Another exceptionally produced video with outstanding detail and teaching from the master Bass Professor! Thank you for continuing my bass fishing education. Like another commenter, I wish you still did on the water lessons. It would be money well invested to learn electronics and offshore fish finding strategies. Your vids are great, but having you command my Triton boat and teach me my Humminbird Helix electronics and fish finding strategies would be a dream come true. Thank you Jonny for all you do for bass fishing!
Great video. Up here in the PNW the smallmouth bass primarily feed on sculpin and crawfish. If often have a very hard time finding any fish on my graphs. This video really confirms I need to spend more time fishing good looking rocky areas rather than dismissing them.
Great information and insight for this application. This opens up a whole new experience searching for bass. There's no telling how much opportunities were lost bypassing those type of scenarios bass fishing!
Dave Wilson is correct. Fish finders do need to be impact resistant and water proof. Solid state electronics takes care of the impact resistance. A complex sealing system in the cases takes care of the waterproofing. This is NOT ROCKET SCIENCE. This is not bleeding edge technology. This technology already exists! Technically, they should be able to design a system where a single control head per boat is required. This control head should be able to service multiple transducers and different locations throughout the boat. Multiple processor tech has been available for years and now at a reasonable cost. The control head should provide outputs to several monitors at any location in the boat. The size of monitors should be limited only by available space. They should be completely interchangeable. Multiple HMI interfaces should be available at the console, and front deck or anywhere you want one. The only reason for networking ( both wired and wireless) should be for program updates and downloading video and other data to your home computer. ALL OF THIS TECHNOLOGY EXISTS! Make no mistake about it. We are being taken to the cleaners. They don't care. They make fish finders. They care about the money. In the new world, this behavior will not be allowed....
👍 super good video. I like it when you hit the five W's. It's possible views will trickle in because people are out there fishing using your shared knowledge. Thank you
We have the same situation looking for grouper holding in grooves and holes on limerock in the NE Gulf of Mexico. Fish the structure whether you see fish or not. Enjoyed the clip!
Do you still do the (in the boat) trips for the hands on learning guys like myself? I looked on the website and couldn’t find it. I live between Fayetteville and fort smith so beaver lake would be an awesome spot. I absolutely love the content you put out! Best channel on UA-cam! It’s all very much appreciated.
Once again awesome tips!! Wonder though why you are running the lowrance on the front? I understand the other 2 graphs, just wonder your reasons for it being on the boat. If there is a video explaining why u have it on there I may have missed it! Think you for your time into all these AWESOME tips and tricks videos!
You have very informative videos and I appreciate your hardwork. The information you have provided has helped me decide to purchase a "live" system of some sort. Initially I was going to purchase the Garmin unit, with the LVS34 transducer. Trouble is, they aren't available. After a month of waiting, I decided to look at Humminbird. Turns out you can't buy a G4 unit anywhere. It may be another 2 months before the units are available. What is wrong with them? Maybe you should do a video on why they finder industry doesn't seem to understand the fishing industry. The season will be half over before this technology is available to the common fisherman. All their new products should be ready January 1, at the beginning off the season, not the end. The cost of these units is outrageous and you can't buy them. Very frustrating....
Yeah the same concept applies. You will most often not see fish in offshore grass with a fish finder (only on rare occasions) so it’s usually better to just identify irregularities with side imaging like points, holes, ditches, etc and fish each one for 10-15 minutes max. If fish are there, they will bite
One more thing... Finder technology is cost are beyond outrageous. It us time the industry reworked their products. A computer is a computer. A keyboard is a keyboard. A monitor is a monitor. I should be able to purchase a 10" monitor this year and upgrade to a 15" a couple years later without having to purchasea whole new unit. Additionally, I should bee able to pit a Humminbird monitor on a Garmin system. There should be no issues with that. They need to standardize networking so ALL data can be shared between all manufacturers. Look at the Pro's boats. Multiple finders from multiple manufacturers. The common fisherman can't afford to even try to keep up if something isn't done. This one fish finder on the front of my boat will end up costing me nearly $3500 for the low end "entry model". INSANE! I SPENT LESS THAN THAT FOR MY FIRST BASS BOAT! It's time for a change.
