Livescope question

[thill]

I routinely run the trolling motor on max speed with livescope in forward facing and set to look out about 55 ft. I have my partner sweep with it looking for structure or fish. Found alot of single laydowns with fish on them the last couple weeks doing that .

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That is pretty cool that you have real-world experience using forward mode.

Does the image look like what they show in the advertisements? Like a map of the bottom?
I think it said 135 degrees wide in forward, but what is the angle up and down? 20 degrees, like the regular?
In what kind of depth will it show bottom?
Is it mostly for shallow water?

Very curious. Thanks for sharing.

[Danny Lang]

I routinely run the trolling motor on max speed with livescope in forward facing and set to look out about 55 ft. I have my partner sweep with it looking for structure or fish. Found alot of single laydowns with fish on them the last couple weeks doing that .

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is this done with your transducer mounted on your trolling motor shaft, or on a pole, if pole what kind.

[zummy]

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This is the place I bought the mount from. Typically when you first find something you can't necessarily tell immediately what it is but as you close the distance you can tell that it is say a single laydown with fish. If you look at my thread titled "A good morning" you can see a pile we found scanning and the pile of fish that were on it as we closed the distance.

[thill]

Home Page - Fishing Specialties Inc
This is the place I bought the mount from...

I pulled the page, and those look good. If I can't make something I'm happy with, I might look into getting one. Less time trying to figure out how to make something and more time actually fishing. Thanks for the link.

[thill]

So it can be done, but not many seem to use it that way.

Does anyone here run in FORWARD viewing mode? I think that is the setting for searching, isn't it?

[Les Young]

With my bicycle repair stand that i have my pole in i did tighten it up to test to see how it held with the motor idling just in case & it doesn't move so
I'm sure i could search in forward or perspective mode either one. I always search with side imaging though so never really tried it with livescope but may try it this weekend if i get to go just to see how i like it.

[CrappiePappy]

Can you use livescope as a searching tool also, while running you big motor, of course at a idle speed using your pole in the water to search for crappie. Lots of variables here, so just asking. Anyone do this?

I've done it a few times, just not as a normal matter of course. My LS tdx is mounted on the trolling motor shaft. I believe my boat goes about 2.5mph at idle speed. I have my partner run the big motor at idle, while I scan/sweep with the trolling motor. I usually have the distance set at 40ft out.
I haven't done it, but I can see where tightening the screw in the foot pedal down to basically hold the position of the tdx to one side could be used to make the LS act as a one sided SV as I idle down a bank or row of boat docks. (note: I do not have a tdx for my Garmin 93sv unit)

[thill]

He says he "has his partner sweep with it looking for structure", so it sounds like it's on a pole, but I am very curious about this too.

[Chuck Adams]

I can say from my experience running my Ultrex on 10 you can’t see much at 50-70 ft looking forward.
Only marks. Then slowing way down letting off trolling motor and running forward view back as you approach the marks. Like my previous post. Open water.


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[CrappiePappy]

I can say from my experience running my Ultrex on 10 you can’t see much at 50-70 ft looking forward.
Only marks. Then slowing way down letting off trolling motor and running forward view back as you approach the marks. Like my previous post. Open water.


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Yeah, when I'm running the TM and searching with the distance setting at 40-50ft out, schools of fish or brushpiles show up as //// or ""'" marks. They get more defined as they get closer.