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    Quote Originally Posted by QuinnTheEskimo View Post
    I ice fish a lot and I have an underwater camera. If I set it up right I can get the camera pointed at my jigs in 35’ of water and see everything. Fish in winter tend to be less aggressive so it might not be completely applicable to fishing open water but what I see under the ice is that most of the time you are better off not moving the jig at all once a fish approaches it and frequently they’ll swim up to it, open their mouth and draw it in and spit it out without ever moving the rod or spring bobber. The one movement that does work the most if they don’t take the still jig is moving it up away from them 8 or 12 inches and then stopping.
    I icefish too and love my camera when I can find water clear enough to use it. Not many places here tho.

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    Quote Originally Posted by chaunc View Post
    Old fashioned? Line watching will never go out of style. There’ll always be a time and place to use it, young buck.
    Well what makes you think im a young buck? lol

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    Quote Originally Posted by ultraslab View Post
    I've been amazed lately as I've started to set the hook when I see a fish charge my jig and do what appears as a loop de loop when he get's there. I've been assuming too much with the sensistivity of my slow taper special with 3# twitch master I would feel something, but I've learned that if the fish is swimming hard right at your jig he's putting enough slack when he takes it you feel nothing. Amazed at how much my connect rate has gone up just by seeing and setting. Scott
    If fish is doing the loop it’s already had the jig in it’s mouth a bit and is trying to get off. If you spend enough time behind the Livescope you will be able to see the bite on the screen before you ever see the line move or feel anything in a lot of cases. I fish a 1/64 under a 1/4 oz weight a lot. With this rig if you don’t learn to see the bite on the screen you will miss more fish than you catch.
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    Quote Originally Posted by yobuck View Post
    Well what makes you think im a young buck? lol
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    Wow 1/4 oz weight? I do the 1/64th some too but usualy just a #7 splitshot have done 1/8oz in the winter time but can't imagine 1/4 oz. What is the conditions and style that you would need that much weight? I get the 1/64th part when they were real finicky sometimes that's the only way to get a bite. Scott

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    Quote Originally Posted by ultraslab View Post
    Wow 1/4 oz weight? I do the 1/64th some too but usualy just a #7 splitshot have done 1/8oz in the winter time but can't imagine 1/4 oz. What is the conditions and style that you would need that much weight? I get the 1/64th part when they were real finicky sometimes that's the only way to get a bite. Scott
    It’s a pretty common setup with Livescope fishing vertically with 10-13 foot rods, even in shallow water. But I am normally fishing 15-25’ deep over stake beds and brush in the wind and sometimes current. I normally keep three rods rigged up on deck, all will normally have 1/4oz egg or 1/4oz jighead. Occasionally an 1/8. The big thing is you can get down to the fish quickly. A lot of times even if you are great at holding the boat, the window to drop on a fish is very short. It’s all different if you are casting or pitching to fish though. Or if you are on really big schools of smaller fish. But the heavy weight is very effective for the way a lot of us vertical fish with Livescope.
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    Scott, I'll show you how to record LS video next time I'm in your boat. My Ultra 102sv doesn't have that feature, but I'll figure it out. I want to check out your new Sea Ark anyway.

    I'm still in big buck hunting mode right now, as the rut is getting hot. I'll be back in crappie fishing mode in couple weeks.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ultraslab View Post
    I've been amazed lately as I've started to set the hook when I see a fish charge my jig and do what appears as a loop de loop when he get's there. I've been assuming too much with the sensistivity of my slow taper special with 3# twitch master I would feel something, but I've learned that if the fish is swimming hard right at your jig he's putting enough slack when he takes it you feel nothing. Amazed at how much my connect rate has gone up just by seeing and setting. Scott
    I use a heavier jig than many . You won't feel as many bites using lighter jigs as you tend to have more slack between your rod and jig . I use nothing smaller than 1/8 oz and many times 1/4 . Using a long rod and heavier jig you maintain les slack . Even when see'n the fish bite I wait till I feel anything then set the hook .
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