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I've been amazed lately as I've started to set the hook when I see a fish charge my jig and do what appears as a loop de loop when he get's there. I've been assuming too much with the sensistivity of my slow taper special with 3# twitch master I would feel something, but I've learned that if the fish is swimming hard right at your jig he's putting enough slack when he takes it you feel nothing. Amazed at how much my connect rate has gone up just by seeing and setting. Scott
Sounds aweaome to watch
Interesting
Post us a video, I am aware of exactly what you are talking about.
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Watch your line. You’ll see the bite quicker.
I used to be a dockshooter prior to live scope and used to be a big line watcher. I know that feeling of setting the hook when something doesn't feel right " Mushy " for lack of a better word and definately know that feeling when the line jumps 2" usaly about 2 seconds after the jig hit's the water but this is different. It is visualy showing me just how many times a crappie takes your jig and spits it back out without you ever being aware it happened at all . It would make a good video especialy with someone who has some editing skills to make a good video but that's not me. I fish by myself most of the time and my internet is crappie but I'm going to accept the challenge and try to get a video. There is supposed to be a way to record video to your phone through active captain . Does any one know how to do that. I have an 8616 XSV . Scott
But that sounds a bit old fashioned in the world we now live, dosent it Crappie man of the year?Quote:
Originally Posted by chaunc
Question.
How many of you livescopers are prolific at watching your line while fixating on the scope screen? I watched a video this weekend with Dryzdale and Drill Instructor hammering slabs every drop but couldn’t tell if they were line watching.
Old fashioned? Line watching will never go out of style. There’ll always be a time and place to use it, young buck.Quote:
Originally Posted by yobuck
I ice fish a lot and I have an underwater camera. If I set it up right I can get the camera pointed at my jigs in 35’ of water and see everything. Fish in winter tend to be less aggressive so it might not be completely applicable to fishing open water but what I see under the ice is that most of the time you are better off not moving the jig at all once a fish approaches it and frequently they’ll swim up to it, open their mouth and draw it in and spit it out without ever moving the rod or spring bobber. The one movement that does work the most if they don’t take the still jig is moving it up away from them 8 or 12 inches and then stopping.
I icefish too and love my camera when I can find water clear enough to use it. Not many places here tho.Quote:
Originally Posted by QuinnTheEskimo
Well what makes you think im a young buck? lolQuote:
Originally Posted by chaunc
If fish is doing the loop it’s already had the jig in it’s mouth a bit and is trying to get off. If you spend enough time behind the Livescope you will be able to see the bite on the screen before you ever see the line move or feel anything in a lot of cases. I fish a 1/64 under a 1/4 oz weight a lot. With this rig if you don’t learn to see the bite on the screen you will miss more fish than you catch.Quote:
Originally Posted by ultraslab
No offense meant, YOBUCK.Quote:
Originally Posted by yobuck
Wow 1/4 oz weight? I do the 1/64th some too but usualy just a #7 splitshot have done 1/8oz in the winter time but can't imagine 1/4 oz. What is the conditions and style that you would need that much weight? I get the 1/64th part when they were real finicky sometimes that's the only way to get a bite. Scott
It’s a pretty common setup with Livescope fishing vertically with 10-13 foot rods, even in shallow water. But I am normally fishing 15-25’ deep over stake beds and brush in the wind and sometimes current. I normally keep three rods rigged up on deck, all will normally have 1/4oz egg or 1/4oz jighead. Occasionally an 1/8. The big thing is you can get down to the fish quickly. A lot of times even if you are great at holding the boat, the window to drop on a fish is very short. It’s all different if you are casting or pitching to fish though. Or if you are on really big schools of smaller fish. But the heavy weight is very effective for the way a lot of us vertical fish with Livescope.Quote:
Originally Posted by ultraslab
Scott, I'll show you how to record LS video next time I'm in your boat. My Ultra 102sv doesn't have that feature, but I'll figure it out. I want to check out your new Sea Ark anyway.
I'm still in big buck hunting mode right now, as the rut is getting hot. I'll be back in crappie fishing mode in couple weeks.
I use a heavier jig than many . You won't feel as many bites using lighter jigs as you tend to have more slack between your rod and jig . I use nothing smaller than 1/8 oz and many times 1/4 .:twocents Using a long rod and heavier jig you maintain les slack . Even when see'n the fish bite I wait till I feel anything then set the hook .Quote:
Originally Posted by ultraslab