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    Have any of you guys seen the new pan optics trolling motor mount? They turn the transducer sideways. It looks like it enlarges the cone. The picture looks similar to the 360's but live. Any thoughts switching your mount out to this? Thanks for any replies. Jim

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    Are you talking about perspective? Scott

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    The "Perspective" mount does indeed turn the Livescope transducer on its side, but I don't think it changes the cone angle any. What it does do is turn the cone on its side, so you're reading a horizontal 20deg swath of water instead of a vertical 20deg swath of water.

    I can see it as a benefit for very shallow water, since the vertical mounted transducer will show the bottom rising as you get into shallow water and the amount of screen above the bottom image would be pretty small ... so seeing fish in only a few feet of water may be difficult. I don't know for sure, personally, because I have my Livescope transducer set for vertical forward view as I don't fish in real shallow water .... plus I've only used mine a couple of times and haven't even got it totally set up like I want it.

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    My transducer is also set forward. It hasn't helped me catch fish. Yet. Watching my lure going up and down is "cool" for a little while. My lake average is 6'(shallow). I want to get better at this. How do I become a Crappiepappy? LOL I'm crappy at everything already.

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    Probably need to get perspective mount and run in perspective mode to fish that shallow. not going to get full benefit of livescope in water that shallow but it will help you find structure which should equal fish this time of year. Scott
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    Quote Originally Posted by JCLA View Post
    My transducer is also set forward. It hasn't helped me catch fish. Yet. Watching my lure going up and down is "cool" for a little while. My lake average is 6'(shallow). I want to get better at this. How do I become a Crappiepappy? LOL I'm crappy at everything already.
    Don't feel too bad ... I've only had mine out on the water twice (one short day trip & one short night trip) and so far have only caught 2 dink Crappie & a 13" Bass (day trip). I skunked out on the night trip.

    Check out some of the Perspective videos on YouTube, if you haven't already, just to get a sense of what you're going to be seeing in that mode. Also, notice the difference in what's shown on the screen when you have the transducer mounted on your trolling motor shaft (stationary) and when it's mounted on a separate mounting pole that can be "tilted" a little ... though in your case "tilting" the pole probably won't be necessary on account of your water depth. BUT ... the placement depth of the Perspective Mount on your trolling motor shaft might need to be "tweeked" to give you the best position for a permanent spot to mount it, that gives you the best coverage for the water depth you're mostly fishing in.

    One thing the Perspective mode software update will do is put a boat/beam icon in the upper right of your screen. That will show you the direction and coverage area of the "ping" in relation to the boat (as seen in this picture) :


    (I sure would like to have that icon on my Livescope screen, as it would make it a whole lot less cumbersome to know where my transducer is pointing without having to look down at the direction arrow all the time. )

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    Quote Originally Posted by CrappiePappy View Post
    (I sure would like to have that icon on my Livescope screen, as it would make it a whole lot less cumbersome to know where my transducer is pointing without having to look down at the direction arrow all the time. )
    Turn on AHRS and calibrate it to get the beam direction depiction on forward view ...

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    Quote Originally Posted by rnvinc View Post
    Turn on AHRS and calibrate it to get the beam direction depiction on forward view ...

    Panoptix AHRS Setup | Garmin Support

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    Thanks, Rickie .... I'll give that a shot and see what happens.

    If it was there all along, I wonder why it doesn't come on automatically ... that'd be a real good selling point !!

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    I have tried the perspective view a few times and I just can not give up my forward view. It was okay in less than 10ft of water, but over that you are missing a big slice of the water under the beam when using it.

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