Unfortunately, I can't tell you how well it works, as I don't have a finder. You might want to review this at one point. Anyway, between the two items, I have spent just under "$1000 to prepare for this install and the technology isn't available yet.
What's your reasoning for braid to fluoro...I love how you and Randy work together yet have such different styles...I know why he doesnt do this, but would like more info on why you do use the braid to leader set up...
I fish a lot deeper than Randy, so I can get better hooks sets with a braid to fluoro set up. Braid has no stretch so I can just pull into the fish when they're 70ft away from the boat in 30ft of water and still get a good hook up. I tie an FG knot to connect my lines and never have any issues with break offs. I also tie on a 20-30ft leader so I don't need to retie my FG knot during a fishing day 90% of the time.
@@FishtheMoment thanks for the response and info. I figured there had to be reasons. There's some places around me I could fish like that, but not until I find an outboard for my boat. Until then only bank fishing for me unfortunately
So while I'm ranting, let me add this. In preparing for the "live" technology in my boat, my research indicated that a "best practice" is to install a seperate dedicated battery system and use "10 gauge" wire. Last year, I purchased 2 Helix 7 units, a SI and a DI G3s. I connected them to my cranking battery. Both units power down when I start my big motor. So I decided this was an upgrade I needed. Installed my home made battery pack and deinstalled the front DI unit. While doing this, I noticed both units have 24 gauge wire to the head units. Really? The system is only as good as the weakest link. These manufacturers need to practice what they preach. I also purchased and installed Tackle Shack's "live pole mount" so I can focus my transducer independently of my trolling motor. Unfo
From a technical point of view, the technology exists to allow a computer monitor or standard TV to be connected to a finder "head end". If they would use standard, existing interfaces this would be possible. I should be able to connect a 76" 4K TV to a finder "head end". Clearly, that would create a whole set of new issues on a bass boat, but it is technically possible. The finder industry is taking advantage of a captive audience and exploiting us as much as possible. It's not right....
I find that not seeing fish doesn't always result in my completely skipping over an area, but it DOES always mess with my confidence in a given spot and makes me worry on some level that I am wasting my time.
Duh! Throw a A-Rig out let it sink to bottom slow roll the bottom and watch them lift of the bottom, same goes for Spotted Bass. You can use a crankbait etc. That you can reach bottom. This is an old trick
Structure, Structure, Structure! When your electronics won't show you fish because they are right tight to the bottom, just look for structure. Livescope or whatever you want to call them is NOT the answer.
Sorry. 1 more thing. A "head end" or computer should support multiple monitors simultaneously. My computer here at home currently has 4 monitors connected. The technology exists. New features should be similar to loading another application on your computer. A fisherman should be able to get at least 5 years use from a single purchase. The manufacturers of finders are ripping us all off. Having to purchase all new tech every year is a privilege only sponsored Pros can afford.
Respectfully, I'm not an I.T. expert by any stretch of the imagination but the #1 tool in my profession until retirement last year (44yrs 143 days) was the combination of more than adequate cpu, 2 20" monitors & other necessary hardware + the main business application & a spreadsheet, etc. Whenever a monitor would go out (more frequently than you'd think), I'd just call I.T. & they'd come replace it. Seems like there'd frequently be the "need to reboot" scenario also. Sounds like you probably know what I'm talking about. So consider this... would you take your cpu, keyboard, monitor, laptop, or whatever device you commonly use.... & attach them with a bracket to the nose of a boat or at the wheel & pound them 30-70 mph across 1, 2, or 3+ foot waves? Or, have them up & running in a steady rain 4-5 hours, or freezing cold with ice on the surfaces? A lot of us do that frequently with any one of the 3 or 4 major brands & although there are occassional problems, its NOT nearly as frequent as it was at the office with the stuff you're talking about? Very rare in fact. I worry about the samsung ultra I'm using right now getting wet in my pocket when fishing in a heavy dew or rain, but dont EVER think about any unit thats ever (50+ years) been on my boat! I dont know anything about the manufactoring processes but I suspect they're much higher in order to function as they do in all enviornments. Thus.... higher cost? maybe?
