Full screen livescope footage showing how to trigger crappie bites on the tough bite days! My LiveScope Settings: • LiveScope Settings - L... HD Livescope recording LVS34 Livescope Plus
This is what I've been looking for!! Was at D'Arbonne myself about 2 months ago and caught about 6 fish in 3 days. Chased hundreds, but they'd chase it them turn around. I'm fairly new with Livescope and flat out love it. Since it Initially came out and everyone was showing the screen, now hardly anyone does. I don't like looking at someone just catching them. Mike Baker does an excellent job also showing livescope. Keep it up and I'll keep watchiing. GREAT JOB
Thanks so much Bob! So great to hear that and I'm going to check out Mike Baker's videos tonight also! If the fish do that thing where they follow it up and turn away from it very often I figured out that I need to change the color/shape/size of the jigs or alter the presentation completely in some way. Locally you can get the tiny 1.5 inch jigs from Honey Hole or Toledo Tackle and those have been working great. I'll post another video soon, good luck out there!
I know this video is over a year old, but I’m watching it for the first time. And you made the comment of you wanting to make a video along the lines of something that you were looking for yourself. This video and all the videos that I’ve seen that you have made so far Have really helped myself and few buddies of mine learn live scope, even when we can’t be out on the water fishing we’re watching your videos learning how fish react to the bait….. Thank you…
Thanks so much for the comment and it is so great to hear that you guys are getting use of my videos! My brother and I are going out soon and he'll be in one of my videos for the first time. I'll be using shiners and he's going to stick with jigs and we'll see who catches more! (it'll be me for sure hahaha!!)
Thanks so much for watching! It was so tough to find good footage of livescope when I first got it. Something that really shows what fishing with it is like so I set out to make something like that.
Thanks so much! I love making these and getting to talk fishing with so many folks! I've learned a ton just from you guys leaving comments with your own special tips and tricks. Hoping to head out one day next week to chase some big striped bass. Good luck out there!!
Thank you Adam, I really appreciate that! I'm uploading one more crappie fishing video right now but for the next few videos I'll be chasing largemouths and hybrids. Haven't taken LiveScope after those yet but I'll have the camera and we'll see how many we can get!
Thanks Brad! I'm already trying to plan my next trip and video! Pretty soon I'm gonna take this thing out and go make a video chasing some hybrid-stripers but it's just hard to stay away from the crappie when they're biting like this!
I would like to commend you for your videos. You don’t need to change anything. I predict that you will have a huge amount of followers in the near future. I really enjoyed the fact that there’s no foul language. The misses are a great part of the video. Tight lines to you.
Thank you so much Crappie Fanatic! I really appreciate the kind words and you taking the time to leave a comment. Definitely no bad language from me! I've got little ones in the boat with me often and always try to set a good example there. I'm venturing out bass fishing with LiveScope for only the 2nd time ever next week so yall might get to laugh at me pretty hard - but even if I can't get them in the boat I'm gonna put out the video! Might just release it under the "comedy" section of youtube if that's the case hahaha!
Thanks William! If you have anyone that you take with you who has never seen livescope at all you can show them this video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-KIGr-PCdvoE.html I made it for some folks that were saying they didn't know what they were seeing on the screen at all. But now I think I'm going to show it as kind of a crash-course for how to fish with livescope for new folks that come fishing with me.
I like the voice over even though it is because of the mic. Sometimes I just think it’s better to discuss what was going through your mind. I have come to the conclusion of taking the scope of the trolling motor and you confirm it. Just been about 6-7 times since getting livescope but know it’s not going to work for me that way either
Thanks John! I think I'm definitely going to at least start all my videos with the voice-over going forward. Might switch over for some key moments so yall can hear the excitement or disappointment as it happened, lol! Man, I know some of the pros keep livescope on a trolling motor and do VERY well with it because they're so fast and accurate with their pitches but I'm just not at that level. Being able to aim that beam independent of where the boat is pointed is invaluable for me! If you do decide to put it on a pole, I posted a whole video of my setup and have been very very pleased with all of it. A few of my little DIY stuff might come in handy with your install also in there.
