Learning to Identify Bass and other Species on LIVESCOPE

[@BernPisarcikJr]

I sent this to my son. We don’t get on the water as much, as I have to be a full time mechanic to pay the bills. We appreciate the lesson. God Bless.

[@Presstine_Paper]

Great break down 🔥🤯 Randy’s gonna blow a gasket over this one 🤣😭

[@pineyvol]

This is awesome....please do more like this!!

[@colw07]

+1

[@cattailcreekfarm2612]

Best livescope video ever!! Thanks so much...

[@daveblankenbaker5882]

Best video I've seen in a year and half of watching!

[@richardj6593]

Todd, great video! Please add a thanks button so I can donate to support you doing more of these videos. You keep doing these, a lot of people will be subscribing

[@toddcastledinefishing5924]

I’m gonna do more

[@richardj6593]

please add the thanks and super thanks so I can support you on those

[@martyaustin6545]

You don’t realize how much you are helping me, I just put a 16inch Garmin on, thank you so much Todd!!

[@tomkaravites4049]

Great job not only was very informative but also drove home the point that just because you have livescope it doesn’t mean your going to catch every fish in the lake

[@maxcole3930]

I've had lvs34 system on my kayak just over year n half now. I'm so so with forward mode. I keep mine in perspective 85% of the time. I fish a lot of shallow water 15' & less. I'm very confident using perspective, I could spend more time using forward. I still stay very aware of my surrounding. You miss to much if you just kept your eyes glued to the screen!

[@frankmuscente368]

This video helped me so much !I was definitely spending too much time fishing for non bass species. After the video I was able to land 5 fish on my next trip and saved tons of time!. By far one of the best videos out there. Thanks for all you do!

[@kevinbrooke3478]

Great video Todd one best I’ve seen on live sonar …… after video other day I see what ya did here 😊 😉

[@pickinpop]

Todd Castledine , thank you so much what a great video makes my 71st birthday even better!!!

[@dennishodson990]

i've learned more about what I am seeing on the screen on this video than I have since I've purchased my 1st garmin livescope 4 years ago!

[@JB3_fishing]

This video might be the BEST breakdown I’ve watched about livescope PERIOD!! Awesome Job Todd!!

[@MrDeputy83]

Fantastic on the water demonstration! Best I’ve seen and great info. Haven’t been on your channel in a while but I learned so much on identifying bass while using FF

[@toddcastledinefishing5924]

Got some more videos on things about livescope

[@AZAngling]

Biggest ffs tips i have are i do my searching at 110 ft but when i see them i zoom to 60 and cast when they are about 40 ft away. Helps tons with identification and also identifying larger fish in a school or structure. I never run more than a medium filter so i can see everything. Always focus in on my lure. If i cant see my lure the cast is worthless. Great vid

[@jodyself5264]

Wow!!! Great video breaking things down!! This video without a doubt has helped me tremendously!! Thank you for taking the time to do this and sharing it.

[@MrVinced1201]

Great video Todd as always!! I like how you show the difference between the different kinds of fish that you are seeing on the screen and explain how they react to your bait. Just buy a LiveScope and fishing becomes easy they say, fish just jump in the boat according to people like Randy. lol Look at how many cast you made right to the fish where they did not eat. One day people we see that LiveScope is just another tool for us to use.

[@themajik1]

Spinnin Rod Todd getting the Livescope catch and breaking it down for his viewers! 😂😂😂 Good stuff Todd, this helps a noob figure out the electronics!

[@joewinkler2168]

Way cool video Todd! That's exactly what BenMillican was teaching us a few years ago before he got into the opens

[@shelbybowron8074]

Thanks you. You are a great teacher and always present thoughtful content! thanks for your video!!

[@chrisperron1253]

Very good info. I haven't seen another video that explains it in this depth.

[@GoneFishingWithDiaz]

Excellent video and thanks for going into such great detail. I needed this.

