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Now I know why everyone complains about sharks in southern bay…..don’t get Livescope unless you want to see the bastards hanging constantly around you is all I can say.   
Couple of pannies for the comp.  Better than nothing - both on 75mm Squidtrek.
40 &50cm

Now I know why everyone complains about sharks in southern bay…..don’t get Livescope unless you want to see the bastards hanging constantly around you is all I can say.   
Couple of pannies for the comp.  Better than nothing - both on 75mm Squidtrek.
40 &50cm

Now I know why everyone complains about sharks in southern bay…..don’t get Livescope unless you want to see the bastards hanging constantly around you is all I can say.   
Couple of pannies for the comp.  Better than nothing - both on 75mm Squidtrek.
40 &50cm

Now I know why everyone complains about sharks in southern bay…..don’t get Livescope unless you want to see the bastards hanging constantly around you is all I can say.   
Couple of pannies for the comp.  Better than nothing - both on 75mm Squidtrek.
40 &50cm

Yes mate.  Didnt see them on side scan at all - mind you we didnt do a major scout around.  And with downscan and the amount of crap in water at moment you really cannot tell.  So dropped the pole in and spot locked just on city side of southern pylon.  I’d say there was a solid 20 or 30 fish.  They were moving around quite a bit but staying in that @6m depth.  Current was just dropping out so plastics werent getting a lot of interest so changed over to the nemo Zerek vibe and it converted.
I recorded the fish again…just need to find a better way of sharing the livescope capture.
 
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Short session under the Gateway this morning.  Lots of debris from the rain but came across a nice school of small jew.
59cm Mulloway
https://photos.app.goo.gl/LPb5x27NqyiWJEZV8
And also got my first fish live on the Livescope…actually watched my jig float across in front of this bream which couldnt help itself.
31cm Bream.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/osQz9HHBrXe5u46JA

Fingers crossed I am working on one of my goals tomorrow.  Wind is supposedly easing so launching at Cleveland and have a look at Peel area for first time.  The artificial and reefs around the western side and lazaret.  But if its not too windy/choppy will look at Harry’s
However I am 2 down on my goals….got my first jew on a vibe last month and reckon I am about 50% there on using Livescope.   Bought a new zero degree mount so should be a lot more accurate with casting at what we see now.

Goals…well jewie on a plastic.  Not so worried about the size for starters.
Explore more of the southern bay and be more comfortable with the spots
Learn how to drive my Livescope better before we go up to King Ash Bay in November

Fingers crossed I am working on one of my goals tomorrow.  Wind is supposedly easing so launching at Cleveland and have a look at Peel area for first time.  The artificial and reefs around the western side and lazaret.  But if its not too windy/choppy will look at Harry’s
However I am 2 down on my goals….got my first jew on a vibe last month and reckon I am about 50% there on using Livescope.   Bought a new zero degree mount so should be a lot more accurate with casting at what we see now.

Fingers crossed I am working on one of my goals tomorrow.  Wind is supposedly easing so launching at Cleveland and have a look at Peel area for first time.  The artificial and reefs around the western side and lazaret.  But if its not too windy/choppy will look at Harry’s
However I am 2 down on my goals….got my first jew on a vibe last month and reckon I am about 50% there on using Livescope.   Bought a new zero degree mount so should be a lot more accurate with casting at what we see now.

Fingers crossed I am working on one of my goals tomorrow.  Wind is supposedly easing so launching at Cleveland and have a look at Peel area for first time.  The artificial and reefs around the western side and lazaret.  But if its not too windy/choppy will look at Harry’s
However I am 2 down on my goals….got my first jew on a vibe last month and reckon I am about 50% there on using Livescope.   Bought a new zero degree mount so should be a lot more accurate with casting at what we see now.

Goals…well jewie on a plastic.  Not so worried about the size for starters.
Explore more of the southern bay and be more comfortable with the spots
Learn how to drive my Livescope better before we go up to King Ash Bay in November

Welcome….we are a friendly bunch - stay in contact when you arrive.  Just remember its a big place so you cant drive from sydney to brisbane to go fishing for the day 

Welcome….we are a friendly bunch - stay in contact when you arrive.  Just remember its a big place so you cant drive from sydney to brisbane to go fishing for the day 

Welcome….we are a friendly bunch - stay in contact when you arrive.  Just remember its a big place so you cant drive from sydney to brisbane to go fishing for the day 

How good is fishing….pic from Monduran 2 weeks ago

How good is fishing….pic from Monduran 2 weeks ago

How good is fishing….pic from Monduran 2 weeks ago

How good is fishing….pic from Monduran 2 weeks ago

How good is fishing….pic from Monduran 2 weeks ago

How good is fishing….pic from Monduran 2 weeks ago

How good is fishing….pic from Monduran 2 weeks ago

How good is fishing….pic from Monduran 2 weeks ago

How good is fishing….pic from Monduran 2 weeks ago

I thought I might share some of my experiences with Livescope so far.  
First disclaimer - I am a tech head (even though I am almost 60).  I studied IT and have loved every bit of nerdy gadgets that has come along even though I never actually followed through and became an IT professional - just managed them for a while.
 
So got my new boat in September and decided that it needed all the gear - yep all the gear no idea.  
But thanks to the wonders of the internet, youtube and the like I was able to do a crash course on using live sonar, what the settings were and how they affected what you saw.  
Now I do not claim to be an expert but i think I am learning pretty well the more time I spend on it.
Now I have Garmin Livescope Plus (ie LVS34) - in my personal opinion they were the originators and are very heavily invested in it and at the time I made the decision were a generation infront of others.  Also I like Garmin screens….I like the menus etc and as a bay/estuary guy their transducers generally were going to suit so I didnt have to have a mixed bad of brands.
I have shared two videos so far - on in fresh water and one in saltwater.  Both in relatively shallow water however have been in as deep as 18 metres with it.  Quite a few learning there as it is best to manually adjust the depth range and as I discovered you need to push your distance range at the same time (or reduce it) to ensure you are seeing in a usable range.
Suprisingly they are quite easy to use out of the box.  Garmin have two different settings (its called focus) which are optimised for salt or fresh.  Other than that its the gain (which is the sensitivity) ie the clutter you see on screen.  Colour is personal - most like amber….same for me.  
Once you see it in action its really easy to understand, you can see your lure, if its in the beam, you see fish move around and you can see the distance and depth.
Benefits I have seen so far is that you can actually see things your other sonar will not show eg big barra stalking in tight treed country.  Up under lilly banks and like today schooled fish that are easily seen in a lot of other clutter.
Like all marine electronics time on water is the key….
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