If using the stock 8° mount that comes with LiveScope, the biggest challenge is visualizing (in one’s mind’s eye) that the beam is 8° off vertical ... the beam is like this - / - (or this - \ - dependent on which side the shaft the xducer is mounted) …. The Livescope beam is not like this - | - ...
*Keep the LiveScope xducer stationary ...
*Put bait at 2ft deep and move the bait horizontally until the bait is the brightest on the display and note where that bait’s horizontal position is as compared to your LiveScope direction indication (TM or pole direction)
*Perform the same test at half the water depth ...
*Perform the same test at near the bottom ...
You should easily see that the horizontal position of the bait as compared to the LiveScope direction indication is different dependent on how deep the bait is in the water column - simply due to the 8° offset stock mount ...
The shallower the bait is, the more to one side (of the direction indication) the bait needs to be positioned - to be in the strongest part of the beam ...
The deeper the bait is, the more to the opposite side (of the direction indication) the bait needs to be positioned - to be in the strongest part of the beam ...
Rickie