Report from my trip down

[Hunter53]

9 minutes ago, curtisce said:

good report. Looks like you did well on the LM with ned. Fishing deep and with ned you'd expect more SM and spots.

We were targeting smallies. The largemouth came in the same places we were smallie fishing. The largemouth did come on the shallower depths of what we were fishing or when we would try shallower in the 6-8ft range. Did catch a couple real shallow like 3-4ft.

[m&m]

Congratulations. The pictures show very healthy fish. Sounds like your trip was a lot of fun. I echo C4F’s comment about this forum. 
Mike

[Hunter53]

I don't remember one fish not looking really healthy. It was great to see that!

[Brennan]

Thanks for the report. Can’t wait to spend a week there next month. 
 

great pics....I’m curious about the black pedals on the starboard side of your front deck. I recognize a couple as being for your shallow water anchors, but wonder about the other set of pedals with the yellow sticker on top. 
 

thanks again....wonderful report. 

[Hunter53]

2 hours ago, Brennan said:

Thanks for the report. Can’t wait to spend a week there next month. 
 

great pics....I’m curious about the black pedals on the starboard side of your front deck. I recognize a couple as being for your shallow water anchors, but wonder about the other set of pedals with the yellow sticker on top. 
 

thanks again....wonderful report. 

That is for my livescope. I have the transducer mounted on a separate pole and the foot pedals control turning the livescope transducer.

It is called The Livescanner. They are out of Hillsboro, MO. 

[dtrs5kprs]

1 hour ago, Hunter53 said:

That is for my livescope. I have the transducer mounted on a separate pole and the foot pedals control turning the livescope transducer.

It is called The Livescanner. They are out of Hillsboro, MO. 

He's getting a one man band together.

[vernon]

14 hours ago, Hunter53 said:

That is for my livescope. I have the transducer mounted on a separate pole and the foot pedals control turning the livescope transducer.

It is called The Livescanner. They are out of Hillsboro, MO. 

Curious as to how valuable the Livescope was or how much you used it for the kind of fishing you were doing last week?

Fortunately (or not) the days of me being able to afford such amenities has come and gone but I still find the technology and its applications to be of interest.

Glad y'all had a good trip after last year's cluster!

 

[Hunter53]

3 hours ago, vernon said:

Curious as to how valuable the Livescope was or how much you used it for the kind of fishing you were doing last week?

Fortunately (or not) the days of me being able to afford such amenities has come and gone but I still find the technology and its applications to be of interest.

Glad y'all had a good trip after last year's cluster!

 

For the fishing I was doing during our trip the livescope really isn't a lot of help.  If fish are right on the bottom you really can't see them unless they are moving around.  With that said there were a couple times I saw suspended fish and picked up a jerkbait and caught some.

There was another time I was able to keep track of a big ball of shad pretty shallow moving around and caught 4 walleye and a couple bass by throwing a jerkbait in and around the shad ball.

There were other times I just shut the livescope off as it wasn't doing any good to have it on.

[vernon]

19 hours ago, Hunter53 said:

For the fishing I was doing during our trip the livescope really isn't a lot of help.  If fish are right on the bottom you really can't see them unless they are moving around.  With that said there were a couple times I saw suspended fish and picked up a jerkbait and caught some.

There was another time I was able to keep track of a big ball of shad pretty shallow moving around and caught 4 walleye and a couple bass by throwing a jerkbait in and around the shad ball.

There were other times I just shut the livescope off as it wasn't doing any good to have it on.

Thanks.  That's kind of what I figured but was curious nonetheless.  If it was ten years ago when I was still gainfully employed I'm sure I would have been among the first to have one but now being on the "fixed income" and all........👨‍🦳

Now I just have to be happy living vicariously through all you one percenters!

[crazy4fishin]

5 hours ago, vernon said:

Thanks.  That's kind of what I figured but was curious nonetheless.  If it was ten years ago when I was still gainfully employed I'm sure I would have been among the first to have one but now being on the "fixed income" and all........👨‍🦳

Now I just have to be happy living vicariously through all you one percenters!

Vernon - with all the grief that you bring about being blamed for the weather I just assumed that you were being sponsored by the Weather Channel.....you know, the guy that creates hell and havoc so Jim Cantore has a place to go each week 🙄

Do you have a jersey or at least a patch!?

C4F