Live scope question

[Pirogue]

LS has already ruined tournament fishing and will effect crappie fishing in general. Expect lower limits at your favorite lake in the near future.

[tcounty]

I don’t think so. I fished side by side with those guys at the big tournament at Sardis this year. We weighed or biggest 7 when we got home, and we would have spanked their butts on Saturday. It was kinda goofy looking to be honest , watching a screen like a video game.

If all it took was a few $1000 in electronics to start winning $1000’s in tournaments, everyone would do it. It takes more than that.

I used to think the same thing about trolling and pole limits, I was wrong.

I don’t have LS yet and don’t know if I want it or not.


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[jackkelley]

The way I see it is like this. When I was younger fishing with my dad all we had was a john boat with a small motor. He would sit in the front of the boat and paddle everywhere we went. Of course we caught fish and a lot of them but when TM's came out he bought one. Not that it made him a better fisherman it just made it easier. And then he bought a bigger boat with livewells, bigger motor and a steering wheel. None of that made him a better fisherman. And if he was still alive today I know he would buy a fish finder also. If we just wanted to fish we could do that with a stick, hook and some line while sitting on a bank somewhere.

[Locator79]

You aren't hearing anything negative from the guys who have it..... Just the guys that don't.... Just sayin

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[arkcrappie]

I’ve got it. I don’t use it 100% of the time. I bought mine for tournament use. Just like anything else, it’s not for everyone. There is a learning curve to it.
I don’t see that piece of electronics hurting the fish population. It is just a choice of whether a person wants it or not.


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[MikeF]

You aren't hearing anything negative from the guys who have it..... Just the guys that don't.... Just sayin

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Except the guys that updated to perspective view.

Some are not happy with the update.

[Roy]

LS has already ruined tournament fishing and will effect crappie fishing in general. Expect lower limits at your favorite lake in the near future.

Interesting statement. How did it "ruin" tournament fishing? Seems to me it changed tournament fishing from using multiple poles and trolling to single pole and casting to the fish. Seems like an improvement to me.

[NIMROD]

I don’t think so. I fished side by side with those guys at the big tournament at Sardis this year. We weighed or biggest 7 when we got home, and we would have spanked their butts on Saturday. It was kinda goofy looking to be honest , watching a screen like a video game.

If all it took was a few $1000 in electronics to start winning $1000’s in tournaments, everyone would do it. It takes more than that.

I used to think the same thing about trolling and pole limits, I was wrong.

I don’t have LS yet and don’t know if I want it or not.


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Better look at all the big Crappie tournaments , live scopers leading the pack in most now

[NIMROD]

I’ve got it. I don’t use it 100% of the time. I bought mine for tournament use. Just like anything else, it’s not for everyone. There is a learning curve to it.
I don’t see that piece of electronics hurting the fish population. It is just a choice of whether a person wants it or not.


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If everyone that buys one learns how to use it , it will hurt the big fish numbers fast on smaller waters . It makes hunting open water fish with a single rod easy and can pick out big ones covering lots of water.

[Roy]

I hear the complaints about Livescope but IMO a average user guy with Livescope is going to hurt the population and big fish less than someone trolling up to 16 rods with multiple jigs on each pole. It really ain't that easy to target open water for suspended fish, you have to make a precision cast, get your jig to the right level and present it to a fish in such a way to entice it to bite. Seems for the average weekend fisherman that dragging multiple baits to suspended open water fish is much easier. I've done both and will again but single pole fishing and feeling the bite is just more fun for me.