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i say yep , that darn livescope whooped me right good and i sat down and watched others take a beating with it after my turn was over :Rofl
but to be sure the sunset was nice and i got a laugh or 2 watching the drum and catfish that came up while i was in the audience and not in the show :Rofl
Quit.....LOL
Live scope caught ever fish in the lake..... don't tell anybody anything different......LOL
Although the bite was slow and the wind howled I still enjoyed being out there....
No, SK, you and H caught every type of fish in the lake. LiveScope showed they were there, you got them to bite when they had a serious case of LOCKJAW. The fish were there in numbers, we just could not get many of them to take our jigs. Ketchm finally discovered just how frustrating it can be to see the crappie swim up to your jig, turn up their noses and swim away from your jig. That doesn't happen to him very often, given his superior fishing instincts but it did Wednesday night. White Flag Icon :Rofl
i hate livescope ….just saying …..i would rather not know them darn crappie are there and laughing at me :Rofl
I'm accustom to wavering the white flag but never thought I would see you do it. White Flag IconWhite Flag IconWhite Flag Icon:Rofl
It seems like a good tool
all kidding aside livescope/panoptics is a amazing technology and deadly in the right hands.
I know some guys who chased down 50 fish last winter with every fish over 2 lbs and had to keep them because its the law on that lake in the winter .
they targeted ONLY big crappie and chased them down with it .
I also hear tell some of the tournament guys who win lately do the same thing btw :highfive
I wander what will happen to the fisheries when these are used by the folks that just don't care about laws on fish size limits, creel limits and such. It wasn't too awful long ago that some folks were caught with over 200 fish Over the limit. These in the wrong hands will kill the fisheries...just my :twocents...
I also recall that an individual was using a cast net to catch crappie and had over the limit, had he been fishing legally, when the game warden caught him. I also remember a youtube video where an individual made multiple casts with a cast net to catch and bring over 200 crappie into his boat. In the video it was claimed all the crappie caught were released but even if they were released there had to be harm done to some of them by being caught in a cast net and kept out of the water for a period of time.
All tools can be abused yet none of the acts of outlaws have killed the fisheries yet.
I do know from experience that just because you can see them does not mean you will catch them. Unless you use a cast net after you locate them.
The cost of the live scan, boat to put it on, truck to haul the boat with, is a decent price. Add to that fines, and loss of work, loss of privileges, loss of property seems like a it would be prohibitive to those who want to poach fish.
Unfortunately from experience, some NOT all of the ones that can afford all of that are the worst offenders. I know of a few snowbirds who actually brag about over fishing while here and when you report them the FWC doesn't have the time to investigate it. All we can hope for is that those who follow the rules are enough to keep the fish around.Quote:
Originally Posted by DockShootinJack
Sent from my SM-G900V using Crappie.com Fishing mobile app
That is a shame. I was raised better.
Live Scope is a tool only, I use mine to check out tree tops and underwater trash for fish- but- I was going to fish it anyway. The novelty of watching your bait go down and watching a fish come up to it, is cool but that's what is selling them. I bought mine for the real time viewing and showing the distance to the object, without it going bye and of site, on my reg. Finders. It is perfect for that. I side scan to find my trash or tree tops, then use my LS to pin point it, If fish are present, that's great. My 2ct'.
Very much so it is a tool.
I am not sure if one could overfish with such technology but to be sure there is always one out there somewhere that will try to.
Very true