Do you use Forward Facing Sonar?

[Rojo]

No FFS for me. I catch more than I want to clean without out it .
Jigs only , Long pole 99% of the time

This has become my reality too. I always have fish to clean without turning my units on.

[gabowman]

I just dont think this would be my style of fishing. I'm a lazy fisherman that loves trolling and watching my rods. Just dont want to "work" for them over a brush pile without the boat moving much. I catch enough fish when EVERYBODY is catching. When it's COLD or HOT outside then I dont have that much desire to go fishing anyway, and I believe that's when livescope really shines.

[jjue1979]

I just dont think this would be my style of fishing. I'm a lazy fisherman that loves trolling and watching my rods. Just dont want to "work" for them over a brush pile without the boat moving much. I catch enough fish when EVERYBODY is catching. When it's COLD or HOT outside then I dont have that much desire to go fishing anyway, and I believe that's when livescope really shines.

I’m also a lazy fisherman, and I learned to use my Livescope to watch my trolling rods to understand presentation and fish behavior for an improved catch rate this past spawn. Because of Livescope, I also changed lures a lot more quickly than in the past as well as fine tuned my depths better.

[NIMROD]

I don't know about dramatically, but yes it has increased my catch rate. The big thing it does (for me) is saves time, if I don't see fish in the bed or brush pile I move on. It also helps finding the right colors quicker. I'd say that a lot of video footage shot by Josh never makes it to his videos, he's just showing the highlights, not all the time spent trolling around searching and casting to the fish that aren't biting. Just because you can see them doesn't mean they will bite.

Really upped my catch rate when they are roaming . I don't spider rig and quit two poling once I started using livescope almost 5 years ago . Color not a big factor for me when a drop a jig on their nose.

[NIMROD]

To expensive for me. Now that we are going to 10 fish limits I am bass , bream , and catfish more .

Have not heard anything about 10 fish limits. Is that on certain lakes there?

[NIMROD]

Here you go crappiemax.

[Rojo]

Really upped my catch rate when they are roaming . I don't spider rig and quit two poling once I started using livescope almost 5 years ago . Color not a big factor for me when a drop a jig on their nose.

I bet you were good at 2 poling. You still have to make a good presentation with the jig using FFS.

[bugman]

I don't know about dramatically, but yes it has increased my catch rate. The big thing it does (for me) is saves time, if I don't see fish in the bed or brush pile I move on. It also helps finding the right colors quicker. I'd say that a lot of video footage shot by Josh never makes it to his videos, he's just showing the highlights, not all the time spent trolling around searching and casting to the fish that aren't biting. Just because you can see them doesn't mean they will bite.

Agreed it takes alot of wasted time away from looking for fish i have hundreds of stake and brush beds and thousands of docks on my home lake i can fish ffs takes the guesswork out of fishing i don't use it to target one particular fish because i don't tournament fish but everyone i take sure appreciate being around fish all day long but like you said you still have to make em bite it kinda puts things into perspective when you have 5000 fish on your graph on a trip and you bring home 30 they are a handy tool but also in a way can sure humble a feller.

[Rojo]

Agreed it takes alot of wasted time away from looking for fish i have hundreds of stake and brush beds and thousands of docks on my home lake i can fish ffs takes the guesswork out of fishing i don't use it to target one particular fish because i don't tournament fish but everyone i take sure appreciate being around fish all day long but like you said you still have to make em bite it kinda puts things into perspective when you have 5000 fish on your graph on a trip and you bring home 30 they are a handy tool but also in a way can sure humble a feller.

Another well said post. Still gotta make the Presentation in a way they like it.

[jjue1979]

Another well said post. Still gotta make the Presentation in a way they like it.

Yes, I’ve gone home skunked before not from not finding fish but because they refused to bite anything that I had. It is very humbling to watch them on FFS look at the jigs and then turn around or just swim past like nothing was there.