Spring 2024
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Want to
By Pete Robbins
G YU o ON b UD ac RE k RF to SF s TS c A h ? o N o D l!
B
ased on the internet chatter, I thought it was
going to be easy to see my lure on my new
Livescope unit. I’d even been in the boat with a number of pros who had it, and on their screens, an
1/8-ounce drop-shot weight lit up like the dropping ball in
Times Square. It had to be plug and play, right?
I mean, how hard could it be?
Turns out, it’s pretty darn hard.
Just because someone hands you a Stradivarius doesn’t
mean you can sit in with the symphony.
I was frustrated at first.
Yes, I found and caught some fish that I otherwise wouldn’t have known about, but I knew that I wasn’t using my forward-facing sonar to the maximum of its abilities.
I could occasionally get a glimpse of my jerkbait or glide bait on the screen, but then it could quickly disappear, returning only intermittently. For me, it wasn’t a reliable tool, and that bred not only frustration, but also an inclination to go back to my bank beating ways.
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