I bought it as a left over in 2013. The agreement of sale states, "Converible Top with Boot and Front Curtain and Walk Through Curtain...$940.00. They're calling the bimini a convertible I think because the only boot I have is for the bimini. The gunwales are 11" wide with rod lockers that I find too small for the bigger rods I use, so I converted them to tackle boxes and wired them with led strip lights for the glow stuff. And they're the perfect width for 8" flashers so I borrowed (stole) an idea from those flasher boxes and now one locker holds about 50-8" and half a dozen 11"'ers. The other locker holds about 75 spoons, 8 magnum dipsy's and 36 stickbaits. So between the RL and the converted rod lockers, I've eliminated several tackle boxes and rods cluttering up the deck. Those lockers also prevented me from mounting a track system and really screwed up my rigger locations hence, the boards up the sides of the gunwales.

It's only an 18 footer pap but the width does make it pretty stable for a small boat.

For what it's worth, here's a few posts by Dukdog explaining how he made his...and a great job he did too. http://www.lakeontariounited.com/fishing-hunting/topic/42119-helping-my-little-boat-fish-big/ http://www.lakeontariounited.com/fishing-hunting/topic/43054-update-to-making-my-little-boat-fish-big/ http://www.lakeontariounited.com/fishing-hunting/topic/43289-little-boat-fishing-big/ I bought a Great Lakes Planer Rocket Launcher and the verticle masts are exactly 7' apart. That was enough room for 8 tubes, 8" apart. I have an 8 1/2' beam so I had room for 8 of them. Here's a pic of mine.

Les...he's had a great first season which started June 23rd off Provincetown. Jigging up mackerel with Sabiki rigs and then live lining them. He had more success trolling with leadcore than live lining though. Then when P-town died down, Chatham was hot for a few weeks jigging A27 diamond jigs with flo green teasers (thin ones). He did make a trip to Monomoy but admitted that he needs to go with someone who knows it. Now he's into the Bay with eels using 30 lb PP, 40 lb floro leader, a short shanked octopus hook and an eel. He's still out there now as I type with 10 in the box including that 44 lb'er. If he can get 5 more he'll limit out for the first time but he just texted saying he hasn't had a hit in a couple of hours. 11 13 14 Well he just texted and said he caught his 15th fish, a first for him limiting out. Good Luck henrybud...the bites right in your backyard now and should be there for a bit.

My son caught this 44 lb'er last night at Scorton's Ledge. He launches in the canal and it's only a couple of hundred yards to Cape Cod Bay. He waits until he sees them on the FF before he shuts off the engine and casts live eels, which immediately swim to the bottom. It's a night bite/early morning bite right now however. I don't know how I let him talk me into getting his commercial license but i did and now he's part of the fleet.

Just to give you an idea.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-O0wv_5MkQ

That must be a blast on a fly rod. Still a bit early for the big ones up here yet, so my son and a buddy launched in Hyannis Thursday nite fishing for squid. The two of them almost filled a 5 gallon bucket but that's a slow nite. When they're in thick, you can do that in an hour or so. But I will be feasting on Black Sea Bass soon...hopefully.

If you've never tried black sea bass, you're missing out on the best tasting fish ever...IMO! That's a feast.

Some guys fish a lifetime and never catch that big one. You've caught two 40's in two days, that's impressive. My son is hoping to jig up some squid tomorrow as it's still a bit early for us to try for those big ones yet. But your posts the last couple of days are really pumping us up. Good luck tomorrow!

You're on fire! Way to go, that 50's next!

Beautiful striper! It won't be long until those cows are up my way and I can't wait.