Livescope lessons

[Herewego]

It's a interesting tool and it has taught this old over the hill guy some new tricks.
I still use 2d, SI and DI for finding fish and then deploy LS for real time images.







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[pipeliner345]

It's a interesting tool and it has taught this old over the hill guy some new tricks.
I still use 2d, SI and DI for finding fish and then deploy LS for real time images.







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Absolutely!!

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[pipeliner345]

LOL which is to my point about people saying that LS is cheating that we will catch all the fish. It is simply a tool. I have learned so much with mine over the past 9 months. Things that I thought were happening we not! As stated, it is so frustrating to look down there and see 20 crappie and only be able to catch 1! It is like walking into a mexican buffet and only being able to reach one taco. haha. Very well put there Sir.

You're right on. Livescope hastens the find. It does not hasten the bite. Ain't it the truth!

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[ezgoing]

I don't know who told you that that LS was 5k +. You can buy the entire system with a 9" echomap for $2,100. Now if you went with the new 12" screens i could see that. I didn't need livescope either to catch fish but the shear amount of education that you will see live on sonar, not a glob of mop hairs laying on the bottom will teach you real quick that a lot of your knowledge about crappie can be thrown overboard. For instance, many thought crappie would not dive after a bait, they absolutely will. What i was astonished to discover is that more times than not by a landslide that jigging the jig will absolutely horrify a crappie. I have found that they prefer it dead still in most cases. I also learned that the decision to strike is 10 times greater if you let them see the jig on their terms. In other words, don't bomb them with your bait. I've have seen over and over and over again that if you put that bait right in the middle of them to fast they will explode and be gone! It's amazing that a tiny one inch jig or a minnow will horrify a crappie but it absolutely will.
And it's not only about the crappie with livescope. Watching the bass torpedo the balls of shad is fantastic entertainment. Watching the school's of white bass murder a shad school is very cool. Also, you can absolutely pinpoint on a shad school and watch the net go through the school and know exactly when to pull on the rope for a net full of shad. Crappie love those shad! However, i can't get away from my jigs long enough to use any live shad hardly.
I watch all your videos and you have it down for sure. Im coming to fish lake Houston when i get time. Living on the coast south of Houston i have to drive long distances to crappie fish. Love your videos!! Especially those slow motion thumps! That is the real deal!

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Yes you can get lifescope for $2100 with the discounted 93 sv + display unit. This is what I bought initially. You can also buy it cheaper by getting the LV12 unit which wasn't available when I bought my unit. However to get the kind of action you see on a lot of the youtube videos you need a more expensive unit with the upgraded processor which costs $3000 + for the display unit. I bit the bullet and bought the bigger unit with the faster processor last month and it does make a world of difference in the picture that live scope provides you.

I initially made a mistake buying the 93 sv + unit to save money. If you are going to buy live scope get the best display unit you can afford as it does make a huge difference. I would even suggest holding off on buying livescope with the 93 sv+ unit and saving for the larger unit before you buy anything.

As SK has stated you can catch crappie without buying livescope. I caught plenty of crappie using my HB 999 unit until I upgraded all my electronics during 2019. A friend is now using that 999 to catch crappie with his boat.

[Bugtussle]

Yes you can get lifescope for $2100 with the discounted 93 sv + display unit. This is what I bought initially. You can also buy it cheaper by getting the LV12 unit which wasn't available when I bought my unit. However to get the kind of action you see on a lot of the youtube videos you need a more expensive unit with the upgraded processor which costs $3000 + for the display unit. I bite the bullet and bought the bigger unit with the faster processor last month and it does make a world of difference in the picture that live scope provides you.

I initially made a mistake buying the 93 sv + unit to save money. If you are going to buy live scope get the best display unit you can afford as it does make a huge difference. I would even suggest holding off on buying livescope with the 93 sv+ unit and saving for the larger unit before you buy anything.

As SK has stated you can catch crappie without buying livescope. I caught plenty of crappie using my HB 999 unit until I upgraded all my electronics during 2019. A friend is now using that 999 to catch crappie with his boat.

What unit did you end up buying?


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[ezgoing]

I bought the Echomap Ultra 126sv unit. I went with the Echomap Ultra instead of the GPSmap unit so I could network the 93 sv + unit on my console. Garmin told me that the gpsmap unit could not network with the 93 sv + unit. Since I already owned the 93 sv + it did not make sense not using it on the console.

[Roy]

I also got the Ultra 122 unit after starting with a 93sv plus unit, love it! Yes for me it was worth the extra cost, $2,100 for the unit from a board sponsor on here. With a dedicated battery, 12" Ultra unit, and the LVS32 system total cost around $3,600. I made a separate pole for my transducer using a ram mount.

[SKs Crappie Catching Adventures]

In no way am I suggesting live scope is cheating, it's fun but fun that cost more than I want to pay for it.... Yes I'm a tight wad.... Besides I love the challenge of figuring these fish out with 2D and it works out...... SOMETIMES.....LOL

EZ if I ever got LS it would be the setup like you have.....

P-liner holler at me when you head this way......

I also see a lot of folks that give up trying different tactics and just feel they can't catch these fish because they don't have live scope......I always tell them there's a lot of folks that have live scope that don't try different tactics and still don't catch crappie..... The common denominator here is try different tactics in both scenarios..... There's more folks without LS and they need to hear and see folks catchn these fish and enjoying it without LS..... That'd be me....

Enjoy the catchn with OR WITHOUT LS......

[trypman1]

Very interesting tread. I start with 2d to see were fish are in depth. I go to side image to target The crappie, then go to LS to read and see in real time and watch my baits drop into the fish & watch what happens. It is a lot of fun.
P.S- I do catch a few also.

[Grainraiser]

Yep 2D finds the house, DI/SI finds the dining room and LS puts the food on the plate.