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There are so many great spots all along the dam on that lake! I am thinking about loading my boat up with a bunch of brush and sinking it out there and posting the coordinates on here for everybody. I'm about to have to cut two trees down on my property so will have loads of good structure to put down - will probably do that soon to make some good deep winter spots out there for all of us. *You are right that for a lot of the year it's smaller fish on that mid-depth brush. Fall is when I have caught the big ones off there - I think as they migrate off the banks and weeds moving towards the deeper water where we find them all winter.

Thanks so much! So I've fished a LOT this past year and some of that has been with a friend that has the 32. His is set up portable like mine and he brings it on the boat so we get to see side-by-side. I'd say the LVS34 is maybe ~30% more clear if you're fishing within 40ft. Past that I'd say the difference starts jumping and the 34 will let you accurately target crappie much further. That's a lot just to say basically - if you fish < 40ft from the boat I'd stick with the 32 because you can still load the boat and see good enough. If you fish further than that the 34 is much much better and may be worth the investment. *I'm about to release my cable-steer foot rotator for transducer poles within the year that is, in my opinion, the best thing ever if you use a transducer pole. I'm still working with manufacturers so don't have final pricing but if you're looking for an upgrade I really really love the thing and can't say enough good about it.

Thank you! Yes you are correct on the install being done poorly for the replacement bimini. I have changed to a different dealership now to do any work on the boat and could not be happier with the new place. They fixed the issues with the bimini and even fixed some other things the original shop messed up on that I had not noticed. They even took pictures of the railing where the original shop caved it in with an impact wrench in case it fails so that it can be fixed under warranty. I felt like I may have complained more than I should have in this video but wanted to make sure all the minor bad stuff got covered. The boat overall is outstanding and I still smile every time I take it out - which is often! **The new bimini is beginning to show signs that the wire may have a similar issue to the original one (when you press the lower/raise button it delays and eventually stops working completely as the wire stretches/breaks). Keeping an eye on it but just a heads up to any potential buyers or current owners to keep an eye on that.

Oh dang, that was you?!?! My bad!! hahaha, nah I spent way too long fishing out of a small boat to get close to anybody while spinning the kids around.

Thank you! Hope to have more time now that the weather is too cold for my kids to keep a tube tied to the back of my boat!

Thank you!

Thank you! So I rarely set my distance closer than 40 feet because I wind up pitching/casting to 30-40ft and it gives me some leeway to correct the lure's position. So if I go too far left/right I can drag it back over and still have time to put it exactly where I want it when I'm approaching the fish. Now if the fish are spooky and I have to set up further then I just have to be good with the casts that day (or re-cast a lot in my case hahaha)

Thank you!

Bob!!! That is exactly what I used this weekend that caught us some big ones. Those sparkle nibbles seem to disintegrate faster than the normal ones but they sure did work. My foot-rotator is coming along and I'm getting final testing done so we can get the plastic molds made now. The main box will now be made of stainless steel as it is somehow cheaper than plastic (who knew?). Anyway, all that to say I still have one coming for you, just taking longer than I expected to get manufacturing going.

What is a foot rotator?

Great videos by the way. I love to watch the fish’s reaction to the bait. You have it setup perfectly. Thanks

@@destinsboggybayouinshorech1154 Thanks so much for watching! I actually spent the last 1+ year engineering and patenting a mechanical device that lets you rotate the transducer pole using your foot (no batteries/motors). Not just blowing smoke, it is outstanding and I never fish without it any more. It attaches to almost any existing transducer pole and can be added/removed in about 10 seconds. In the final stages of prototype testing with the new metal foot box design and hope to have the first batch manufactured and in boxes soon.

@@destinsboggybayouinshorech1154 Thank you! It takes a lot of editing hours but I have fun getting to rewatch my fishing trips. I feel like I get twice as much experience out of every day on the water now that I can watch over what worked or didn't work.

Thank you, so glad you like the videos! Now if I could just get the fish to cooperate like this every time I go out I could make these kind of videos more often hahaha!

Thanks so much! Almost didn't want to put this video out there but wanted to have an honest channel and show that even those of us that are on the water every week have bad days/nights. You can message me right here is the fastest way as I'll get a notification on my phone. For business inquiries my email is highqualityfishingvideos@gmail.com

Who sets your Garmin up , you have got the clearest screen if seen

@@patrickmatthews4475 Hey, I actually set it all up myself after doing a lot of research. Here are my settings and setup videos showing what I did. *The biggest thing that I don't hear a lot of others talk about is soldering all the connection/splice points and heavily insulating those places with real rubber splicing tape and heat shrink. My Portable LiveScope Setup: th-cam.com/video/C7KAlzofPBc/w-d-xo.html My LiveScope Settings: th-cam.com/video/hBlBt7HcApQ/w-d-xo.html

Thanks for the videos of settings , and the info , I’m going to try them 👍

Scratch that request. I hadn’t made it far enough back on your video list. Thanks again!

