rocket launcher arch

[Lake forest beach]

I want to put a rocket launcher arch on my star craft islander and was wondering any good reports or bad . Ocean south makes one out of 1 1/4 aluminum and it collapses with six rod holders. Any input? Thanks

[justtracytrolling]

Great lakes planers has what you need. Tony is great to work with and fair.

[Lake forest beach]

OK thank you ill check them out.

[Skidplate]

I have the great lakes planners captain deluxe vary happy with it but it was 2500 bucks but you can get the basic one and add holders and lights later on

[Smellmyfingers]

Fish on makes a nice product.

[Lake forest beach]

Thank you. Researching all the replies

[SylvanTroller]

Get a ac/dc tig welder and you will never find yourself without the ability to make exactly what you want. That's my plan anyway, just have to save the scratch to but one.

[justtracytrolling]

I have access to one and used it alot on my boat, but i priced materials to build my own and I still went with. a GLP deluxe captains pak....

[Lake forest beach]

Thank you all replies

[hairbone]

The boat I last year had the glp delete and it is a great peace of equipment

[Jakob5pennies]

fish on do you have a web site

[Instigator]

Fishonsports.com great product and great to deal with.

[Chas0218]

I have access to one and used it alot on my boat, but i priced materials to build my own and I still went with. a GLP deluxe captains pak....

Yup Tony sells them at a good price and my time would make it more expensive to build one than to buy one from Tony.

 

Here is my setup from Great Lakes Planners. It has worked great. One thing I will recommend is to buy a couple extra handles as they do get a little sun rotted and break easily if you are adjusting frequently. Also I put mine up so it is about 6' 1" off the deck (i'm 6') and anyone short has a tough time grabbing rods. I can do it pretty easily but my dad (5' 8") has a tough time. The last picture shows I lowered the bar a good 8" to allow the rod tips to shoot higher in the air.

 

 

 

My boat is on the left, You can see how I mounted my lights and the uprights. 

Edited February 26, 2016 by Chas0218

[justtracytrolling]

The new larger knobs dont seem to fail, but if they do tony will send you them free no questions asked. My setup is the same except i have the reels on my trees and an 18 inch offset bar so the tow point is far enough in front of my trees that the rods dont interfere and i can reach the tow line with out a hook. My launcher is even higher but im 6' 3".

[Chas0218]

The new larger knobs dont seem to fail, but if they do tony will send you them free no questions asked. My setup is the same except i have the reels on my trees and an 18 inch offset bar so the tow point is far enough in front of my trees that the rods dont interfere and i can reach the tow line with out a hook. My launcher is even higher but im 6' 3".

I have my mast mounted further forward to get the planer lines away from my poles. On tighter turns the line does get into the poles (the poles on the trees) for a moment but I try not to turn that fast because of tangles. This is only when I am running 5 rods/side on big boards. I have gotten away with 6 lines/side with big boards but your turns are a good 1/4 mile wide. The rocket launcher setup does let me run a lot more rods. 

 

On slow days walleye fishing I have ran 15 rods 6/side on the planer boards 3 downriggers. The worst is when we get a rookie working the rod and starts to work the fish before it falls behind the boat. Tangle city!

Edited February 25, 2016 by Chas0218

[justtracytrolling]

I cant have a mast in front as im multi species and hard to cast or fly fish with a mast.

[Chas0218]

I cant have a mast in front as im multi species and hard to cast or fly fish with a mast.

I remove it if I'm not trolling I try to keep it out of the sun so the planer line doesn'T rot on me or throw it in the cuddy.

You have a pontoon right? I could see where it would be a pain with the bimini.

[justtracytrolling]

A pontoon is really the only type of boat that i can fit a mate and 4 guests easily trolling, 15 is my max on lines also, and still not draft a foot so i can fish in real tight and not have customers casting at docks in the dark and i can fish super shallow sand flats. We do casting trips on the bass boat and thats great, but not with customers...as i dont want all my gear getting stepped on, knocked into the water, or have someone fall overboard. I considered a removable mast but its common to troll and cast back and forth fishing tigers. Ill troll from spot to spot or to give a tired caster a break. I have an 8x8 wide open casting area and i can shut the bimini if needed, but I've guided a couple flyfishing tiger trips and its not an issue with it open. It's all about boat position and using the wind to your advantage. Shallow water anchor poles help immensely allowing the caster to pick water apart with the wind at their back without the boat swinging. Im getting a bimini enclosure this year so i dont have to freeze at night...i dont get cold when im fishing but when im guiding i do!

[DJ 17]

For you guys that have rod trees. How tall are your trees, and are all the holders off the side at a 45* angle or something different? I'm thinking of putting a set of triples on my boat and am trying to iron out the details.  Would you do anything different if you were to put them on again?

[TileMan Dan]

I would look into trees where rod holders are adjustable like from GLP.

[vetting]

For the GLP mast, do you cut the crossbar to fit the correct beam of your boat?

[Chas0218]

For you guys that have rod trees. How tall are your trees, and are all the holders off the side at a 45* angle or something different? I'm thinking of putting a set of triples on my boat and am trying to iron out the details.  Would you do anything different if you were to put them on again?

All of mine are at a set angle 55* but Tony does offer different angles. The ones he lists available are 55* (standard on all setups) 45*, 30*, 15*, and 5* (lists as dipsy setup). Tony has the vertical 3 rod holders for $174 and the 4 rod for $204. I had the 4 rod and upgraded to the rocket launcher setup. If you were buying the vertical rod holders I would recommend paying the extra money for a 48" vertical post.

 

http://greatlakesplaners.com/store/products.asp?cat=10&pg=2

 

For the GLP mast, do you cut the crossbar to fit the correct beam of your boat?

Yes cut to fit. You can order longer crossbar if needed, last time I called it was $10/foot.

Edited February 26, 2016 by Chas0218

[vetting]

I'll be selling a set of Berts triple trees with mount track once I buy an arch if anyone is interested.

[DJ 17]

Thanks Chas, I was unaware that the standard angle was 55*

[Lake forest beach]

Now I'm rethinking that two trees may be better