Another exceptionally produced video with outstanding detail and teaching from the master Bass Professor! Thank you for continuing my bass fishing education. Like another commenter, I wish you still did on the water lessons. It would be money well invested to learn electronics and offshore fish finding strategies. Your vids are great, but having you command my Triton boat and teach me my Humminbird Helix electronics and fish finding strategies would be a dream come true. Thank you Jonny for all you do for bass fishing!
Truly one of the most informative channels on UA-cam.
Thanks Jonny. The best pure instruction on YT. I really wish you lived on my home lake. We’d be best buds…
Great video. Up here in the PNW the smallmouth bass primarily feed on sculpin and crawfish. If often have a very hard time finding any fish on my graphs. This video really confirms I need to spend more time fishing good looking rocky areas rather than dismissing them.
Randy just popped a gasket hearing "braid to flourocarbon" lol
Love the content. Learning new things every time you post.
Great information and insight for this application. This opens up a whole new experience searching for bass. There's no telling how much opportunities were lost bypassing those type of scenarios bass fishing!
Wow, Johnny you never cease to amaze me. Thank you for doing what you do.
This makes me sooooo happy to hear that a tournament was won WITHOUT pros being able to actually see fish on Livescope!
Love this channel; excellent content! Cheers!
Another great video, Jonny! One of your best! Thanks so much for all your contributions to the angling community.
Thank you for your informative vids! You've been a great help with learning my new electronics in a fun and helpful way. Your the best
100% agree. This dude rocks
Dave Wilson is correct. Fish finders do need to be impact resistant and water proof. Solid state electronics takes care of the impact resistance. A complex sealing system in the cases takes care of the waterproofing. This is NOT ROCKET SCIENCE. This is not bleeding edge technology. This technology already exists! Technically, they should be able to design a system where a single control head per boat is required. This control head should be able to service multiple transducers and different locations throughout the boat. Multiple processor tech has been available for years and now at a reasonable cost. The control head should provide outputs to several monitors at any location in the boat. The size of monitors should be limited only by available space. They should be completely interchangeable. Multiple HMI interfaces should be available at the console, and front deck or anywhere you want one. The only reason for networking ( both wired and wireless) should be for program updates and downloading video and other data to your home computer. ALL OF THIS TECHNOLOGY EXISTS! Make no mistake about it. We are being taken to the cleaners. They don't care. They make fish finders. They care about the money. In the new world, this behavior will not be allowed....
Great attitude, recovering and refocusing after alot of adversity and still made top 10! That 21" donk punching salvaged your day. 💪
Fellow fishing brother you are a an amazing source of scientific knowledge! TY!
11:49. "Works on all 3 species Spotted Bass, Largemouth and Spotted Bass" proves you are human! Great video!
Thank you Jonny for sharing all makes perfect sense.
👍 super good video. I like it when you hit the five W's. It's possible views will trickle in because people are out there fishing using your shared knowledge. Thank you
Great video as always Jonny!
We have the same situation looking for grouper holding in grooves and holes on limerock in the NE Gulf of Mexico. Fish the structure whether you see fish or not. Enjoyed the clip!
Great video as always. These were some great tips. Crawfish and small bait fish hiding in rocks makes great sense. Tnx..
Keep them coming! Great vid!
Great informative video sir!