@@bartsmith5221 Thank you! Was just about to send you a link to it but you found it faster than I saw your message! I night fish pretty often in the summer to stay out of the heat and to avoid the boat traffic on busier lakes. This was probably the worst/noisiest water I've seen all year as far as bait fish everywhere and the target fish moving every 5 seconds. One trick you can do on nights like that to help you find your lure VERY fast on the screen after casting is thread 10 or so bobber stoppers a foot or two above your jig. They pop up pretty well and are easier to find on the screen during noisy-water nights like this one was.

@@HighQualityFishingVideos That’s a great tip! I appreciate it.

Hey Bob!! Thank you for the comment! My little gadget is coming along and getting close to manufacturer-ready now. First one I torture-test and know it is ready will be sent your way! Thanks again for being my very first commenter when I started this channel!

Hey, my pleasure. So glad I found your channel!

Thanks you! Haha, great minds think alike because I have done that for my pole tip in years past and even have some of those glowstick bobbers that worked well. I have a small flood light on the front rail now that lets me see my transducer pole and rod. The toughest part on this night was getting a lure to them before they moved (they were on the move big time). Once I gave up targeting individual fish and went back to just fishing the edges of the light without even looking at the scope I caught a few more. The moon wasn't quite full but was very bright for the first few hours until the cloud cover came in.

Thanks for the video. Love to see the Darbonne videos. Are the mosquitoes bad down that way? I was thinking about taking a camping trip down that way next spring

@@jeffgammon1392 Thank you! The mosquitoes are not much worse around Darbonne than anywhere else in the south really. We camp around here and up into Arkansas quite often and it's pretty much the same. South louisiana is a whole different story though! The bugs I was fighting out on the open water in this video are some other type of bug I think because I have never been bitten by them. But they swarm at dusk and right before dawn and will get everywhere unless you have mosquito coverings. Those little nets that go over your hat are worth their weight in gold!

Oh man, that is awesome. I know you guys are loving all the space in the new boat! I think you've probably got a lot more experience fixing up boats than me and that's saying a lot cause I worked on my old bass boat all the time! Thanks for the kind words about the vid and good luck out on the water the next time you go fishing!

Congratulations on the upcoming retirement! I was so worried that I would regret the boat and that the size would be an issue, but now I really don't think I'll go back to a smaller boat again. My aunt is retired also and she just got this exact same boat after going out in mine a few times. She says the same thing I do, that you just can't beat it for comfort/stability. Haha, you will need a longer net to land the fish though! Good luck out there!

This was up near the Monroe/West Monroe area. Somewhere north of the bridge but don't recall the exact spot. I was just trolling along side scanning for structure and saw that big tree out in the middle so I stopped to take a look. It's funny, I have fished the Tensas River and the Ouachita River and you're fishing right where the two of those meet! I bet that is a great spot to pick up some big fish!

Hey thanks for watching my fishing video! I don't have an exact angle and it changes a bit every time I go out due to my portable mount setup, but I try to get it where the upper beam is parallel with the water. That seems to give the best picture for me, but it probably varies +- 10 degrees on every trip out for me. One thing I did while initially getting my picture clear and adjusting settings is pulled up to a few stumps/trees and adjusted everything. I moved a few times to get the trees at various distances to make sure the picture was solid and after I was happy locked it in and took a picture of my settings so I wouldn't forget. Good luck out there!

Thank you!

Hey, thanks for watching! My pontoon boat is a Ranger 200F and it is a 22ft boat with about 20ft of deck space.

Thank you for watching and taking time to leave a comment! Heading out to a different lake this weekend and hopefully able to find a few fish out there!

Thank you so much for the kind words. I have considered getting into guiding or electronics teaching and such, but I'm like you where my available time is just almost zero. Two small kids and a demanding job soak up most of my time and it is tough to find more than a day or two each month to hit the water. Now that said, I have a camera and can record my livescope screen so if you have any questions that I might could answer or take a quick video for you to help I'm more than happy to try to help. Toughest thing for me when I first got started was keeping my jig in the beam - which is still very tough on windy days!

