My Livescope “Hole Hopper” Shuttle

I finally finished my Livescope Hole Hopper shuttle setup. Goal was to get as light as possible.

Its an 10” Ultra 106sv screen paired with a LVS12 Livescope transducer. Yes, its a 30 degree single beam, BUT with the 106sv you can run BOTH Side & Down Imaging views at the same time split screened!! and NO GLS10 black box to lug around… Battery life with the super light Norsk 15ah is between 5-8 hour’s depending on backlight level. Its surprisingly well balanced and should get close to perfect after I add a cord clete on the back.

The BEST thing about it is that EVERYTHING together only weighs 11.8 lbs!! (My lightest weight possible LVS34 bundle weighs 24.8 lbs) It works great for panfish typically under the hole….

When I want to use my LVS34 Livescope setup, I simply swap the 106 screen between cradles…

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Nice setup!

Better get a patent on it.
Very nice and clean setup

Thx, all the parts were purchased from retailers, but it was a puzzle to find the proper functional but lightweight pieces… This setup has been an idea of mine for a few years….

Finally finished everything up, I like how it turned out. Sample piece of Timbertech decking (waterproof) cutdown for a crossbeam that the transducer cord wraps up on with a velcro cord holder, I thought of using a dock clete to wrap the cord, but it wouldn’t get it all wound up, I also cut the powercord down to only be 10” long so no slack to deal with.

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Here’s what the split screen LVS-12 Forward & Down views simultaneously looks like on the simulator. I’ll test it for real once we get ice…

Forward view doesn’t look great on the simulator, but down view looks like it will be AWESOME for panfish…

The best part is the whole thing weighs less than 12 lbs with a 10” screen!

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Don’t you still need a pole or leveling system for the that 12?

3Rivers wrote:

Don’t you still need a pole or leveling system for the that 12?

yep, I use the same Summit pole my LVS34 uses…

Man that looks so much nicer when the black box is not involved.

JoeMX1825 wrote:

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Don’t you still need a pole or leveling system for the that 12?

yep, I use the same Summit pole my LVS34 uses…

yeah the pole for me is what really makes these livescope packages bulky and cumbersome, not just the weight. Not to mention another $100 for a spare pole on the second unit. I think a shuttle setup like that with just a GT10HN would make a great hole hopper too. Then you can eliminate both the pole and the black box (albeit no panoptix).

I have a separate short Summit pole I only use for ice fishing, so it folds up to basically nothing, but you could absolutely rig up a simple type of transducer arm and short pvc pipe that would work, now you got my mind thinking… I still think the short Summit pole is ultimately the easiest solution though…

Here’s the zero degree LVS12 removeable mount I made, simple to swap out the LVS12/LVS34 using the same pole:

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Kind of a separate note, but with my LVS32 I usually just keep it in forward mode when I am ice fishing unless I setup on some fish and camp out on them. With forward you get a bit of degrees of view backwards. This guy on youtube has some very good livescope content for those trying to learn more.

dhpricco wrote:

Kind of a separate note, but with my LVS32 I usually just keep it in forward mode when I am ice fishing unless I setup on some fish and camp out on them. With forward you get a bit of degrees of view backwards. This guy on youtube has some very good livescope content for those trying to learn more.

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I only use Down View when fishing in a hole, I like the full viewing area right & left of the hole so I can see when fish are coming in from far out…

I only use Down View when fishing in a hole, I like the full viewing area right & left of the hole so I can see when fish are coming in from far out…
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What I also like about downview is that you get a better representation of the fish in your immediate area (and what shape and size they are) rather than seeing some random vertical bars out off in the distance.

3Rivers wrote:

I only use Down View when fishing in a hole, I like the full viewing area right & left of the hole so I can see when fish are coming in from far out…

What I also like about downview is that you get a better representation of the fish in your immediate area (and what shape and size they are) rather than seeing some random vertical bars out off in the distance.
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yep and if you use gridlines (i don’t) you can get a dang close idea of the size of the fish…

Nice clean setup. I like it much better than mine. I used an Apache case for the same setup with the LVS12. I’ve never seen those L brackets before. Can enlighten me?

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