Nice vid and tutorial!! I've been fishing with my LS for ~2 years and you commentary is quite helpful... so much that I'm going back to your earlier videos and watching them. Thank you sir!! My hit rate was up yesterday because I was using your tips!
Thanks for posting such an informative video! Very helpful for those new to livescope. I subscribed to your channel. How do you distinguish shad on the screen? Thanks
Thank you Kevin! I'm going to make a lot more of these over the next few years. I wrote down a list of every type of species/setup I wanted to do a video on and came up with more than 40 videos which is a bit daunting. But I'll get to each and every one because I'll be out in the boat doing it anyway, so might as well bring a camera hahaha! Good luck out there!
I liked your Livescope footage and your discussion of what you were doing. I've had Livescope for a couple of years, but I'm still trying to learn how to make the best use of it. Liked and subscribed.
Thanks Pilot! I could catch a ton of fish before I got this thing, but now it's just so cool getting to see all the little things about the fish behavior that I had wrong before.
Great video! Hello from central Mississippi. I really like how you did this video a lot. Hardest lesson I’ve learned is leaving a “non biter” alone and move along to the next one. I’ve been wanting to start videos myself and this does inspire me. Also, have a friend who’s son is playing baseball at La Tech. Beautiful area for sure. ✌️ oh, tangles happen when big ole bright spots show up! Never fails...
Thanks Chris! I set out to make a fishing video that I'd want to watch so that's great to hear. Went fishing yesterday and got another video coming as soon as I can find some editing time!
Great idea for a video, I agree even those that have started trying to teach livescope don't really explain well what's on the screen. My one recommendation for making it even better is adding graphics and visuals to point out what you're talking about when it happens. For instance at 1:19 I bet a lot of people don't even know what to look at when you're saying it, so adding a circle for a second or two over the spot of focus would be really helpful.
Thanks so much Ironclad! I am actually in the middle of making a more in-depth "Livescope 101" training video to go over everything I had to learn to use it effectively and trying to figure out all the graphics and animations part of it right now. I did make a quick video that highlights the fish/jigs and goes over the basics because I got similar feedback from friends/family that have never seen Livescope before where they were saying "I just see a lot of green dots everywhere?". That video is here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-KIGr-PCdvoE.html *I probably need to add that link to the details section of all the videos!
@@HighQualityFishingVideos 2 steps ahead! I'll eventually check out those videos for sure, dropped a sub so i'll be seeing the new stuff. For now I'm just on my paddle yak with 2D sonar which has been fun for how simple it is but looking to get some upgrades next year. Can't wait to do this myself!
Thanks so much! I had a hard time finding videos that clearly showed how Livescope was really used when I first got it and I set out to make something to try to show that. I'm having a bunch of fun making these so plenty more to come!
Great Livescope video! Looks like you have it pretty dialed in. I agree with mounting the transducer on a pole, that’s how I have mine mounted and I prefer it. Although, I have several buddies that have theirs mounted on the trolling motor shaft. I’ve fished both ways but still prefer my pole mount. It’s a learning curve either way 😉. One trick I’ve tried with success for jig chasers is to slightly twitch my rod tip. It works sometimes but that’s the thing with Livescope, you get to see all the ones that got away before you even get a hook set…🤪. Thanks again. Excellent video. Tight lines!
Thank you! That's what I've been playing around with also, trying little twitches or stops/drops, or a slow steady rise. Nothing seems to get them to consistently bite when they chase like that but I'm going to keep trying different techniques to see if I can pin anything down. If not I can't do much worse!
@@HighQualityFishingVideos yes sir all you can do is try different things. Sometimes nothing seems to get those rascals to fully commit. To see it all unfold on the scope can be frustrating, but such is the nature of crappie. Lets us know what all we truly were missing in the old days prior to Livescope…😉
I've used LS sevaral times before I got one black Friday I fished with it 3 times the boat control is the toughest thing I got it on the TM may move it to a pole and try it ..nice vid 👍
I think some or maybe a lot of the tournament guys use it on the trolling motor because they can glimpse where the fish is and get their jig to the correct spot in an instant. But I'm nowhere near good enough for that so I use the pole mount. Heck I can barely get it where I want it with the screen locked onto them haha!