[@dustinwalker8152]

Todd, you hit the nail on the head when you say, "we're seeing the final product in tournaments" and later when you say, "don't just stare at the screen the whole time." The amount of time those guys have put into learning and developing their system and approach can't be undervalued. It's not just, ok I got live imaging now I can catch them. That, along with none their arguments being logical, is one of the biggest errors the anti live imaging people have. Just like with anything that at least mildly complex, it takes effort to be efficient. Especially to be even remotely efficient as some of the guys on tour it takes an immense amount of time and effort. Someone like Wheeler, Gill, Kyoya (Kyo-ya for all of the people struggling to pronounce it), etc have put an insane amount of time into being as good as they are with it. Whether some of the "unproven" young guys would be as successful without it, who knows, but people like Wheeler and Kyoya were dominate without it. Kyoya dominated in Japan before livescope busted on the seen and Japanese bass fishing is insanely harder than it is here. An insanely great day there is 10 fish, that would probably be the equivalent of a 100 fish day here. As for me, growing up helping my dad commercial fish seriously helped speed up the learning curve for me, mostly from running gill nets because you really get to see when, what is where based on where they're at in the net. It even helps more so now, especially cool scoping around a gill net. I was surprised how many times bass won't even react to your bait, especially the big ones. I've found more times than not big bass, 7-8lbs and up, won't react unless the bait is substantially bigger than normal. That said most of the time, at least in our region of the world, most of what I see in open water are buffalo and goo. Livescope is one of the coolest tools out there. *Edit: Todd, this might be the best livescope video ever uploaded to the internet, Garmin hooks this man up!

[@roddybieber7031]

Great video. Thanks for sharing. I have LiveScope and am learning.

[@bassdojo]

This is extremely helpful. Please do more tutorials -- intermediate and then advanced!

[@danhozey8263]

Thank you! Very nice content. I usually crappie fish but am able to use this to help with the trash fish identification. I have already figured the gar out and this helps with the catfish. The bass you are showing looks similar to crappie wolf packs but are moving far more and faster. I may have to try this with the bass. Right now I only bass fish in the spring ( lol, when anyone can catch them ).

[@goodmanfishing]

Thanks for sharing. This is one of the most frustrating parts about livescope. Lately I've been getting -tons- of followers that flat-out won't commit to anything in my arsenal!

[@Josh_allen2082]

best breakdown of live scope that i have seen! keep up the good work!

[@haroldrogers6566]

Thanks for this video Todd. It’s all true what you showed.

[@RobertHoltzclaw-m1t]

Best explanation every! Thanks for putting in the time.

[@RealMitchRapp]

I love this, Todd. of all the stuff I’ve watched over the years, this has been the best. I’m just a plain vanilla bass angler. I go out almost every day and I am understanding this exactly as you are showing them. Although, I used to use that color you have (amber or rust) but have recently switched to Blue. It looks corny BUT the bass returns are depicted as blobs with big dark red centers, Of course here in maine the screen is also full of boulders and tall submerged vegetation (Mess) but man its easier for me to see the bass in Blue mode, Let me know if you try, and Thanks!

[@sherlockhomesky]

You could see the elongated catfish body and tail movement in that school, they looked more "mushy" than the bass did, also the way they turned was smoother than a bass if that makes sense. Awesome video, you are helping me a lot. I fish the Ohio River and it seems all I ever see are trash fish so this is very helpful. You've earned yourself a subscriber!! Thanks

[@maxcole3930]

Good info, I still have hard time identifying bass alot of time. I've thrown at grass carp & catfish a lot thinking it was a giant bass.

[@rogerdudra178]

I caught 2 three foot gars on Kentucky Lake throwing a Strike King red eye shad in black and white.

[@Roundawg]

Good vid. Fun to watch. Thanks for sharing.

[@jameslovelace8958]

I have Active Target and it’s basically the same. I’ve learn mostly what I see on my local lakes. But this video is great.

