Garmin Livescope Perspective View Mount - Adjustable

Ever since Garmin released the update for Livescope users with the new perspective view option, people have been trying to build brackets with 3D printers to mimic the mount that Garmin released along with the update. I thought of a way to make one that is infinitely adjustable with some leftover GoPro accessories. In the video I mistakenly say it is a seat post mount, it is actually a roll bar mount. The one I have is a GoPro brand mount and no longer available but I have found several on Amazon that are copies of this mount. Super simple mount setup and very easy to adjust, along with providing additional angle opportunities not available with the Garmin bracket. I can shoot Perspective view off to either side of the boat if I am running down a line of docks or I can shoot straight ahead as shown in this video.

[@D.A.1karp]

Sweet! I love perspective view. I should have used that tonight... I was getting into them really good 👍, caught 20+ in one spot.

[@perditionluc]

Does it work correctly? I noticed that it has the transducer upside down from the way Garmin has it when in perspective position.

[@perditionluc]

Yeah just verified, won't work man. The transducer is actually looking at the waters surface mounting it that way. And if you angle it down it will transpose the image on the screen.

[@ctdoutdoors]

The orientation of the transducer does not matter in perspective view. I’ve been using it for over a year and have caught a bunch of fish I’ve spotted using it. I can find a target and cast to it, and watch my lure work thru the water.

[@2cthetruth]

Its upside down

[@ctdoutdoors]

Orientation does not matter in perspective mode. Tried, tested, works flawlessly. Been running it like this for over a year. Cheaper than the Garmin perspective view mount, adjustable, it does everything I need it to do. I’ve shot videos looking at dock structure and fish, as well as my lure working thru the water. Last summer I was able to focus in to a rock spine about 5’ wide, spot fish and cast a crankbait at them in 16’ of water using this mount setup.

[@2cthetruth]

Learned something new! Thanks. Do you have a “can’t” angle like the garmin one? I think it’s 8 degree offset. They say it’s to cut back on the double echos.

[@ctdoutdoors]

@@2cthetruth honestly I think the 8 degree offset that Garmin uses with their perspective mount is to limit the amount of surface commotion that shows up. I have done some tests where I position the transducer almost exactly level for fishing super shallow water down on ponds in Arkansas and you can actually see the wind driven ripples and waves on the surface in perspective view. If you rock the boat you can see the ripples from the boat on the surface. With my setup I can angle it down to fish deep water and see pockets in a weed edge, or I can flatten it out and look for stuff just under the surface. I did a perspective mode test on suspended crappies thru the ice, shooting the ducer down at fish suspended 15 feet off the bottom in 40 feet of water. I could easily see what direction the school was moving and it worked better than trying to figure out their direction with forward view. The only thing visible on the screen was the school of crappies. I have a video of that on youtube as well. It was really really cool and the very first time I had the unit out with perspective mode after the update in March of 2020.