Crappie Fishing with LiveScope Plus! Full-Screen LiveScope Throughout!!! Lake Darbonne - Trip #4 

Thanks so much Norm!! This one and my very first video are probably my two that I'm most proud of so far.

@@HighQualityFishingVideos well it's definitely a good one. I subscribed as well and I'm going to watch your others. I'm looking to get into life scope I actually tried it out for the first time last Saturday and had a absolute ball. Super fun. I've already been working on Mama trying to convince her to let me get one. Lol have a good one I'll be watching.

Thank you msray! I'm hoping to get out on the water a few days this week and make some more videos! Have been trying to wait on the weather to cooperate, but might just have to go fight the wind!

Thanks Jeff! I am so glad you said that, exactly the kind of video I was going for! *Sorry for the jackhammer noise at some parts of this video, a lake house nearby was under construction a quarter mile away and that sound was traveling over the water like I was right beside it!

Thanks Danny! I'll always try to focus on the fishing techniques and tech!

@@HighQualityFishingVideos I feel like I'm fishing with you. I'm hoping to get a livescope system in the near future 🙏

@@dannygreen6145 That is so great to hear Danny. Part of the reason I started making these was I have some family in a nursing facility as of this fall and they're always wanting to know/see how I'm catching so many fish. I was hoping to make these so that they had as close to an "in-the-boat" feel as I could get for them. If you get a livescope it'll be the best/worst thing ever because it's all you're gonna think about afterwards!! I had to save up for about six months to afford it (literally paid more for livescope than I did my whole boat) but I've been having a lot of fun with it!

Thanks so much Mark!

Thanks Pete! I'm heading out fishing in the morning and hopefully have another video edited soon!

Thank you John!

Thanks so much Craig!

Thanks Arrigo!

Thanks Danny! Same thing here man!!! I've only got like a 10-15% hookup rate if they follow more than 5 feet or so. Next trip out I'm gonna try to maintain depth but move left or right. Every trip I try something different with those types to see if I can get anything to increase the hookups, but so far nothing has.

Thanks so much Randy! I went out today and caught a bunch again but cameras messed up I guess and don't have but a few minutes of footage. I'll just have to go out and catch a bunch again I guess hahaha!

Dang the bad luck 😆

Thank you Thump! Man it's so neat seeing these fish under the water! I've been imagining what was going on under me for years and now finally getting to see it is amazing. Now if I can just get a few more days where the wind is 15mph!

Thank you John! I really appreciate it. I'm having fun making these so plenty more to come! Might break out my bass rod soon and try to get some of those on this type of video....although I haven't quite figured out how I'll get good shots of those since they move so much!

Thanks Pilot! I keep trying to remember to get my jigs out and put pictures in the videos but never do. I WILL do that for the next videos although the next one will probably be bass/hybrid fishing. The first half of this video I fished with a 1/16th oz hair jig: pink head, silver middle, and chartreuse tail * I buy these locally at a tackle shop, no brand name on the packages that I can remember The second half of the video and what is one of my favorite go-to baits is from a company called BigBiteBaits and they have a selection of 1.5 inch plastics called "Panfish Minnow". I like any of those but especially the colors where the body is one color and the tail is chartreuse. Generally pair that with a pink 1/16th oz jig head.

What size pole you using to cast with, great videos I fish Darbonne a lot , that place is full of any size crappie you want, what size screen u have and transducer, I love that green color screen

@@tommypierce8887 Thanks Tommy! I have been using a Berkley 8ft trout rod more and more as my go-to rod for casting/pitching on crappie. Lake Darbonne is amazing! This is the LVS34 and GPSMap1022 (10-inch).

Thanks so much Joel!

Thanks so much Steve! On Darbonne I just tie directly to the jig with the braid and can't usually notice a difference in the fish behavior. Now on Claiborne or Caney, I will use a leader and have noticed a difference in their behavior there because of the clear water. They did that thing where they followed it but didn't bite way more often without a leader in the clearer water. I was out there again yesterday and caught a bunch in the cold! Left out from the Stowe Creek ramp and fished within a few hundred yards of the channel markers where it drops down to 17-20ft. I brought my camera stuff to make another video but it looks like the recordings didn't work correctly. Aw shucks, I guess I'll just have to go fishing again soon, hahaha!

Jonny thanks for watching! I definitely use as much of the screen as I can all the time. On Darbonne I generally fish 40ft out simply because there are so many fish everywhere that I don't really have to look further than that. But on other places, like in my Lake Claiborne video, I look way further out and much deeper when searching for the fish. As far as sizing them goes I love the grid lines. I can look up and think "well that fish is a little over 1/5th of the width of the 5ft rectangle so he's probably a little over 12 inches". Now in really deep water it's tougher to size them, if you watch that Lake Claiborne video from a few weeks back I caught a few crappie in 45ft of water in that one. Very hard to differ between a 9inch/12inch fish at that depth!

@@HighQualityFishingVideos Right! Also probably doesn’t help as much that I’m still on a 106sv screen.

Hey Santiago, thanks so much! This is the GPSMap1022 paired with the LVS34.

I think you're exactly right on the reason they kept it at 7 so that it wouldn't have a negative impact on the tournaments. I'm just hoping the silver carp from Bayou Darbonne don't wind up in the lake. Have heard plenty of very bad stuff about what happens to game fish numbers in lakes once that happens.....

@@HighQualityFishingVideos YES!! I have seen some monsters below the spillway. Definitely makes you pay attention in a kayak!! Haha.