[@Lelandblanchard]

Good intel there Todd, live scope is a tool if you use it RIGHT you will be approximately 20% more efficient. What i get a kick out of is if we are bass or crappie fishing they think every blip is a bass or crappie , most angles when I show them what you are showing they relies it’s not worth the hassle or the cost of a live scope. I Disagree with not getting live scope for me, my time on the water is limited helps me catch more fish. Keep it up like what you are doing.

[@motorcycleislife8296]

Lake Nacogdoches, ive beat that spot that Todd was at to death lol i live down the road from him on highway 7

[@mikeharris130]

Pure gold. Thanks for the info.

[@muddywatters29]

This is a good video. Im trying to learn. Please do another

[@kyleyork2677]

Well Todd just earned his Garmin sponsorship again he just sold a boat load of Livescopes. Great video! If you really want proof they work though send me one up here to the Ohio river and see if I can find the one keeper size fish that lives here. 😂

[@RedsFishin]

Great video. Tip for you, you can fix your screen clutter "ghost tree steps" by adjusting your focus (instalation->focus). It was very evident when you were in 20ish fow.

[@matthewpollock1865]

Great topic...one thing I think we all struggle on.

[@bobbycolson1957]

This is the kinda stuff I been looking for from someone I trust

[@chriskinney2516]

Great video! Please do more videos on FFS

[@chasevanover]

Love it! Good stuff.

[@jmccOutdoors]

Shared. This is the best FFS video I’ve seen in years. 🍻🎣🍿

[@BarryBell-q6b]

Great video & explanation!

[@damienbethea7443]

Best video ever sir. Light switch ah ha moment. Thanks man

[@KennyJohnson-uf4pd]

Thank you for a great video

[@BassHead1322]

Good I site on what it is really like.

[@jeffpyeatt1208]

Very helpful

[@georgeclay4899]

OUTSTANDING VIDEO! Can I send you gas money!

[@carltonswinford8141]

Love it keep them coming

[@ironbrotherstv366]

great video !

[@kensimpson8581]

I think I been fishing for catfish this whole time lol thanks for the lesson.

[@patlusty8200]

Thanks Todd

[@KissmyBasss]

On AT2 in my lake, I know what not to waste time on, everything else gets a bait. I've cast to a single suspended fish expecting a cat and it was a nice bass several times. So cast to anything that looks interesting. And then..know when to move on.

[@FishingwithBrewski]

Lots of those things everybody says about how fish behave go out the window quick when you get a scope

[@fishlakecumberlanddalehollow]

awesome content

[@OKFisherman]

This is very helpful

[@raydalton1110]

Todd man thank you for this video, its very rare pro's like yourself take the time to show us this stuff, i have zero clue about ffs , kind of intimidated by it, but watching video it seems not to hard thank you. Im not a tourney fisherman just basic weekend angler when off work, could you please tell me how to get started, i have a regular 10 foot plastic boat with trolling motor for my local lakes 200 acres and less. How much total money will it cost to get the same exact screen you show in this video ? im exicited that soon i could see my lure on screen and bass chasing it.

[@tgillrgill]

Dang it Todd. I had this figured out for some time now. Hope none of my buddies see this. I tried to explain it to them but didn’t want to show them. Anyway great vid man!

[@one-of-a-kind6606]

Can you Do a video on settings? Great video.

[@073286]

I can't count how many catfish, carp, whitebass, hybrid and walleye I've pitched at and caught inside bait balls thinking they were bass.

[@mikeepperson7585]

You can take this info straight to the lake and put it to work. Thank you.

[@gabrielmiller8858]

Do you have your ls in perspective mount or mounted down. I just got my first livescope and I'm trying to figure out how to set it up

[@timg185]

Throw corn out there and if they come to the bait they’re carp! 😂

[@hustlewantstop9625]

Good content!!

[@jimmyboone4496]

We must be very close in settings, I run my gain really high too and still have a clear picture. Guys I know try and run their gain that high and they say it blows out their entire picture.

[@joen8261]

what a great video

[@bobbycolson1957]

Thanks

[@jameslovelace8958]

What’s the best way to hit the beam when casting? I struggle more with that than anything. I’m hitting it about 40% of the time.

