Garmin Livescope, HB 360 and other high end electronis.
I'm posting this in the main forum because my thoughts to follow are more applicable here. First off, I'm a huge Garmin fan and I'm really impressed with many of the video clips from all over. I have two of the 93SV on my Lund. I think Livescope would be a great tool and might even buy the transducer in the future. I've seen some pretty impressive results from the HB 360 also. I love catching, and eating, crappie and these tools are very impressive.
That said, I'm an old geezer and I have a concern about these high end electronics. I've fished since way before the old "green box." My concern is the impact tools such as these can have on the resource. I certainly like to have a couple of meals in the freezer but, for my wife and I that's about five fish a meal and that gets me some left overs. I have no problem with anyone catching crappie from dusk to dawn and would love to do so myself. However, I'm seeing more pics of full livewells or cleaning tables, day after day. When I can make it to a lake I rarely keep over half a dozen eaters a day. I prefer to release most of my fish and allow someone to catch em again. I certainly understand everyone's requirements are way different than mine so I don't want to slam anyone over this. There are times such as a planned fish fry that I will keep more. I just ask that everyone consider the impact these modern tools can have. Very few anglers need a couple hundred, or more, fillets in the freezer.