How I Find

[S10CHEVY]

SK, yes, we like your videos, you need not change a thing. All I have is a cheap fishfinder, but watching your videos, know that some of your techniques can be used even with it. Can see stumps, bottom structure with it.

[jawjatek]

There are very few crappie on brush in my lake (Lanier) right now. I have been looking a lot, both with SI and PLS, and I've set waypoints on a lot of piles for checking in the future, but there are almost no fish on them this time of year. Same on Lake Jackson. I fish 2-3 times a week, or more. I've been mostly dock-shooting, and that is working really well, and is challenging, too. Been catching some real slabs lately "horizontal jigging"!

[SKs Crappie Catching Adventures]

I have followed Live Scope since its inception...reading, and watching a ton of videos. It is a tool.....that is all it is. If you don't know how to use the tool it is no good and I can guarantee you many who one have no clue what they are looking at or how to interpret it. The same thing happened and is still happening with si units. I can't tell you how many folks I know who have an si unit, and have had one for several years and still cant use it. No I don't think Richard Gene has a Live Scope. But it is not about how many fish Richard Gene catches....it is about how many fish you...yourself catches. When it comes to fishing I ask myself before I purchase something new "Does it give me an advantage over my current situation"? The 2 si units I have owned certainly gave me a big advantage over my fishing before I owned them...if for nothing else to save me valuable time....but my si unit does a lot more than save me time. I fish cast and retrieve....only. I buy very expensive, super sensitive Japanese fishing rods. They give me a big advantage that I did not have before. For anyone who fishes cast and retrieve you can bet your last dollar you will gain an advantage by fishing them. It is the same with the JDM lines...needle sharp jig heads I use..they give me huge advantage over other lines and jig heads. In the end it comes down to the fact do you want to pay the price to gain that advantage....is it important enough to "yourself" to pay that money. What someone else thinks or what someone else catches is of no consequence....not any! Of course this is a crappie forum....but myself and many others fish for other specie. My needs for wanting a Live Scope really have nothing to do with crappie...although I am sure if I got one I would certainly use it for crappie. This past fall I was fishing below a point off an island in the river. The KY bass and smallmouth bass were hanging around the down current side of the island...but they were moving around as the shad were moving around. You cast to one spot and catch a couple then nothing from that spot. You had to constantly fan cast to relocate the fish. It hit me had I had an Live Scope I could just turn the transducer to locate the fish without having to move my boat around to scan for them. It would have given me an advantage. SK there are several reasons people watch my channel...even though the views are small in number. Some tune in to learn about JDM fishing gear...others tune in for the UL angling aspect of it. Some tune in just to see what fish I am catching....and some tune in for all the mentioned reasons. Mine and your fishing styles don't match up...yet I watch your channel. I love to see fish being caught....you do that. You explain what and why you are doing what you are....I might learn something that might apply to my situation. So whether you have a Live Scope to me matters not....I will still tune in.

Regards

Awesome write up and very true..... Thank You!

[SKs Crappie Catching Adventures]

SK, yes, we like your videos, you need not change a thing. All I have is a cheap fishfinder, but watching your videos, know that some of your techniques can be used even with it. Can see stumps, bottom structure with it.

I discuss my decision with my wife not for approval because if I really want something I usually just tell her I'm gonna get this and sometimes like with this live scope she voices her opinion, if you're doing good catching why spend that kind of money?
I haven't convinced myself to get it but here in the near future I'll be entering into big boy tourneys and this garmin prospective would be a valuable tool to target bigger fish.....
I like crappie fishn because it's a challenge to catch them especially year round.....
I have had several folks that watch my vids comment how much they enjoy watching without me staring into my electronics to target a fish.....
One of these reasons I asked for this feedback and I thank you for your opinion......

[SKs Crappie Catching Adventures]

There are very few crappie on brush in my lake (Lanier) right now. I have been looking a lot, both with SI and PLS, and I've set waypoints on a lot of piles for checking in the future, but there are almost no fish on them this time of year. Same on Lake Jackson. I fish 2-3 times a week, or more. I've been mostly dock-shooting, and that is working really well, and is challenging, too. Been catching some real slabs lately "horizontal jigging"!

Awesome..... Time on the water is one of the best ways to learn a lake and to pattern crappie.... Sound like you've got them figured out over there.....