Is it wrong that I listen to Biggie Smalls while bass fishing?

Yes.

The Sweet, Sweet sound of my line coming tight on a most Solid Jig Hook set . . . .

 

A-Jay

Yes.

The Biggie Smalljaws like it.

Unfortunately, I get to listen to whatever ring tone the person I'm fishing with has on his phone. 

 

Over, and over, and over.

I turn my ringer off and ask others to do the same unless there is an important reason to leave it on......in which case they probably should not have come fishing.

• I do find music or a radio to be very out of place on the river or on a small lake.   I am lucky enough to fish weekdays and except in the summer, I hardly ever see anyone on the water.  I have always felt like being on the river is a rare opportunity to get away from all of the mechanized noise of modern life. The quiet places are getting harder and harder to get to.  I't a shame that some others don't have any respect or insight.

I am quite eclectic in my musical preferences, but I can honestly say I have never listened to any music while fishing.  The sounds of nature are more than enough for me....especially if I am wading in a creek.  I have found nothing more relaxing than the sound of nature running around you.

Slayer

I bet your are just super pumped when fishing. Crossing the eyes on anyhting that bites and just launching fish all the way to you with only a hookset. Out there ready to get it done. 

2 chains!

That's funny. You are missing some ! on there though.

Chillstep station on Spotify.

I turn my ringer off and ask others to do the same unless there is an important reason to leave it on......in which case they probably should not have come fishing.

 

They ALL have a really important reason to leave it on.  In case of an emergency.

 

I can still remember the day my Son-in-Law got a total of 23 "emergency calls/texts" in a three hour period.  From dawn until about 10am he was keeping up with me fairly well.  And then it began.  When we got home I thanked my daughter for giving me the chance to move ahead and kick butt!

 

Phones, Wives, and Babies - Should all come with a mute button!

I never silence my phone on the boat.  I used to, cause it just annoyed the devil out of me since it seemed like everyone seemed to decide to text or call when I was on the water.  Then, the summer of 2012 I was on Claytor with my nephew.  We were fishing late evening, and going to fish into night.  I always tell my wife roughly where I plan on being just in case something happens, and she knows that generally I don't come off the water for storms.  I knew there were going to be some storms hit and miss throughout the evening so I had reminded her that we were going to just hole up at a dock or something if a bad storm came, then fish right behind it.

 

So, as afternoon progressed, I got a text saying that there was a bad storm coming.  No biggie.  Then a few minutes later, me and my nephew both were getting calls and they were emphatic "Get off the water now" calls.  My wife said, "The trees are sideways - it's bad."  Well, fighting a storm is one thing, but fighting something that scaring people in the house is a whole nother ballgame.  Before I even got the boat packed to run, my nephews girlfriend who lives about half way between my house and the lake was calling.

 

We fired up and ran back to the dock, and I could see some dark clouds racing up.  We had less than two miles to run and the storm caught us just as we hit the dock.  Any by storm, I mean derecho!  I was heading to the truck and my nephew was on the boat, holding on at the dock.  Things went form blustery to EF1 level strait line winds, and was spinning up small tornadoes in the valleys as the wind crossed.  In a matter of just a few minutes, the whole area was disheveled.  Trees down everywhere, trash and junk blown all over, it was a mess.  I limb blew completely across the cove and hit my nephew, but didn't do any real damage.

 

One of my friends was fishing below the lake when it hit and saw a small twister crossing the river.  They were in an aluminum boat and just beached it and held on hoping for the best.

 

All in all, we were all fine and things worked out good -- but things could have been really bad if we had been caught mid-lake when that hit.  Since then, the phone stays loud, just in case.  An ounce of prevention as they say... 

I usually don't listen to music while I fish. Today, however, was different. Howard Stern interviewed Neil Young today, so I HAD to tune into that one.

I don't think "normal" bass fishing with artificial lures lends itself to music listening.  Even if you aren't getting bit, there isn't any downtime from focus.  You are having to pay attention to a lot of things, which keeps my mind pretty active.

 

Still fishing or trolling, where you are passively sitting waiting for a strike, is another matter.  I realize now that I have listened to music or baseball games while fishing off a dock for catfish.

No music. No outside noise.

 

Too busy concentrating on fishing and enjoying Mother Nature's bounty and beauty.

When I'm fishing is about the only time I'm not listening to something – at work and at the gym both I blast a lot of metal to drown everything else out so that I can focus, but I don't seem to need that on the water. Curiously, it's also about the only time I'm not constantly vaping, too. I won't think about it until I feel like something's trying to claw its way out of my brain.

I like both kinds of music, Country and Western.

 

48 minutes ago, roadwarrior said:

I like both kinds of music, Country and Western.

 

It's gotta be Outlaw country for me, none of that Nashville B*!

 

A little Hank Williams III, Bob Wayne, Coe and I'm lookin to rip'em outa whatever hole they be hiding in.

No tunes for me. Gotta hear the sounds of braid and flouro on the hooksets. 

I enjoy listening to that cool wining sound my Scorpion DCs make.

No music. It’s my time on the water. Something about hitting the water as the sun is just about to break the horizon and nothing but crickets. Oh,,,,,,,, and definitely a tight line.

By day,

it's the whistle & horn of a passing train.

The crazy call of a pair of loons in the distance.

The distinct cry of an eagle over head.

The grunt-snort-wheeze of a mature Whitetail on the bank.

A wide assortment of Ducks, Gulls, Geese and Turkey calls.

 

By night, 

it's the always wild & slightly unnerving screech & 'who' of an owl.

The piercing high pitch 'yeps' of a pack of coyotes way back in the woods.

The eternally startling tail splash of a beaver.

 And the Crickets and Spring Peepers are almost deafening. 

 

Can't imaging deliberately drowning any of that out.

A-Jay

 

I've got a 132gb card in my tablet - which I have my contour maps w/GPS running. At a background level, I have a mix of artists...nothing 'mainstream', so don't be ashamed to admit you don't know these groups.

https://www.iheart.com/artist/within-temptation-96285/songs/

https://www.iheart.com/artist/delain-60647/songs/

https://www.iheart.com/artist/nightwish-41847/songs/

https://www.iheart.com/artist/xandria-137651/songs/

https://www.iheart.com/artist/altan-3774/songs/

 

https://www.iheart.com/artist/capercaillie-79/songs/

https://www.iheart.com/artist/gaelic-storm-30364/songs/

 

Ya, I like a wide range of genres.

5 hours ago, A-Jay said:

The piercing high pitch 'yeps' of a pack of coyotes way back in the woods.

My GP, Hank was going crazy the other night while outside. It was one of those, I hear something or see something barks. I go out to see what’s got him triggered. There’s a pack of coyotes carrying on like nobody’s business ?. No matter how far away they are or the fact that they’re only coyotes they still make you stop in your tracks. 

8 minutes ago, 12poundbass said:

My GP, Hank was going crazy the other night while outside. It was one of those, I hear something or see something barks. I go out to see what’s got him triggered. There’s a pack of coyotes carrying on like nobody’s business ?. No matter how far away they are or the fact that they’re only coyotes they still make you stop in your tracks. 

It's a hard sound to miss.

We rarely see them but always hear them.

Them once it snow's, we are immediately reminded of how often and how closely - they 'visit'.

I think it's cool.

A-Jay

 

I do not listen to music while fishing and rather listen to the sounds of nature. Do listen to music while driving to the fishing location. I like country music, heavy metal, and other types of music.