@@HighQualityFishingVideos I def understand that and yes that’s one of my problems to but if you do ever decide to give on the water lessons I want your first booking!

@@scrap3223 I will do it! I fully expect my retirement job to be guided fishing trips one day, but it's a long way off yet. *If you do have any specific questions or issues though please hit me up and I'm happy to help if I can

Thanks for watching! No problem at all, I'm using the LVS34 and the GPSMap1022.

Thank you! It's definitely worth a drive up. I have friends/family that drive past several other lakes to come to Darbonne in the fall/winter time.

Hey thanks for watching my fishing video! So, before this boat I had a 1984 bass tracker that I worked on a lot to keep it floating and the motor running. I loved that boat and caught a ton of crappie out of it. But now that I have the pontoon, I don't think I'll ever go back to a bass boat again. Putting aside the fact that I have small children and friends/family that are in wheelchairs - the boat is just a dream to fish out of. My concerns before I got the boat were mainly towing it, launching/loading it solo, and maneuverability around the timber I fish often. After more than a year I can say none of those have been issues even once. I actually think I bang into the submerged trees on Darbonne less now than when I had my smaller boat lol! Good luck with whatever you decide, either one will catch plenty of fish!!

Thanks so much! I'm working with an engineering firm and manufacturer now, hope to have the first batch ready for sale towards the end of the summer or early fall!

No, the gates only swing open inward towards the interior of the boat

Thanks so much! Claiborne in the summer time is some of the toughest crappie fishing in the area. The fish that are on the brush piles or in the timber get super-pressured and it's tough to get a bite. I do love Claiborne for the stripers though, man do they fight hard! They get shallower this time of year and I usually just look across the lake for the birds and start looking for the stripers wherever the birds are. Darbonne is outstanding year round though and once you learn the general areas they migrate around across the seasons you'll be able to catch dinner any time you want. Good luck out there!

So I've been wanting a pontoon boat for 20+ years, but even still I had a ton of fear that I'd miss my smaller boat. Now over a year in I don't think I'll ever be able to go back. It just spoils you every time you get in with all the open space and stability. I've never done any trolling in mine, but I imagine the multiple spots for seats in the rear would work really well for that. Good luck with whichever model you wind up choosing!

Haha, I think I have crappie jigs bigger than the little one for sure! Definitely a fun day out there

It is wild watching those things come out of there! They've made me jump out of my seat a few times just because of the suddenness that they slam into a lure rushing it from the brush!

Hahaha! Thank you for the first comment on the video!

I enjoy watching your videos. Your videos are the highest quality videos I’ve seen. Thanks for posting…

@@danayo8852 Thanks so much! I appreciate you taking time to leave the kind words!

Another great video. Thanks for sharing.

So my summer time info might be a little skewed because I generally night fish in the summer to beat the heat and boat traffic. But I mostly stick to flats near the deep channels - or hit the mid-to-deep water docks. Brush piles can be productive too, but it's hit or miss on finding good ones. I usually start out close to the main channel and work my way in until I figure out where they're holding or suspending. Good luck out there!

This time of year you can put in at just about any of the boat ramps (I favor stowe creek and the main ramp in farmerville). Then you can just roam around trying spots just off of the channels until you figure out where they're holding. I honestly don't have a go-to spot in the summer since the fish tend to scatter all over this time of year. Deeper docks or brush piles can sometimes be good, but the flats near the channel are where I generally start. Good luck out there! If you have trouble reach back out or stop off at K+M and they'll give you some good food and pointers!

You build some amazing fish-catching machines. I get a smile on my face every time I step onto the deck!

@@HighQualityFishingVideos maybe one day I'll have one and test it out.

Thanks so much! I find myself looking back at my old videos now to figure out where the fish were at different times of the year on different lakes. So glad you like them!

haha, I asked the dealership the same thing! They said there's a bypass method to detach it from the gears but it's nothing you'd want to do unless stuck at the ramp and needing to get it down to go home as it requires tools and can potentially break things if the motor is run without the top attached. * I did get my bimini fixed finally by a different dealership. Was very VERY unhappy with the original shop but the new shop was great! Time will tell how it goes now as the original shop caved in the railing where the bimini attaches to it by using too much torque.

It's got a 90hp motor that moves it around 20-25mph (or 15mph loaded with people/coolers/dogs)

Thank you! I run my screen and black-box/transducer all off the same lithium 30ah battery which gives me enough juice for around 12 hours on the water.