New Garmin LS user here in the ice belt. Been using and learning about my new Livescope Ice Bundle for a couple months now. Love what the unit will show under the ice and glad about the purchase. Would do it all over again.
One of the things I’m not loving though is the realization that the sonar signal seems to be sensed and avoided by many - not all - fish, particularly when the unit is in shallow water in the down orientation - which is how I’ve been using it. I’ve been seeing this consistently and wonder if others are seeing similar patterns of behavior.
By way of example, I was fishing a shallow area loaded with fish yesterday. Numerous species present. Fish were in every hole I drilled. Within 15 seconds of lowering the LS, the fish that were in the cone would vanish, never to return. Move to the next hole after a few minutes, the pattern repeats itself. Fish everywhere initially, then move away from the hole within a few seconds. Hole after hole and hour after hour this went on. Over the last two months of use, I’ve watched hundreds of fish on LS simply swimming, then seem to detect the sonar signal and abruptly change course to seemingly avoid the sonar cone. Slowly, I’ve come to the realization that what I’m seeing is avoidance behavior. Or is it? Talked to a friend over the weekend who said he ran into a long time LS user that had the same realization. Figured it was time to check myself on the BBC forum.
I know some may consider this question blasphemous considering the money one has to shell out to buy these things, but has anyone else experienced this phenomena with LS, particularly in the down orientation in shallow water? Do fish sense and avoid the sonar signal?? What’s been your experience??