Thanks for another great video
Do you still do the (in the boat) trips for the hands on learning guys like myself? I looked on the website and couldn’t find it. I live between Fayetteville and fort smith so beaver lake would be an awesome spot. I absolutely love the content you put out! Best channel on UA-cam! It’s all very much appreciated.
Thanks for another good informational video
Even with all the electronic innovations, you still have to fish! Great video, sometimes the just don't show up on any of the new stuff either!
Once again awesome tips!! Wonder though why you are running the lowrance on the front? I understand the other 2 graphs, just wonder your reasons for it being on the boat. If there is a video explaining why u have it on there I may have missed it! Think you for your time into all these AWESOME tips and tricks videos!
Very interesting video brother!
Btw, thank you for all the helpful information you always have!
You have very informative videos and I appreciate your hardwork. The information you have provided has helped me decide to purchase a "live" system of some sort. Initially I was going to purchase the Garmin unit, with the LVS34 transducer. Trouble is, they aren't available. After a month of waiting, I decided to look at Humminbird. Turns out you can't buy a G4 unit anywhere. It may be another 2 months before the units are available. What is wrong with them? Maybe you should do a video on why they finder industry doesn't seem to understand the fishing industry. The season will be half over before this technology is available to the common fisherman. All their new products should be ready January 1, at the beginning off the season, not the end. The cost of these units is outrageous and you can't buy them. Very frustrating....
Love this pattern !
Another great vid🔥
great video like always
Johnny, will these fish show up with Lowrance "Fish Reveal?"
I'll try it out tomorrow
You're fishing the way we did before the fancy imaging fish finders. Its a lost art.👍
Always great info. Just getting into panopticx / livescope in a kayak. And learn to fish off shore
Amazing 👍😎❤️🎣
What fluorocarbon line do you like most?
great vid
Works on lake's with spotted bass largemouth and SPOTTED BASS! 😆
2000 LIKES Y'ALL!
Do you fish the upper or lower part of Lake Tenkiller? Hello form Muskogee Oklahoma!
Fish in a northern lake with no shad and fish rock piles with great success where I see no fish. Main forage is goby perch and craws.
Wow, stealth fish. Great video!!! #AlwaysBeRecording
Catfish Dave mentions many times fish not on fish finder, but the fish have mud on their bellies cuz hanging tight to the bottom
What about an area that has a lot of offshore grass? Would this still apply if I don’t see any fish on my unit?
Yeah the same concept applies. You will most often not see fish in offshore grass with a fish finder (only on rare occasions) so it’s usually better to just identify irregularities with side imaging like points, holes, ditches, etc and fish each one for 10-15 minutes max. If fish are there, they will bite
@@FishtheMoment thanks so much!
One more thing... Finder technology is cost are beyond outrageous. It us time the industry reworked their products. A computer is a computer. A keyboard is a keyboard. A monitor is a monitor. I should be able to purchase a 10" monitor this year and upgrade to a 15" a couple years later without having to purchasea whole new unit. Additionally, I should bee able to pit a Humminbird monitor on a Garmin system. There should be no issues with that. They need to standardize networking so ALL data can be shared between all manufacturers. Look at the Pro's boats. Multiple finders from multiple manufacturers. The common fisherman can't afford to even try to keep up if something isn't done. This one fish finder on the front of my boat will end up costing me nearly $3500 for the low end "entry model". INSANE! I SPENT LESS THAN THAT FOR MY FIRST BASS BOAT! It's time for a change.
Unfortunately, I can't tell you how well it works, as I don't have a finder. You might want to review this at one point. Anyway, between the two items, I have spent just under "$1000 to prepare for this install and the technology isn't available yet.
What's your reasoning for braid to fluoro...I love how you and Randy work together yet have such different styles...I know why he doesnt do this, but would like more info on why you do use the braid to leader set up...