[@williambauman3927]

What unit are you running the Livescope on?

[@Bullbluegill]

With your gain at 73, How are you keeping the screen so clean?

[@georgeroberts9847]

I bought active target an im so frustrated with it i just cant figure it out

[@chrismalas8747]

You ever run your gain any higher I’ve been playing with it alot I’m getting used to it

[@jobrandofishing]

Awesome video spinning Rod Todd 😂🤘🏻 It's like anything else you do in life. The more you do it, the better you become. Get out there and get ya fish on yall 🤘🏻

[@jasonbrogdon1]

So, I can tell you that turning off your filters and running 93 gain and I can see by body shape what fish is what 75-80% of the time. I prefer that as I can see through the particles well with mine. My picture is much stronger and brighter than this with my settings. No ghost, no tvg, none of that it is all filtering. Run it native and it is much better and realtime view than this/ The filters take processing time and weed out a lot of minute features imo

[@vincentkolb717]

The catfish on Santee Cooper will eat your bait. They hit harder than bass.

[@Marc-nx9ce]

Good video. You are saving people tons of time on the water. This video should be illegal lol. Took me half a year and tons of time on the water to figure things out

[@Crankinstien]

Todd how do you tell a Bass if it’s a loner?

[@lancepoore3045]

So, now I feel like a complete idiot for trying so hard to catch trash fish. I'm always saying, "They don't even care about me". I even got my 8-year old saying it.😮‍💨

[@MattStefanFishing]

I know what hook your using 🤫

[@toddcastledinefishing5924]

Get off my channel. 😂😂😂😂😂 Lets do a live soon

[@richardj6593]

​@@toddcastledinefishing5924please add a thanks button so I can donate when you do FFS videos like this. You are a natural at this type teaching. You have a niche here if you do commentary like this when fishing. People are hungry for it!

[@davidbowen9603]

FFS and 360 is why I QUIT fishing BFLS I never caught a fish behind my boater my boaters wouldn't let me throw at THEIR fish I haven't fished a BFL IN 3 YEARS and if you look at the BFL REGISTRY IN OKLAHOMA THEY USE TO HAVE 150 TO 160 ENTRIES THEY ARE LUCKY IF THEY CAN GET A 100 ENTRIES AFTER THE FIRST TOURNAMENT OF THE YEAR. NO MORE FISHING FOR ME I DONT GIVE A SHIT I THINK THEY NEED TO DO AWAY WIT ALL THIS TECHNOLOGY

[@williamknight5142]

👍👍👍👍👍

[@jameslovelace8958]

Crappie on Active Target look like little white balls. And if a bait hits near them they will scatter

[@jaym8257]

That's a bunch of work to film and narrate through the lulls.

[@joeys7519]

Dig it

[@samstephens4402]

This shouldnt be free 🤣

[@HawgWyldFishing]

I think this is the type of content that is needed to begin getting guys to shut up with the complaining.

[@markedwards6106]

FFS rules

[@coldspring624]

I fish therefore I dont

[@johnm2617]

I Dont even have a cheater box ! But that was pretty cool !😮😮

[@terrykloster9121]

Looks like no fun to me

[@nolangaul7293]

That's fishing like jacklighting is hunting. This is a sad way to brag about your ability, without technology what could you do?

[@toddcastledinefishing5924]

What could I do? I don’t know win 5 Angler of the Years on the Toyotas, 2 more than anyone else in history, qualify for the Bassmaster Elites, won over 50 tournaments in my life all without it. Would you like more.

[@OriolesRedskins28]

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[@OriolesRedskins28]

@@toddcastledinefishing5924 Great video. Blows my mind there's always at least one of these anti-livescopers rushing to come and disrespect someone who is sharing knowledge to the benefit of others. At least one of them under every video.

[@fryeguy9939]

WHY NOT GO FISHING INSTEAD !!!!!!

[@toddcastledinefishing5924]

Check out my other videos

[@Letzgobrandun-wi1pc]

Bum scope.

[@Harold-z7y]

Who cares