Quote Originally Posted by jusanothajoe View Post
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.
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.