Thread: Garmin Live scope

Originally Posted by cricket george

Ciller- I thought I would get a rise out of you. I plan on releasing the 1.5+ pound fish. Zeke commented that you all like Hugo. I happen to have a cabin at Antlers that sleeps 6. Just sayin...... My pond is stocked with rosies too.

I wish I had known that back in the days when we hunted swamp rabbits at Hugo. I might have hit you up for a night's lodging, and we could have fixed up some swamper chili.

I will find one of my video's on brushpiles later. This is a school of suspended fish, not relating to anything. One of the things I like best about livescope is the ability to fish for schools of crappie that I never was able to target before. They are just sitting around out there. This is one school out of 5 we found one morning. None on any structure and all biting. We kept 44 nice fish.

Originally Posted by ERNEST PATY

I will find one of my video's on brushpiles later. This is a school of suspended fish, not relating to anything. One of the things I like best about livescope is the ability to fish for schools of crappie that I never was able to target before. They are just sitting around out there. This is one school out of 5 we found one morning. None on any structure and all biting. We kept 44 nice fish.

Ernest! I’m glad to see you are on them and amazed at the clarity of your LS picture. How do you manage such a clutter free screen? And hey- I still love your old Lund. Even used it to take 2nd in Arkansas at a CAT tourney. Your mojo continues in that lucky boat! Good to see your post.


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Dang it this thing looks cool, almost like ice fishing with Vexilar. Going to start looking into this, I think I would be better off with Live Scope than buying a new unit for the helm.

My wife surprised me with the Livescope and 93 SV+ for my Birthday a couple of months ago. As stated above, it can teach you a lot about the crappie's reaction to the baits. However, you still have to have the knowledge of where to find them. They're not on every tree or brushpile or point or rock. This does give you the advantage of knowing if they are there or not though.

Most anglers use the livescope at first on forward view. (as did I) I have found the most productive way is in the down scan position. Simply tilt the transducer down one click. Turn your transducer perpendicular to the centerline of the boat. That way you have an equal view out of both sides of the boat . If you have the transducer on the forward side of the shaft it will tilt slightly forward. You will be able to see baits both slightly forward and on both sides of the boat at the same time.
Sounds weird but you soon get the hang of it and makes fishing a lot easier.

As far as boat control is concerned I leave that up to spotlock. If I had to use manual control I would probably run into the dam or a tree.

Several people have asked me how I see my jig while fishing. Also how to see their partners jig. It’s not hard after you catch on to it.

I set the livescope on forward when searching and on downscan when fishing. Remember the transducer beam is very narrow and will not show a jig that’s not in the beam. When transducer is aimed forward screen will show what’s directly in the beam only, both forward and to the rear. It’s not where the boat is pointed, it’s where the transducer is pointed.(see figure 1)

FIGURE 1





If both fishermen are in the front of the boat (preferred) set livescope on downscan and point the transducer to the left and slightly toward the rear. The fisherman on the right can fish slightly forward and to the right. The left fisherman can fish slightly toward the rear and left.
Both jigs should show on the screen. (see figure 2)

FIGURE 2



When one fisherman is in the front and the other is in the rear aim the transducer slightly left and to the rear. The front fisherman can fish forward and to the right and the rear one to the left rear. Both jigs should show on the screen. (see figure 3)

FIGURE 3


If the right hand fisherman’s jig shows on the left side of the screen just rotate the transducer 180 degrees.
This can be confusing at first but you will soon get the hang of it.

Thank you hat was very helpful; after looking at your sketch #3 I'm thinking of mounting the 'ducer at the back of the boat so the front would have the wider view just in front of the boat. Just the opposite of how your #3 is, am I reading this correctly? Will the view have enough detail this far from the ducer?

I don't know if anyone has stated this but a 20 degree cone is 3.6 feet wide at 10 feet in front of the boat, 7.2 feet wide at 20 feet, and 10.8 feet wide at 30 feet in front of the tranducer, etc. Just FYI.