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Reply With QuoteA lot of folks think with live sonar you find them and they jump in the boat, not my experience. LOL
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Finally Got My Livescope Dialed In
I finally got my settings dialed in and can see my bait good.
It took a while to figure out how to keep up with my bait, with the transducer mounted on my trolling motor.
Now if I could just find some fish that will eat, I'm not having any problem finding fish, they just won't bite.
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A lot of folks think with live sonar you find them and they jump in the boat, not my experience. LOL
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You guys are saying the fish won't fight to get on my hook???
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I'm glad you got yours adjusted in. I wish I could get mine. I get frustrated. I can see fish, but I can't see my bait drop. Sometimes, I can see it if let it go down to the bottom, then raise it up. I'm sure I will get it figured out one of these days.
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One of the most frustrating fishing experiences is to find slabs and not be able to get them to bite. Without FFS I would just fish that spot and after getting no thumps I would move to a different spot convincing myself there were no fish at that spot. With FFS however I see the fish. I can even hit the fish on the head with my jig. Its hard to leave a large group of slabs but one must do so quickly if one wants to stink up an ice chest.
I struggled at first with my FFS and all I can say is “time on the water” is the only solution. I even launched several times and reset my unit to factor settings and adjusted all the settings till I got the clearest picture and could see my jig hit the water and fall. I did not plan on catching any fish I went simply to get experience and confidence with my electronics.
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They will, nothing but limits of 3+ pounders for you going forward! LOLOriginally Posted by DWILL
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I was the same way, I had to just start adjusting my setting and figuring out how to keep my bait in the cone.
I can see a 1/32 jig now.
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Experiment with different weights to figure out what fall rate works best because if they're falling to fast you're pretty much not getting bit. Yesterday while pitching to brushpiles they wouldn't hit an 1/8 ounce head with a baby shad on it. I tried a 1/16 but it fell really slow & didn't do well in the wind so i added a number 5 split shot about 15" above the jig & they bit it pretty good then on the same lure they wouldn't bite on the other two tries.
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In a few years you will be able to tell what size they are . lol So easy a caveman can do it .
Even Jesus had a fish story ! Actually five .
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You have a big part of the equation out of the way now but still a bit more to it. Take it for what it's worth, but I will offer a couple things to think about going forward. First, just because you can see your bait near the fish on the screen near the fish doesn't necessarily mean you really have the bait where it needs to be. Focus hard on the intensity of the return of both the fish and the bait, they both need to be really bright to truly be lined up on the fish. And secondly, even once you get to where you can consistently put it on their nose, that doesn't mean that is where or how they want to see the bait. I see a lot of comments on here and other places about how the bait doesn't matter, just have to put it on their nose blah blah and on and on. That may work on some lakes with dirtier water and less pressure but not everywhere. Les touched on it a little, dropping in too fast, which can definitely happen with more weight, doesn't work a lot of times. Only you can figure out what will work on your lake on the fish you are trying to catch. But I can tell you from a lot of hours doing it, controlling where and how they see the bait and really paying attention to how far the bait is away from the fish when they first react will go a long way to helping you get a hook in the fish that you see. I disagree a little with some of the other guys that post here about bait/color line color etc, but boat control and bait control with Livescope will always be the most important factor most of the time.
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