Thanks so much, I appreciate the kind words and glad it helped! I had a heck of a time figuring out this sonar and couldn't find any videos like this so decided to make some of my own. Right now I have 16 fishing trip videos like this on youtube showing livescope footage at different times of the year with crappie/bass/catfish. My next few videos I put out will likely be some saltwater stuff but I am going to be making some crappie spawn-time videos in a month or so in this same format (my spawn-time footage from last year all got lost).
Thanks so much, appreciate the kind words! I'd say 90% of the time I use the #7 (1/16th oz) split shot weights but some days when I'm fishing deeper I'll move up to something slightly heavier.
Great video man. Live here in West Monroe and fish darbonne some. Also just got livescope so looking forward to using it out there. I think darbonne is just fished so heavily is why they're so skiddish but who knows.
Great video man! I can’t believe with no size limit and a creel of 50/person you have crappie to catch every year. Most states have a ten inch limit and lower creel. We’re ten inch and only 20 creel
We actually have a sort of reverse-size limit on Lake Darbonne! You can only keep 7 fish that are 12 inches or more on the lake. It's a new regulation intended to increase the overall size of the fish.
So I didn't have Livescope on my boat at all 3 months ago. What I bought was the LiveScope Plus which includes the LVS34 transducer + black box, and the GPSMap 1022 to pair those with. Along with that make sure you get really really high quality cables that are shielded well so you prevent any interference. I put all that together with a Summit transducer pole (because it was the least expensive) and it's been working great for me. I did mod the pole a bit with an extender-thingy that I attached to the pole handle with some hose clamps. I might put out a whole video showing my setup for everybody in case anybody wants to mirror what I've got.
Nice video. Looking into videoing fishing. Like how you did it. How did you video tape the livescope steam if you don’t mind me asking. I don’t know anything about video taping like this. Thanks in advance.
Thanks Dave! I will do that in the next one for sure. What I almost always use on Lake Darbonne is a pink round 1/16 oz jig head with a 1.5 inch soft plastic jig body. Anything where the body is one color and the tail is a different color seems to do really well. Once in a while I use a 2 inch or bigger but that's usually late winter or spring when they get more aggressive.
Great video, just subscribed to your channel. Having a problem seeing the jig with weight above. I can see you have yours dialed in to see line and jigs. I am running the Garmin Echomap 93SV UHD with the 32 transducer. Would you please share all your setting so I can do the same? Is it because of the type of line, braid or mono, or is it your setting? TIA
Thanks Kevin! This is going from memory but I will add it to the main description from now on for each video! Noise reject: Medium Ghost tree setting that I cant remember the name of: Off Auto distance/depth: Off Gain: between 55-70 pct depending on how much junk is in the water that day It's the braid you can see so well in the water like that. I think it's 15 lb braid.
@@HighQualityFishingVideos Thank you for your reply. I thought it might be the braided line, which I am not a fan of. But I have been tying braid to mono, just haven’t used that setup yet. I will though. From Oklahoma
Thanks Horace, can you tell my wife that when I go fishing and let the yard chores sit too long hahaha! My two favorite rods right now for crappie are 8ft berkley lightning trout rods. I can pitch, cast, or verticle jig with them and they're pretty light (and not too expensive either). *I did have the tip of one of those poles break off when I set the hook on a catfish, but I just cut it off an sanded it down to the next eyelet. I guess I have an 8ft rod and a 7.5ish ft rod now!
Great video. Appreciate your Information here Sir. I have the same problem, they follow up but stop or turn back. When you figure that out, please share what we are doing wrong. This is totally me as well, learning is totally different and I am loving it. Thank you very much. Subscribed and watching.
Two more fishing trips since that video and I still haven't increased my strikes with fish like that. I did figure out if a whole lot of fish act like that and follow but never strike, it's a sign that I need to change my jig color or profile. Not giving up on it though, still experimenting with some different techniques to see if I can get reactions out of more of those!
@@HighQualityFishingVideos thank you Sir. I agree 100% and I have been trying the same techniques. Also I find, if one school is reluctant to everything you try, move on to the next school. I fish Cave Run Lake kinda local here in Eastern KY, a lot. It has the same timber as your lake there. I also hand tie a lot of my own jigs and I have tried a few times, plastics and hand ties, and even live minnows, and they just won’t eat. I moved 50 - 75 yards to the next school and would catch a few. I hear you about boat control as well, it’s fun, but live-scope is also different and not as easy as some may think. You mentioned so many things that I am also experiencing. Thank you fir the feed back and your time Sir. What state are you in Sir ?
