6 hours ago, Crestliner2008 said:

When I'm out on the water, the only sounds I am interested in listening to is nature.

 

6 hours ago, Bankbeater said:

I don't have anything playing while fishing.  I like to hear when the fish jump.

^^^ These.

Now, if you are worried fish may react negatively well ....... that´s why headphones were invented, to keep your music personal.

The only time the radio comes on is to listen to music when we're swimming/floating, or when the Royals are playing.

No way. I don't even want it in my head. I hunt a lot too, and at times it can take a couple days to get the traffic, music, and all that other noise out of my system. 

When I'm fishing I'm only in the mood for fishing, nothing else.

When this came up one time a while back, I made the comment that I don't play music when I'm fishing and I don't want to hear yours.  

Some guy raked me over the coals for having a bad attitude.  But, I still stand by my earlier comment.

Thanks for all the replies!  The wife bought me a Bluetooth speaker to use on my boat.  I don't mind music, but wouldn't turn it up loud enough to be distracting, I don't think.  Guess I will just have to give it a try and see.

17 minutes ago, DaveT63 said:

Thanks for all the replies!  The wife bought me a Bluetooth speaker to use on my boat.  I don't mind music, but wouldn't turn it up loud enough to be distracting, I don't think.  Guess I will just have to give it a try and see.

Turn on the Bluetooth speaker at the volume you would use. Leave it on the dock and move off across the lake. See how far you can travel when you stop hearing it.

For some terrible reason, i think rocking out to five finger death punch's new album may spook some fish....:-), it would really depend on what im fishing for.

I usually bring my over the ear earbuds and run the cord up through my shirt and have one earbud in and the other clipped to my shirt so I can still carry on a conversation, hear fish jump etc. Your surroundings are too important in my opinion to completely drown everything out.

I always wanted to do an Apocalypse Now thing and blast Flight of the Valkrie . 

I don't know how it would affect the fish. Coming from a small speaker probably not at all, but from a bigger system built into the boat I would think might have some adverse affects. I don't think you'll ever catch any music coming out of my boat though. The sounds of being on the lake, the wildlife rustling on the bank, the eagles flying overhead, fish splashing, or bullfrogs croaking. I also think it doesn't let you catch those little things, like the sound of the fish jumping. Fishing without it makes me feel more in tune with what's going on around me. 

For those who do listen to music, please be considerate and either use headphones or keep it on very low as sound carries a lot farther over water than it does any other place. 

definitely agree with scaleface, always enjoy listening to a little cardinal baseball in the boat. Never tried jamming out to anything while bass fishing but if it's not blaring id say it wouldnt effect anything

When I'm outside doing stuff I tend to have a radio close by. I think it's more habit than anything else. When I'm fishing it's different though as I love the quiet. Being around people all the time with phones,cars,traffic,and such gets to me and I start to feel stressed out. A few hours of quiet time with a rod in my hands is like therapy for me so I leave the music at the house when I'm fishing.

15 minutes ago, WIGuide said:

For those who do listen to music, please be considerate and either use headphones or keep it on very low as sound carries a lot farther over water than it does any other place. 

X2

Nope....you want to?  Cool.......just don't blast me outta off the water with it.  I want to hear nature or the voices in my head

Never, ever.

But I once listened to a Buffalo Bills broadcast
with my iPhone headphones...

Nature is all I want to hear. Don't like hearing 
tunes blasted from other boats, either. People
don't often realize how much the sound carries
over the water....

Slayer.

Bass love Lynyrd Skynyrd

Doesn't bother me one way or the other & it doesn't bother the fish

30 minutes ago, Catt said:

Bass love Lynyrd Skynyrd

Doesn't bother me one way or the other & it doesn't bother the fish

I love playing "swamp music" when I head out to fish!

I bank fish and love the peace and quiet, plus I fish with all my senses, couldn't fathom hearing music while fishing.

I'm there to fish. If I wanna hear music, I can do that at home. Last thing I want are distractions.

Occasionally. Especially lake cypress springs. Party lake =party bass

Even Cardinal baseball is unlikely unless it is in September or October. I love music but not in my boat!

I don't listen to the radio while on the water.

the radio didn't work when I bought the boat......so I bought a new one and replaced it......just because I'm a little retentetive.....I just like everything that's suppose to work, to work.

No big speakers or anything but sometimes I'll play something on my phone while I'm paddling to my next spot. Not loud at all.