Always Learning.

[Bill Babler]

You could take all I know about fishing Table Rock, put it in a 1 gallon milk jug and still have room for the gallon of milk. 

Yesterday was a good example. I’m looking for a few bigger fish than I’m currently catching on channel swings,  so I started checking deep trees, docks and conservation piles  

The fish were set up so differently than I had ever seen.  Piles, multiple limbed cedars held crappie and gills.  The gills were in the piles or inside the limbs of the cedars and the crappie were sitting directly on top, or on the up stream top sides of the cover.

If crappie or gills were present there were no bass  You saw my pictures of the gills Becky caught a couple of weeks ago, these were just as big as those.  Caught 4 on an A-rig  

Caught 6 crappie, they were just giants also on an A-rig.  Most all at 15’ to 22’ suspended over depth. 

Bass were on either pole timber or sparsely limbed big trees, locked right on the limbs or trunks at that same 15’ to 22’ range over depth. 

You could count everyone of them on LiveScope and if there were multiple fish they would bite. If they were singles nada. 

I had never seen this type of separation between the species before or how different they were relating to structure. 

As far as the docks, there were smaller gills stacked under the docks I checked. Not many crappie and very few bass.
The bass mostly were suspended on the dock anchor cables and again if there were just one or two they had no appetite. If there were several I could trick one or two. 
They were not schooled on the cable they were stair stepped along it 

No biggins but I learn something new every time I turn on the LiveScope. 

 

 

 

[Quillback]

I've heard that from a few folks, that is, you can learn a lot just looking around with the scope.

[DADAKOTA]

I have to assume that the scope picture is much clearer on clear water lakes.  Been using it on a lake with a couple feet max of visibility.  I see a lot but no way could I see bluegill in a brushpile.   I see various glowing fish b ut can only tell that some are  bigger than others.

[Ron Burgundy]

4 hours ago, Quillback said:

I've heard that from a few folks, that is, you can learn a lot just looking around with the scope.

It’s very interesting to see what’s going on down below ….it doesn’t matter what area of the lake I always see Spoonbill , it’s things like that I would never know without LVS…I just can’t figure out why some people hate it , I’m middle age so can’t say only young guys use it . 

[Quillback]

1 hour ago, Ron Burgundy said:

It’s very interesting to see what’s going on down below ….it doesn’t matter what area of the lake I always see Spoonbill , it’s things like that I would never know without LVS…I just can’t figure out why some people hate it , I’m middle age so can’t say only young guys use it . 

One of these days I might get it.  I have fun fishing without it, it's not that I hate it.  I'd like to have it just to look around at stuff.

[Bill Babler]

On 10/3/2025 at 10:02 AM, DADAKOTA said:

I have to assume that the scope picture is much clearer on clear water lakes.  Been using it on a lake with a couple feet max of visibility.  I see a lot but no way could I see bluegill in a brushpile.   I see various glowing fish b ut can only tell that some are  bigger than others.

DADAKOTA. I’ve only used mine on clear water but there are videos out there of guys using it on water you could walk on and the pictures are as good as mine. 

There is a guide in Kansas doing Garmin videos of crappie showing how to adjust LiveScope and the water if you can call it that is Red Mud  

Look at some of the Mike Baker videos on Truman when the lake is mud wall to wall and his pic’s are amazing. 

You can see a 1/16 th.. oz. Crappie jig drop right thru the tree limbs to suspended crappie in the branches.  Water has maybe 6” to a ft. of visibility.  You can see the tails of the crappie going back and forth.

I’m very fortunate I’ve had some pro’s help set me up and with what I’ve garnered online and now looking at it for 3 years, I’m pretty dialed in. 

If the fish are moving at all I can see their tails swimming. 

Good luck and keep tinkering with it. 



 

[DADAKOTA]

I definitely need to keep tinkering with it.