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Livescope in Saltwater
Posted on 4/21/25 at 9:14 am
Posted on 4/21/25 at 9:14 am
I recently acquired a used boat that came with an LVS34 Livescope. The person I bought the boat from mainly used this boat for sacalait fishing in deep water. I'm mainly going to be inshore saltwater fishing. I've heard that some of the Livescope models might not work as well in saltwater as in fresh. I imagine pulling up to some rigs in the bays and following schools under birds out in open water, the live scope would come in pretty handy. I don't know how usufull it would be in shallow oyster flats, but I could alway just pull my little livescope pole out and tie it up on the side like how it rides anyway. Would it be better to mount the transducer sideways and use perspective view? What says the outdoor board?
Edit to say I've never owned a livescope and could use any advice I could get to set it up for saltwater fishing.
Edit to say I've never owned a livescope and could use any advice I could get to set it up for saltwater fishing.
This post was edited on 4/21/25 at 9:32 am
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Posted on 4/21/25 at 10:02 am to lowhound
I haven't used Livescope in a while. But if I'm not mistaken, the older ones have a saltwater setting. The newer ones I don't think they have the setting because you don't need to change it. Both work fine in salt.
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Posted on 4/21/25 at 10:25 am to lowhound
I'd love to see what trout are actually doing out in the bays where we fish.
Posted on 4/21/25 at 10:46 am to BigBinBR
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the older ones have a saltwater setting.
This is true. I have used mine in saltwater several times and loved it. Using perspective mode, I watched a fish swim by my bait then turn around and eat it. Also good for redfish on the rocks.
Posted on 4/21/25 at 11:09 am to AlxTgr
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I'd love to see what trout are actually doing out in the bays where we fish.
Hook one in the back and attach to a balloon. You get a pretty good idea of how they move back and forth.
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Posted on 4/21/25 at 11:13 am to lowhound
I have not heard good or bad one way or another concerning near shore/inshore.
The only explanation I was given as why it's not more popular in saltwater is that Live scope is currently limited to 200 foot of water depth.
I would love to have Garmin's' LVS34 to play with in December in Venice.
The only explanation I was given as why it's not more popular in saltwater is that Live scope is currently limited to 200 foot of water depth.
I would love to have Garmin's' LVS34 to play with in December in Venice.
Posted on 4/21/25 at 11:46 am to Dock Holiday
quote:Check out the LVS36.
The only explanation I was given as why it's not more popular in saltwater is that Live scope is currently limited to 200 foot of water depth.
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Freshwater: Down and Forward: 500’ (152.0 m)Saltwater: Down and Forward: 350’ (106.0 m)
Posted on 4/21/25 at 11:50 am to Capt ST
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Hook one in the back and attach to a balloon. You get a pretty good idea of how they move back and forth.
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I have heard of people doing this with crappie, but with just a hook in the mouth and a loose bobber.
Posted on 4/21/25 at 12:03 pm to deeprig9
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I have heard of people doing this with crappie, but with just a hook in the mouth and a loose bobber.
My uncle, who was my "Old Man" - the one every boy needs when a kid who can go fishing just about anytime the kid wants....did this with crappie. We were convinced it worked. We always caught fish but I ain't sure it was because we followed that fish around LOL.
I remember telling him once, when I was about 10, that I had read that a hooked fish sends out danger signals to other fish and it might make then have lockjaw. He was of the opinion that was just about the dumbest thing he had ever heard and it was proof that kids ought not to be taught to read until they were smart enough to know when they were reading a bunch of bullshite.....we had a big time fishing together LOL....
Posted on 4/21/25 at 12:20 pm to AlxTgr
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Freshwater: Down and Forward: 500’ (152.0 m)Saltwater: Down and Forward: 350’ (106.0 m)
That should work great for snapper fisherman around rigs for sure.
Posted on 4/21/25 at 12:27 pm to Beessnax
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This is true. I have used mine in saltwater several times and loved it. Using perspective mode, I watched a fish swim by my bait then turn around and eat it. Also good for redfish on the rocks.
Do you keep it in perspective mode while saltwater fishing? It's mounted forward facing on the pole that came with it, but to change over to perspective would require a different mount and screwdriver to mount the transducer 90 degrees. Probably not something I'd want to do on the water, or something that could be done very quickly/easily. It's not as simple as pressing a button on the screen to change settings is what I'm getting at.
This post was edited on 4/21/25 at 12:51 pm
Posted on 4/21/25 at 1:17 pm to Capt ST
Not that I've seen or done it, but a friend use to catch all trout , tie a hook on an 8-10, leader with a float attached on 1 end, a hook on the other, then rebook to trout or reddish to watch where they go
Posted on 4/21/25 at 8:39 pm to lowhound
It just depends on what I am doing. It's pretty cool to watch them swim in perspective mode but for me it's kinda hard to be precise like I can be with the regular forward facing. I use both though.
Garmin makes a perspective mode mount, which is what I use. It's pretty easy to change modes on it.
Perspective mount
Garmin makes a perspective mode mount, which is what I use. It's pretty easy to change modes on it.
Perspective mount
Posted on 4/21/25 at 8:49 pm to lowhound
Don’t waste your time on trout. Buddy who’s very experienced fished saltwater with Tyler Rivet of all people and found trout but they were moving way too face to even think about scoping. Maybe bull reds. Forget flounder 
Posted on 4/22/25 at 8:43 am to lsuson
I was more hoping to follow schools of baitfish in the bays. Could also use it more in the winter when fishing deep holes.
Posted on 4/22/25 at 2:09 pm to lowhound
I suck with livescope. Have the lsv32.
Damn near useless in shallow water less than 5ft in normal mode. Also after about 30ft even in 10ft of water you cant see shite. But I used it in camanada pass for bull reds before. Worked good enough to tell me they were not there. And that pass is flat and almost no features.
Damn near useless in shallow water less than 5ft in normal mode. Also after about 30ft even in 10ft of water you cant see shite. But I used it in camanada pass for bull reds before. Worked good enough to tell me they were not there. And that pass is flat and almost no features.
Posted on 4/23/25 at 5:03 pm to lowhound
Livescope is worse than crossbows and dog hunting
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