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I found this new to me tree yesterday while out fishing. It was lit up like a Christmas tree with lights (fish) everywhere.
Problem was I could only trick a few into biting, :)
They must have heard "don't open till Christmas"
Oh well that's why it's called fishing.
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Never to early for that kind of Christmas tree!
It was loaded up
Love when I can see the little bulbs(fish) on and around my brush piles. The only bad part is when I see them and they decide to take lockjaw.:banghead
Roy ... they were doing the same thing to us last week. We'd scope a tree & see fish all in and around it, but when the jigs went in they'd come up/out to meet them ... check them out ... then turn around and go back where they started from. There'd be maybe 1 or 2 that would peck at the jigs (usually the smaller ones) and then 1 or 2 that would thump it pretty good. I even tried jighead/minnow under a float, which got me a couple fish, but also lost a couple (likely due to not being used to using a 10' rod and not setting the hook as hard as I should have).
We found ours in the same depth range (~20fow) and most biters were in the top 5fow. Water temps were in the mid 60's. Big difference from what my "guide" had experienced thru the prior week. He had to drop the jigs down thru the tree or just outside the tree, all the way to the bottom. And even though no fish were showing on the scope at the time the jigs were getting close to the bottom, all of a sudden one would show up on screen & attack the jig. He said it was almost like the fish were laying down on their side on the bottom & jumping up when the jig got close :dono
Have you ever experienced anything like that ?? A fish just miraculously appears out of nowhere & jumps on your bait :yikes ???
cp, Is Paul still guiding you?:RoflQuote:
Originally Posted by CrappiePappy
Roy, save that one for me.:santa.Hope to get down your way soon..
CrappiePappy, yes it has. Sometimes a fish will quickly appear out of nowhere and thump your jig. And often we have to fish around the brush close to the bottom to catch fish as well.
Don, we hope you can make it down soon. I can't promise that I won't try to open the packages around this Christmas tree before then, :)
Yeah, Right !! :biggrinQuote:
Originally Posted by Don G
Paul ain't even sure where on the water he is half the time, unless we've been there a hunnert times (& he still might not remember) :Rofl
I was fishing in someone else's boat (that has Livescope) on the trip I described, so he was the "guide" I was referring to.
cp, did Paul finally retire? Are you going to fish WB in November?
How long do you guys stay on a spot that's loaded but they won't bite? Ran across the same thing with a buddy of mine and we were discussing how easily a person could waste a lot of time on fish that aren't going to bite.
10 to 15 minutes max for me. I have lots of spots and can usually find some biting somewhere.
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These were biting.
jawjatek, pretty picture!!!
From my new EmU 102sv right out of the box, the only adjustment I made was gain, just enough so I can see my jig.
Yeah the new Ultra units are really great units, I love mine.
nice pics guys,roy ,you forgot to put the waypoint on that pic:pray
Oppps!!! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by genec
Roy, do you night fish? I'd like to know how it works if anchored and have the transducer facing the side under the light. That would be a blast if it does work sitting stationary! Hope someone post about how it works with pictures!
I appreciate you and the others posting your results of these new electronics. I'm learning a lot and trying to hold on to my money for a little while longer. Keep the pictures coming. :highfive
BigDawgg, I really don't night fish but I would think the images would look the same as it does not use light to create the images that you see.. For most of my fishing with Livescope I am fishing without the boat moving or barely moving. When I'm shooting docks I really try to keep the boat stationary. I know you can get pretty good images with the boat moving as well at least up to 5mph, I've never tried faster. Here is a screenshot from last week sitting still in front of a dock with a pontoon boat that I caught some nice ones at. You can see the speed on the upper left corner, 0.00 mph.
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Roy, I was meaning into the lights put out to draw bait in. I should have been more clear about what I was wanting to say. Sorry for that. If the boat is still and the transducer was aimed to the side of the boat I believe it would help a fellow out when fishing at night like we do down here in SC . It would cut time down sitting and waiting for fish that may not show up until couple hours later. I would just like to see it done and the effects it has at night time in a lighted area with green submersibles or white star fire lights. Questions in my head is will the light interfere with live scope causing to much bait to be close to the transducer or light distorting the image. :dono I know someone will eventually try it. I hope they post about their experience with it. For that amount of money I'm not ready to bite the bullet just yet. I fish day time and nights for crappie / perch and if it works at night the way I think it should, that will bring me closer to the bullet. Thanks for all you do for us to learn! :highfive
BigDawgg,
Check out this video of some guy night fishing for crappie at night and using Livescope and a green light in the water. I think this will show you what your looking for, :)
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Roy, that's impressive stuff. I am going to have to check it out myself though. Thank you for finding that for me. I might be happy if I owned one of those live scopes. Of course I'd have to use it for everything. Think it will find a coon in a tree? :Rofl Thanks again! :highfive
Not the greatest picture, as the water was turning over and very murky on Oconee, but the slab crappie were on the trees, and I slayed them. I noticed they were very skittish, and would flee if the boat got too close. I tried to approach very stealthily, and cast from about 10' away.
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Nice job and great pictures. One of the best things about Livescope for me is seeing the fish's behavior. You really see how skittish they can really be. The water here has been really clear, I've been trying to stay around 25 feet away from the piles I'm fishing. Even then when you catch one you can see the other fish react and bury themselves in the brush before they hopefully come back out of hiding in a few minutes. Other times I've seen the entire school just swim away, good stuff.