I fish a lot deeper than Randy, so I can get better hooks sets with a braid to fluoro set up. Braid has no stretch so I can just pull into the fish when they're 70ft away from the boat in 30ft of water and still get a good hook up. I tie an FG knot to connect my lines and never have any issues with break offs. I also tie on a 20-30ft leader so I don't need to retie my FG knot during a fishing day 90% of the time.
@@FishtheMoment thanks for the response and info. I figured there had to be reasons. There's some places around me I could fish like that, but not until I find an outboard for my boat. Until then only bank fishing for me unfortunately
And straight flouro is a PITA on a spinning reel.
@@ZZ430T56 what is a PITA?
@@tylerwatson3651 Pain in the a$$
So while I'm ranting, let me add this. In preparing for the "live" technology in my boat, my research indicated that a "best practice" is to install a seperate dedicated battery system and use "10 gauge" wire. Last year, I purchased 2 Helix 7 units, a SI and a DI G3s. I connected them to my cranking battery. Both units power down when I start my big motor. So I decided this was an upgrade I needed. Installed my home made battery pack and deinstalled the front DI unit. While doing this, I noticed both units have 24 gauge wire to the head units. Really? The system is only as good as the weakest link. These manufacturers need to practice what they preach. I also purchased and installed Tackle Shack's "live pole mount" so I can focus my transducer independently of my trolling motor. Unfo
crayfish again. 🤔 always look'n for an easy meal.
From a technical point of view, the technology exists to allow a computer monitor or standard TV to be connected to a finder "head end". If they would use standard, existing interfaces this would be possible. I should be able to connect a 76" 4K TV to a finder "head end". Clearly, that would create a whole set of new issues on a bass boat, but it is technically possible. The finder industry is taking advantage of a captive audience and exploiting us as much as possible. It's not right....
👍👍🤟🤟💪💪😁😁
I find that not seeing fish doesn't always result in my completely skipping over an area, but it DOES always mess with my confidence in a given spot and makes me worry on some level that I am wasting my time.
Duh! Throw a A-Rig out let it sink to bottom slow roll the bottom and watch them lift of the bottom, same goes for Spotted Bass. You can use a crankbait etc. That you can reach bottom. This is an old trick
Structure, Structure, Structure! When your electronics won't show you fish because they are right tight to the bottom, just look for structure. Livescope or whatever you want to call them is NOT the answer.
Sorry. 1 more thing. A "head end" or computer should support multiple monitors simultaneously. My computer here at home currently has 4 monitors connected. The technology exists. New features should be similar to loading another application on your computer. A fisherman should be able to get at least 5 years use from a single purchase. The manufacturers of finders are ripping us all off. Having to purchase all new tech every year is a privilege only sponsored Pros can afford.
Respectfully, I'm not an I.T. expert by any stretch of the imagination but the #1 tool in my profession until retirement last year (44yrs 143 days) was the combination of more than adequate cpu, 2 20" monitors & other necessary hardware + the main business application & a spreadsheet, etc. Whenever a monitor would go out (more frequently than you'd think), I'd just call I.T. & they'd come replace it. Seems like there'd frequently be the "need to reboot" scenario also. Sounds like you probably know what I'm talking about. So consider this... would you take your cpu, keyboard, monitor, laptop, or whatever device you commonly use.... & attach them with a bracket to the nose of a boat or at the wheel & pound them 30-70 mph across 1, 2, or 3+ foot waves? Or, have them up & running in a steady rain 4-5 hours, or freezing cold with ice on the surfaces?
A lot of us do that frequently with any one of the 3 or 4 major brands & although there are occassional problems, its NOT nearly as frequent as it was at the office with the stuff you're talking about? Very rare in fact. I worry about the samsung ultra I'm using right now getting wet in my pocket when fishing in a heavy dew or rain, but dont EVER think about any unit thats ever (50+ years) been on my boat! I dont know anything about the manufactoring processes but I suspect they're much higher in order to function as they do in all enviornments. Thus.... higher cost? maybe?