How far of a distance can Livescope show fish?

[Royt]

How far of a distance can Livescope show fish? Well I did a little test today on the water and I'm impressed. Here's the setup, there's a large dock that I know of that generally holds crappie year round, so while I was out with the family today I decided to try a little test. At about 90 feet you can see the top edge of the floating dock, from there out to about 140 feet you start to see the fish that are suspended way under the dock. As I move in closer in the following pictures you start to see the fish more clearly. Also if you look in the 22 to 26 foot depth range you can see the theromocline. My unit that I was using was the new Echomap Ultra 1222. First time using the green pallet.

[Chief Brody]

Nice!

[flatstick]

Thanks for the testing .

[TOUCH OF CLASS]

65 is about it for bass and panfish I bet shark and big sailfish its farther

[Royt]

These are crappie under this dock at 140 feet.

[Shooter 1]

Nice
I sort of like that green

[LWINCHESTER2]

Thank you. I love this kind of stuff where someone else could replicate the same thing and expect the same results. Do you recall what your settings were for Gain, Noise Rejection and TVG. I bet TVG was Low or Off.

[Royt]

My settings for gain was 68%, TVG was off, noise reject medium, color gain 65%, depth set on manual.
Most days now the only adjustment I make is to the range. Here is a screenshot from yesterday looking straight on at a bridge piling about 25 feet away. You can see fish hanging in front of and all along the bridge piling out to about 55 feet. The bridge creates allot of shade in the afternoon for fish to hang around in.I've included a side view of the same bridge piling, not from Garmin, as a reference.

[Shooter 1]

You have got it figured out. Great stuff

Which HB Unit is the Sidescan from

[DonnieG]

You have got it figured out. Great stuff

Which HB Unit is the Sidescan from

Dwight, I pretty sure it is a Helix Mega 2

[Royt]

Helix 10 mega G2N.

[KHNC]

that Sidescan is a WAYYY better than what i get on my HDS 12 units.

[Royt]

that Sidescan is a WAYYY better than what i get on my HDS 12 units.

Thanks, if anything the side view is even better with the latest software update from HB!

[Tom in Stl]

Impressive! Looks like I have some work to do on mine!

[flatstick]

looking good on those pics. keep up the good work !

[arkiebass]

I'm new to LS, but with my 126sv and the settings most use, my screen is generally blank out past 50 feet. No red bottom or fish. I have to zoom in to 30 feet to really see anything.

[LWINCHESTER2]

I'm new to LS, but with my 126sv and the settings most use, my screen is generally blank out past 50 feet. No red bottom or fish. I have to zoom in to 30 feet to really see anything.

What are your settings? How deep is the water you are fishing?
Gain
Color Gain
Noise Reject
TVG

A good way to experiement with settings is to suspend a 1 oz or bigger lure under a floating jug at a depth enough above the bottom to clearly see it. Then get back aaway from it and experiment with the settings.

[arkiebass]

What are your settings? How deep is the water you are fishing?
Depth 25 feet but set to auto
Gain
Color Gain
Noise Reject
TVG

A good way to experiement with settings is to suspend a 1 oz or bigger lure under a floating jug at a depth enough above the bottom to clearly see it. Then get back aaway from it and experiment with the settings.

Depth 25 feet but set to auto
Gain-65
Color gain-default
Noise reject-off
TVG- medium

[Royt]

Do some testing on know objects in the water to help dial in your units as suggested above.
Bridges, docks, rocks or brushpiles are great objects for testing and setting up your unit to your lake conditions.
Posting screenshots here will help us see what you see.
Take the unit off auto depth.

[Hunna]

Great pics, thanks.