Fishing with Livescope Plus for Crappie! Full-Screen Livescope Throughout!!! Trip #2 

Thanks so much! I still get amazed every time I go out that we get to see what's under the boat. Feel like every fisherman throughout history has dreamed of what we get to do now!

Thank you! Oh man, I used to vertical jig about 80% of my days before forward sonar came along! Now I can see the majority of the fish scatter as the boat gets within 10-15 feet of them and figured out that I needed to be fishing at a distance to get those skittish fish. Still learning and fine tuning every day here also. Good luck out there!

Thanks Rick!! I am so glad you like the videos! I know they are super-long videos, hahaha! I kept trying to figure out how to cut time out to shorten it down and eventually gave up on it and just posted them. The good news is that I've only had time for half-day trips the last few times so they're only about 20 minute videos for the last few (one I'm still editing now). Big plans for this channel though, I'm hooked on this now and I go after fish in every way imaginable! Hybrids/Largemouths soon, shrimping/crawfishing this spring, and spearfishing for catfish with scuba gear up in Arkansas this summer!

Man.... that makes perfect sense. I have noticed after I catch a few the bite picks up and I bet it's because that fish smell is on them more. I keep those little crappie nibbles on the hook also and can definitely tell a difference if I forget those. Thanks for watching, good luck out there!

Thanks so much Pilot! I'm having a blast making these and actually learning a lot as I rewatch what I did on the water when I edit the videos. Might be a bit longer for the next one with Christmas plans but I'm going to try to sneak in a half-day trip between now and then at some point.

Thanks John! I'm having a ton of fun making these so more to come!

Thank you Ben! Glad you liked it!

Thanks Danny!

Thanks so much Joe! Got a video that should be ready and uploaded on Sunday where I caught a MONSTER flathead catfish this week!

@@HighQualityFishingVideos I’ll be looking for it

Thank you yarbrough! Glad you liked it!

Thank you! I'm having a blast making these and so glad everybody is liking them. Good luck out there this weekend!

Thanks Cleveland, so glad you liked the video! Got a few really nice fish on that trip and plenty that were perfect sized for the fish-fry!

@@HighQualityFishingVideos can't beat a good mess of crappie. subbed for more videos 👍

Thanks Arrigo!

Thanks so much! I've been taking family out catching a ton lately but hoping to go out solo and make another video soon. I think I finally figured out what to do to catch those fish that follow but never bite! If they stick around after the first pitch-and-fail anyway!!

Thank You! It took me a while to figure everything out and the editing is tough but it's a lot of fun making these!

@@HighQualityFishingVideos Its worth the effort you are putting in and WE APPRECIATE your content! Keep posting and WE WILL KEEP WATCHING!

Thanks Dlx!

Thanks Fredo! Definitely the hardest part so far is taking the extra time once I get to the fishing spot to set the camera/audio stuff up instead of fishing immediately! Hard to see all the spots and not grab a pole right when I get there!!

HOOK CITY!!! Man I am honored that you watched one of my videos! I watched a bunch of yours for years since you were fishing in areas with very similar climate to my own. Thanks so much for the tips, I'm about to go watch that video again! If you ever want to come fish Lake Darbonne the front seat in my old boat is all yours! I have a feeling we'd catch more with you on the graph hahaha!

@@HighQualityFishingVideos thanks for the support and invite! I may have to come that way. That lake is loaded based on your videos. This was actually the first video I've seen from your channel. I'm a subscriber now! Tight lines man

@@HookCityTV That invite is real, any time you want to come out there's a seat in my boat for you. Appreciate the support and all the knowledge in years past! Good luck and tight lines!

Bro..he is very smart guy

Thanks so much David! I keep trying to wait for a day without rain or wind but now I think I'm just gonna have to go fish Friday night to escape the wind. Next video will probably be a night-fishing video, but the Livescope recording will still be bright and green!

Thanks so much! I'm having fun making these so more to come!

Thank you pao! You are about to have the funnest spring fishing ever! Good luck out there!

Thanks Mark! I'm going out tomorrow to make another video. Going to some more remote spots in hopes of finding a few big-big ones!

@@HighQualityFishingVideos keep putting out the videos man, great footage, love crappie fishing myself, it looks like you’re on a lot better body of water than me. Thanks

I love the fishing machine's youtube channel! I watch his stuff all the time and am constantly amazed at how shallow he can fish in the colder months. I learned that little hook-bending trick about 20 years ago while salmon fishing using salmon eggs up in Alaska and it has translated VERY well with pretty much every other type of fishing! The salmon don't eat the eggs, they just have the instinct to grab them and take them to the side of the river and it gives you a chance to hook up. I REALLY wish I could find good quality 1/16 oz pink sickle hook jig heads! Right now I'm using the standard hook jigs but I agree, the sickle hooks seem to work better and lose fewer fish.

Thanks Danny! I've got two young kids I take in the boat often so definitely no curse words out of me while fishing! The equipment I'm using is the LVS34 transducer hooked up to the GPSMap 1022.

Thanks Ron, glad you liked the video. I went out this morning and had my best day fishing all year. Will edit that one as soon as I can and post it up also - fish were super aggressive!! I'm almost always using 6-8 lb test mono or hybrid fluro/mono line. In this video I was using 1/16 oz jig with 1.5 inch plastic, and a 1/16 oz split shot weight above the jig.

Thanks Pete! I keep crappie nibbles on there just about all the time.

Hey Brad, thanks for watching and I'm glad you like the videos! I'm using the LVS34 + GPSMap1022. Another thing I did was used the best 10 gauge wires I could find to run power and I soldered the connection splices, then heavily insulated around the splice with good quality splicing tape (the rubber stuff). Some of the bass tournament guys I talked to here said bad splices/wires are a big issue for clarity with LiveScope so I followed their advise.

Hey T Leb, I'm using Spot Lock in these videos with the trolling motor. But you could use an anchor or just work the trolling motor manually to stay in position also. There's some days where the wind isn't blowing at all (spot lock doesn't work well with zero wind) and I have to work the motor manually or slowly drift around moving the livescope beam to stay on-target.

Hey, so on my old bass boat in this video the trolling motor is the 55lb minn kota terrova. Outstanding trolling motor and would hold me in place very well with spot lock.

I don't think it would hurt much at all! It might spook fish close to the boat, but you could just set up 10-20 ft away from your targets and pitch to them. Before I got this trolling motor I always had a little mushroom anchor on the front of the boat rigged up with one of those pulleys/stops to make it easy to retrieve and lock into place. It worked perfect and I'd still be using it today if I didn't have spot lock.

Man it's a whole different type of tech than anything before for sure! Hit me up if there's any questions you have though and I'll share what I'm doing on my side. Definitely don't have all the answers but I can share what I'm doing that's working here!

I sure will brother!

There are some lake guides that offer tutorial sessions that really help

Thanks so much WG! I'm a local guy, only about a half hour from Lake Darbonne in North Louisiana. Tons of great fishing right around here!!