@@stacylolley haha, I bet it does!

That rule of 7 is for the tournament fisherman all the way. Has no ecological impact of the lake. IDE rather Texas law. Keep everything over 10”. They have some great fishing on those lakes …. The lake is creek fed. Wish they would have went limit 25 and anything over 10”. My 2 cents that won’t matter ….

Thanks for watching Marcus! It's a bit misleading the way I have to edit these makes it so yall cant always see me taking 3-4 slow passes over the fish before I get more aggressive but I promise I always try a more subtle approach first on the good fish!

@@HighQualityFishingVideos that makes more sense! 😂 I’m not far from you, grew up close to Claiborne. Mainly fish it and Bistineau.

@@mwhLA1986 Oh man, Claiborne is my favorite lake around here! Beautiful scenery and those hybrids in there fight like crazy!

Thanks Keith! This is Lake Darbonne in Northeast Louisiana.

Thanks Dan! On the day I made this video I was using an 8ft Berkley trout rod. I've got two of those and have been using them more over my 12 ft rods because I have a bit more finesse control to twitch the jigs just how I want to.

Thanks James! Man that freeze last week was brutal! Do you ever try live minnows or small shad as bait when they get like that? I've had days like that in the summers where I'd start fishing at 7am and it would be noon with no fish in the cooler even though I KNEW they were on the brush piles because I'd just scanned it with side-scan. Then I'd break out my cast net to get some minnows and immediately start catching fish. Might only get 5 or 6 fish that day but it's saved me from getting skunked on a few occasions. *I don't know if netting bait is even an option in every state, anybody else reading this be sure to check your local regulations first and don't wind up getting a ticket following my Louisiana methods!

@@HighQualityFishingVideos yes Sir I have in other times tried live minnows and they still would not hit the live bait as well. This past Thursday I made trip to Wallmart all the way in Mount Sterling just to purchase one of those plastic three rod holders (like it) and to get some of those bait-alive 1” and I purchased some those petrified minnows in a jar as well. I tried those Friday and they would not hit either. I have used crappie nibbles as well and have done well with those. I had even tried those Friday as well. I tried five different schools within the same area. It had been so cold that the river was iced over. Trying again in the morning very early. We are off work tomorrow. Hard to purchase minnows here after November. I usually catch my own here in the creeks. I am gonna get me one them cast nets soon.

@@fuzzyfultz Good luck tomorrow James!

@@HighQualityFishingVideos well I limited out today, 20 fish. Took me while get them figured out. 30-32 feet water. Water was 38-39 degrees. I left at the brake daylight and got home late evening dark thirty. 1/64 oz with a split shot. Had a really good time.

@@fuzzyfultz I was actually wondering earlier today how you were doing up there on the water today. Sounds like it was a great day! Good job James!

Hey T Leb, thanks for watching the new video! I'm using spot lock to stay in place.

David I'm not sure what version it is but I'll check it out and get back to you. I haven't updated it since I purchased it but will get the version # and put it in here.

HAHAHA, Ronnie I kept saying to myself that day "great, I get my microphone issues worked out and wind up finding fish near a construction site!"

Never mind I see it’s the plus now

@@natureboyfishing4380 Thanks Nature! It's the 34, if you get one make sure to HEAVILY insulate any splices and solder the splice points. I've seen a few friends that I can't get theirs to be as clear but I have a feeling the wiring is the issue.

Hey Texas, I use the Minn Kota Terrova on both of the boats. 55lb model on the basstracker and the 80lb on the pontoon boat.

Hey 1010, this is the LVS34 and the GPSMap1022. Thanks for watching!

Hey Jerry, this is the LVS34 transducer paired with the GPSMap1022.

Hey CrappieMike, thanks so much glad you liked the video! I actually made the mount with a piece of pressure-treated lumber and two C-Clamps. I made a little 4 minute video showing my whole livescope setup here if you're interested in mirroring parts of it (I'm particularly proud of the mount and my extending handle!): ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-C7KAlzofPBc.html

Hey Patriot, thanks for watching! The first half of this video I fished with a 1/16th oz hair jig: pink head, silver middle, and chartreuse tail * I buy these locally at a tackle shop, no brand name on the packages that I can remember The second half of the video and what is one of my favorite go-to baits is from a company called BigBiteBaits and they have a selection of 1.5 inch plastics called "Panfish Minnow". I like any of those but especially the colors where the body is one color and the tail is chartreuse. Generally pair that with a pink 1/16th oz jig head.

@@HighQualityFishingVideos thanks a bunch

Hey Richard, thanks for watching! I'd say I'm a reluctant braid guy. It's very nice to have the line strength to straighten the hooks when you get snagged and retrieve a jig. Generally on days where the wind is less than 5mph I use braid but on days with more wind I switch out to mono or fluoro/mono blends to avoid the tangles.

Hahaha, I definitely almost messed that up!!! I didn't show it in the video because it was like 2 mins before, but when I first eased into this spot I thought I saw the top fish stretch way out and it looked long like a catfish. What I think I must have seen was another fish next to him when I first pulled in or some weird angle. So glad he stuck around - that's still my PB crappie!

@@HighQualityFishingVideos 😆👍

Thanks for watching Curley! That was a jackhammer that was about 1/4th mile away working at one of the camps nearby. Finally got my microphone issues worked out only to have all that in the background, hahaha

Thanks a ton Austin! I will do it, you'll know it's me cause it'll be the oldest boat on the lake pulling up to say hey! hahaha!