@@fuzzyfultz Hey James, I am in North Louisiana very near Lake Darbonne. I experience that same thing where some groups of fish will be aggressive but another group that's only 20 yards away make you work to get them to bite!
Thank you! I turned off the auto distance/depth stuff and set the gain somewhere between 60-70 percent depending on how cloudy the water is (clearer water means you can fish higher gain)
Nice video, suggest: if fish is slowly following speed up your jig and if he doesn't hit within about 4 feet most time he is not going to hit, suggest not looking out so far (unless scouting) 30-35 feet works well for me. I did enjoy and i subscribed and will tell my fishing friends.
Thanks Danny! Yeah I went out today and had about 10 fish follow it up for a long time but only got two of them. I'm not giving up on trying to find some technique to trigger more bites from those setups but so far I haven't figured out much for those.
Nice video, if I was an avid crappie fisherman a good investment. On a few occasions on my lake, boats around me have it and cannot buy a bite. I am catching fish but not sure what they are using, definitely not minnows, too darn expensive and you have to leave them at the lake if you do not use them all so you have to resort to jigs. I use a traditional sonar graph to find the depth and where the fish are, then turn it off, for some reason I get more bites. Not sure because the water is cold or certain frequencies on the transduce affect the fish and their sensitivity. Another guy at the same lake does the same thing and we talked about it, then he tells me not to tell anyone, let them come and go when they get skunked, it is a small lake, very popular, expensive homes all around and when the bite turns on a dozen boats will be on you quick since most guys are in the click with each other. The electronics does not guarantee you will catch but really nice to have. Another lake the limit is 25, you have to keep all fish no matter the size in December, the GWs are watching in teams with binos, you get to the ramp, bam sucker!!
Thanks for watching Ramm! Yeah there have been some days when getting them to bite is tough! Last year before I had livescope I would use a lot of poles + minnows out in deep water in the winter and caught a ton that way. Those minnows are expensive for sure, some days I could cast-net them in front of the boat ramps. The wild-caught bait always seemed to trigger bites way faster!
Hey buddy, you do a great job. I really appreciate your videos and you explain things very well. This is so much better than just watching a fishing show on television that doesn't want to do anything but sell you lures and equipment. I just now bought the 34 and I'm getting ready to hook it up on my boat. You have really taught me a lot. Just curious if you don't mind me asking, did you record this with your phone mounted in front of your livescope? This is such a great job. So many other people tried to film with their GoPro or their phone and they have glare. Just curious how you did this without the glare. Thank you very much Jerry
Thanks Jerry! In the garmin app it will let you record and save the recordings from what's on the screen in there and that's how I get my livescope screen recorded. Congrats on the new lvs34! I feel like a kid again every time I go out fishing now with all the new tech and getting to see all the fish!
@@HighQualityFishingVideos hey thank you brother. You are going to be very successful because your passion for this shows in your videos. Also you talk and very slow which is good, and explain things very well. You are one of the first or to me. My opinion the only one that has ever produced a video of this quality. Also I give you very high marks because you do return responses from other people as you just did me about 48 minutes ago. I am 64. Fishing has always been a passion of my life and you have helped renew it! After a very bad divorce and well I won't go on but I have learned to get back to what I like and you have helped me very much. Thank you. Don't take this wrong but love you man!!
Bottom line, this makes me feel like a kid again also and at 64 it is very great. I bought it and brought it home, I actually felt like a kid on Christmas Day! Thank you for having the same passion.
@@jerrylowe9808 Jerry I am sorry to hear about the tough times, but if you just got yourself a livescope unit I have a feeling you are about to be smiling from now on! It really does change everything about the way you fish and makes every day exciting. Recently had two trips out where I didn't catch a single keeper, but the whole day was still fun because I was constantly watching and trying to catch fish. In the past those days would have just been me wondering why nothing was biting. Heading out again tomorrow to try my luck and see if some new lures and live bait might do the trick!
