Garmin Livescope

[Bill Babler]

The reality of this product is it allows you so see fish, structure and your bait at the same time in real time. You can see this 360 degrees and 75 feet from your boat simply by turning the unit and looking the direction you choose and the unit also reads behind you 

What does this do?  It allows you to throw at fish and avoid hang ups. It allows you to present the bait at the best depth and move the bait at the best speed to entice a strike.   I fished in a total forrest today and did so for 3 hours and never had a single hang up and totally hammered the bass. I have fished this location for 30 yrs. and it is s solid nightmare of trees. 

Today I could fish between or above them with no problem as I could see the swimming bait , the suspended fish and the cover

Say you have a tree coming up and topping at 40 feet and there is also one closer to the boat topping at 50 ft. You watch your swim bait sink and then swim it back just missing the 1 st tree and then let the bait drop watching it sink the additional 10 ft. To roll it over the next tree. 

With out the Livescope that would be impossible. It is simply a game changer

[Mitch f]

6 minutes ago, Bill Babler said:

The reality of this product is it allows you so see fish, structure and your bait at the same time in real time. You can see this 360 degrees and 75 feet from your boat simply by turning the unit and looking the direction you choose and the unit also reads behind you 

What does this do?  It allows you to throw at fish and avoid hang ups. It allows you to present the bait at the best depth and move the bait at the best speed to entice a strike.   I fished in a total forrest today and did so for 3 hours and never had a single hang up and totally hammered the bass. I have fished this location for 30 yrs. and it is s solid nightmare of trees. 

Today I could fish between or above them with no problem as I could see the swimming bait , the suspended fish and the cover

Say you have a tree coming up and topping at 40 feet and there is also one closer to the boat topping at 50 ft. You watch your swim bait sink and then swim it back just missing the 1 st tree and then let the bait drop watching it sink the additional 10 ft. To roll it over the next tree. 

With out the Livescope that would be impossible. It is simply a game changer

Good explanation...

[aarchdale@coresleep.com]

Ill tell you what it doesnt do. It doesnt guarantee you will catch them!!  They were thick today but only one short crappie and one short bass even dropping minnows on them.

 

It was neat watching a jerkbait on the way back to the boat. Had lots of lookers but no takers. You can tell if you jerkbait is suspended level or not with it.    

Bridgeport       45-46 degree

up Flat creek    40 degree

[Bill Babler]

It is amazing the amount of fish that will approach your bait and fade off    Thats why they call it fishing  

[Alex Heitman]

I still have trouble in the wind seeing a small swimbait or jerkbait on the retrieve. I need someone to show me how to really dial these in. It seems when your small swimbait is 50ft from the boat it is hard to see until gets back. Wind was brutal this evening trying to stay on them and see my bait 

[fishinwrench]

2 minutes ago, Alex Heitman said:

I still have trouble in the wind seeing a small swimbait or jerkbait on the retrieve. I need someone to show me how to really dial these in. It seems when your small swimbait is 50ft from the boat it is hard to see until gets back. Wind was brutal this evening trying to stay on them and see my bait 

Try adjusting your transducer angle to more "center" the zone that you are fishing.  

[Quillback]

I don't even want to hear this stuff.  Ya'll are going to put me in the poor house.  I wonder how much money I can bring in if I hang out at one of the intersections in Springfield near BPS with a sign that reads:  "Need money for Livescope".  

[snagged in outlet 3]

2 hours ago, Quillback said:

I don't even want to hear this stuff.  Ya'll are going to put me in the poor house.  I wonder how much money I can bring in if I hang out at one of the intersections in Springfield near BPS with a sign that reads:  "Need money for Livescope".  

I’d drop a 5 spot in.  😀. At least you’re honest about your panhandling.  
I’m thinking I’ll sell a bunch of fly rods and guns I never use and plunk it down.  

[vernon]

I'm glad that not catching fish doesn't really bother me that much anymore.

Seein's I'm on the fixed income these days the only way I can afford the Livescope is to sell the boat!

Oh well, I had a pretty good run of blowin' money on stuff that most others couldn't afford for quite a few years.

Y'alls turn now.  Fun reading about it though.

Although there still is that blood bank deal.....

[Jaguar 97]

This was up King's. Caught around 40 with 12 keepers on jig's.