How To Scope Out Crappies

For Missouri bass pro Chad Morgenthaler, the best time to go crappie fishing is “whenever I can” but after chasing the paper mouthed panfish successfully for most of his 53 years, he’s gained new appreciation and a greater understanding of them over the past three. That’s because he’s taken the Garmin LiveScope technology that helped him qualify for this year’s Bassmaster Classic and used it to scratch a multispecies itch and to fill his freezer.

Traditional sonar shot a vertical “cone” down from a transducer. The relatively recent addition of side-imaging sonar allowed anglers to look out left or right. LiveScope, and its...

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