Great video. Couple things. How did you get the video from your phone to your computer? Also if you break your video up into different parts you get higher watch time through the whole vid like 15 min vs 45. So RU-vid’s algorithm will push it out more. And you also Have more content to put out like 3 videos vs 1. Love the vid!
Thanks! I used a micro sd card to record using the activecaptain/helm feature on the GPSMap 1022 and just moved the screen recording over to the computer on that. I will definitely start putting out shorter videos in addition to the longer ones also, maybe to highlight certain catches or just an overall highlight reel.
@@4K_Fishing The app and the helm feature is what I used. I don't know if you can record directly on the GPSMap device or not. If so that would probably be easier I bet.
@@HighQualityFishingVideos im confused cause you said you used a micro sd card to tranfer it over? How did you get it from your phone to your sd card? sorry for all the questions
Oh don't let the videos fool you, I have bad days out there also! I got skunked once last year on Darbonne actually. There are some days I just can't figure them out, but those days are getting fewer every year as I keep figuring out more about these quirky delicious fish. I don't really have any go-to spots on Darbonne (the whole lake is an outstanding fishery) But, my normal tactics for Darbonne are something like this: Fall/Winter: Go to the channel for LOTS of fish, or to the deeper timber for fewer but bigger fish. Spring: Shallow water cypress trees or look for staging fish around structure near the shallow/mid-depth changes. Summer: Docks or shady drop-offs with structure nearby...... although to be honest, I do not consistently catch fish on Darbonne in the summer in big numbers. By far my toughest season to get them on that lake!
When I had a bass boat I mounted it on the opposite side from the trolling motor to reduce the chance of interference (and reduce my chance of tangling my line in the trolling motor!). If you've got a bigger boat or not worried about it being close to the trolling motor I would just put it on the side that matches the hand you'll want to turn the transducer with.
That would be fun! What lakes do you fish down there? I heard the hurricanes had yall messed up for a while a few years back, is everything getting back to normal?
Hey, I am in West Monroe LA, very near to Lake Darbonne. You can just message me right here, I don't have any other social media or anything but wanted to make some fishing videos on here!
Hey Gilby, thanks for watching! No problem at all, here are the settings I use: Noise Reject: MEDIUM TVG: OFF Color Gain: Default Gain: Between 55-70 depending on water clarity (I change this almost every trip) Color Limit: Off Auto Depth/Distance: Off
Hey David, I usually bring three rods with me: An 8ft Berkley ultra light trout rod which I use for casting to the fish if they're extra-skittish that day. The other two are 12ft B&M jig poles which are my primaries most days. I bring two of them just to have a backup in case anything happens to one. *David, I just re-read your question and realized you might be talking about the livescope pole mount. I'm using the Summit pole and mount. Relatively inexpensive and I've been pleased with the pole and the support from the company when I was installing it.
I have not, but I've got some family in East Texas that I've heard speak very highly of it. There's still so much water within an hour of me that I haven't explored also! Nothing but bayous, ponds, and lakes all over Louisiana to keep us all busy!
@@hairtrigger903 Oh man, you've got all kinds of great fishing options around you! Broken Bow not too far away either. Good luck out there! More videos as soon as I can get a day without 15mph wind to go back out there!
@High Quality Fishing Videos yep, I got a few today by some bridge pillion, boat dock and in some structures in 10ft water. The wind will test your boat control that's for sure lol
Hey Jva, do you mean like showing a picture of all the fish in the cooler at the end of the day? I went out today and caught a bunch and got new video to start editing so I could definitely get a picture of the fish before I clean them if that's what you were wanting to see. Thanks for watching!
@@HighQualityFishingVideos yeah looks cool or on a stringer but showing them at the end some times I watch half of video then want to see the fish at the end idk it’s a small detail
Hey Tommy, thanks for watching! The transducer is the LVS34 and the line I was using in the first part of this video is 15lb braid. I believe I switched over to my casting rod at some point which had 8lb fluoro-mono blend.
Oh, and the transducer pole brand is "Summit". They were affordably priced and I have really liked it so far. I made a little 4-minute video of my whole setup here if you want to use any of the LiveScope setup I did on my old boat: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-C7KAlzofPBc.html
