You can observe a lot

[oghfm]

just by watching is an old Yogi Berra ism, and it applies to the livescope.   I learned a couple of things this week, such as don't use chrome split shot above your chrome jigs,  the white bass go up to them and even hit them.  Explains a lot of pecks.   And I watched the crappie positioning under the jig as it was passing about 10 foot deep headed for 22,  actually caught it on the drop.  The Royals could use some outfielders with those instincts.  Just saying.

[jdmidwest]

I was dropshotting a Robo worm in a brushpile in TN last week in clear water.  This little 10" bass kept hitting the weight on the drop and ignoring the worm.  I jigged it in 3 times before he finally picked up the worm.   Polarize glasses and clear water.

[Dutch]

I hope to be observing a lot.  I have my name on a list for HB MEGA LIVE when it comes out. What I really want to do is look around standing timber for suspected fish.  I can find submerged timber with mega side and 360 but can’t really see individual fish.

[MrGiggles]

I have a lot of fun using 2D sonar like livescope. Gain and scroll speed on high, and turn the A-scope on. Pretty fun watching a fish vector up to your bait. It is very hard to see fish that are close to brush, and it's useless in standing timber. 

I planning on upgrading to Livescope if it'll ever come down in price, now that I have a unit that can run it. 

Gonna try to make the run over to Stockton tomorrow if the rain stays away. Got a pretty good mess of crappie in the fridge from Pomme, wouldn't mind some walleye too, but I've never caught one between December and April.

[oghfm]

On 1/23/2021 at 8:41 AM, Dutch said:

I hope to be observing a lot.  I have my name on a list for HB MEGA LIVE when it comes out. What I really want to do is look around standing timber for suspected fish.  I can find submerged timber with mega side and 360 but can’t really see individual fish.

Hope that works well for you Dutch.  Sometimes progress in technology is good.  Still using a flip phone though.  Wife seen me throw my new smart phone and took it back.   Don't miss it.  Just saying

[Dutch]

15 minutes ago, oghfm said:

Hope that works well for you Dutch.  Sometimes progress in technology is good.  Still using a flip phone though.  Wife seen me throw my new smart phone and took it back.   Don't miss it.  Just saying

Well I’m kind of a thing of a ma bob do dad guy.  I like trinkets, toys, bells and whistles.

[FishnDave]

 

[MrGiggles]

Not a great success but not a total failure tonight.

Hit a couple brush piles early and had one short crappie to show for it.

Started playing with side imaging, checking different areas. Ran over a monstrous school of shad. Dropped a chrome blue jigging rap and had a good white within minutes. Chased that school for an hour or so and had 3 more, lost a couple others. 

I've read about this winter tactic, but have never been able to make it happen before, feels good to learn a new technique. 

I was in about 50 feet by a bluff, the shad were around 20 feet down, whites anywhere from a couple feet below the school to right on the bottom. At times they were so thick it was making my graph think they were the bottom.

[Dutch]

29 minutes ago, MrGiggles said:

Not a great success but not a total failure tonight.

Hit a couple brush piles early and had one short crappie to show for it.

Started playing with side imaging, checking different areas. Ran over a monstrous school of shad. Dropped a chrome blue jigging rap and had a good white within minutes. Chased that school for an hour or so and had 3 more, lost a couple others. 

I've read about this winter tactic, but have never been able to make it happen before, feels good to learn a new technique. 

I was in about 50 feet by a bluff, the shad were around 20 feet down, whites anywhere from a couple feet below the school to right on the bottom. At times they were so thick it was making my graph think they were the bottom.

I think bo made a video of that a few years ago.