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I figure I’ll catch some disapproval over this, but oh well.
I’m just a little skeptical myself, but as more time goes by -
I usually fish in silence till I look in the box and think “that’s enough for a cooking” at which point I’ll dig into the junk food and turn on the tunes.
And you know what? I often catch just as many or more afterwards.
Maybe it’s psychological warfare - the fish think I’m a ski boat and no threat.
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:Rofl, we don’t but have been known to listen to and from the ramp…ROCK ON….:fish
I listen to music most of the time I fish, no matter how I'm fishing. However, it's not loud enough for most anyone else to hear it. I've done good and bad with and without music. And when you are pulling cranks, they are typically so far behind, I doubt it matters. My 2 cents worth!
Yeah, I try to keep it just loud enough so I can comfortably hear it. And if were to move and go into an area other people are fishing, I would most likely pause it. That reminds me though, years ago, if some folks came in close, aggressive, crowding me - I kept a home burnt cd of White Zombie and such just for them lolQuote:
Originally Posted by KokomoTerror
At that point fish biting didn’t matter.
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I don't personally, I just enjoy the piece and quite. Don't mind if others play a little tunes within reason. Other than that God awful cRAp music. That's usually your drunken 20 something's though. Would need some kind of impairment to think x rated nursery rhymes were music! How far we've devolved music wise is beyond me. They had it figured out in the 60s and 70s even into the 80s. Then just went downhill from there.
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Ear buds for me most of the time. When cutting grass I have bluetooth ear muffs
Today when trolling crankbaits I was listening to a podcast. Somedays it's music. Somedays I'm listening to nature.
DittoQuote:
Originally Posted by Ike220
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When pulling crankbaits, I listen to music on earbuds sometimes, also listen to college football in the Fall.
Jim
No need to have music on my boat. When one of those wake boats go by you can hear there music from all over the lake. Not any music I like listening to though.
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Nope. When I go fishing most of the time, it's not to catch fish. Same when I'm on tractor cutting grass. Haven't a clue about earbuds, nor do I want to.
LolQuote:
Originally Posted by J White
If I saw you on the water and you was playing some Rob I would end up trying to get closer.
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I nearly always have a JBL Bluetooth speaker going when I’m alone on the boat. I have a small section of rubber mat that in place the speaker on that attenuates most of the vibration so it doesn’t amplify through the fiberglass hull. At crankbait trolling speed I’ve noticed zero difference in my catch rates from days I forget the speaker at the house vs those with tunes going. When slowing down to longline I’ll turn it down, but there’s still music or a podcast going 90+ percent of the time and we catch plenty of fish with it on.
When I bought my new boat, I asked if they could take out the radio and give me a credit- no deal. Never turned it on!
sure do..breaks the monotony of an hour or two trolling and no fish..talk radio
small transistor radio
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My next question was gonna be if anyone had determined if Crappie had a preference in music :)
In my last boat I thought I was seeing them prefer mainstream, old country versus classic rock. Funny, they didn’t seem to care for bluegrass either. I’m joking of course, but I did pay attention to what was playing when I caught fish. Nowadays they get red dirt/outlaw country mostly off Pandora, whether they like it or not lol
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I will occasionally listen to a college sports game. By doing that I can enjoy two of my favorite things. I find as I get older that I really only do what brings me enjoyment with my spare time.
2 of my personal bests came during a razorback basketball game.
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I listen to the radio whenever I want; trolling, pulling, jigging, slip bobber, etc.
I have tinnitus, some days I need to drown out the ringing to save my sanity.
I prefer to listen to ball games, however MLB decided they wanted to be greedy and charge.
I’ve been thinking after reading y’all’s replies. I do enjoy the sounds of nature. I do just enjoy my music, but I think part of why I turn it on later in the day is that it distracts me from the pleasure boaters buzzing me, soothes me and keeps me from getting militant and chunking bank sinkers at em :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Hanr3
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Only if it’s Jone s merl cline cash NelsonQuote:
Originally Posted by J White
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Old country….jus like the mayor…
For me it is podcasts, audio books, a ballgame, or some music through AirPods. Sometimes if a ballgame and my son is with me, I might listen through a Bluetooth speaker, although it is still somewhat quiet.
nope , try to keep it kinda quiet most of the time , might start foot stomping and air guitaring is my native american name when the tunes are on ....:Rofl
Nope never but then again never pushed or pulled crankbaits.
I still like them. There is some newer talent that’s great, but the kicker is, you won’t hear it on the radio. Most of them are anti-establishment (Nashville) more or less, Nashville has went to the dogs to put it nicely. But they’re doing good, selling out live shows and getting played on stuff like pandora or xmQuote:
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Sound isn't going to mess up a fish unless they are already finicky.
The only reason our Dads told us that it would is because they just wanted us to shut up.
Lynyrd Skynrd is usually jammin' in my boat!
What's a crankbait? :yikes My canoe and I like it quiet. I tend to avoid big lakes that have a lot of folks in a loud hurry but don't know where they're going.
some of my preferred listening will for sure scare off fish anyway .....just saying ....
when I was a young one and they opened lake fork we used to hammer crappie all night long under lights ....
we listened to a variety of rock back then and to be sure we found that rod Stewart songs improved the bite ....:Rofl
we also used a blacklight to make our black and chart tube jigs glow like a neon light ....
one thing for certain , back then it was unheard of to jig dunk at night , the old timers said we were full of it and ONLY minnows worked .....200 crappie a night made me rethink all the rules on crappie ketchn laid down by the crappie law makers back in the day ....:biggrin
Sorry for a salt water answer, but when I fished the Race in Long Island Sound for stripers, we always had Patsy Cline going when the tide turned and the stripers turned on.
Hey, fishin is fishin!Quote:
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Do about 80% of are trolling with a kicker and front mount trolling motor combination...Last night we were trolling 5-6' water for walleyes No5 shad raps 40-45 feet of line out. Wether we use the kicker or just electric we seem to catch the same amount of fish,radio probably doesnt matter much.
That sounds like fun. I take it you’re running the baits at 5-6 feet - how deep is the water?Quote:
Originally Posted by Central Minn
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I just talk to myself. CHS disease here.