I don't need to listen to my music while I'm fishing and I especially don't need to hear someone else's music while I'm fishing.  If they use earbuds or whatever, more power to them.

20 hours ago, Wizzlebiz said:

Understood.  So I went like I had said and fished without music. The results were stellar tbh. I noticed things I was not noticing before. I heard fish in areas I was not fishing. And due to it I caught 4 large mouth and my PB. So thank you. 

Well....there you go....lol

3 hours ago, OCdockskipper said:

I never advocated for you to do something different.  I was addressing your comparison of fishing to driving a car, which was comparing apples to oranges.

I don't agree with that.  Both require concentration, both require constant adjustments, both require observation of surroundings for possible interactions, and both are enjoyable experiences that I have loved my whole life.  Music enhances all experience for me.  They are more similar than different, and I would include my cycle in the equation.  I love cars, cycles, bass boats, and horses, music just adds to all.  That's my experience, and I have been at it a long time, obviously it's not yours, and you can do whatever you want!  I'm out on this discussion!  

50 minutes ago, geo g said:

I don't agree with that.  Both require concentration, both require constant adjustments, both require observation of surroundings for possible interactions...

No disagreement there, but what you are missing is that people on this forum go fishing to go fishing, while 99% of the time, people drive a car in order to accomplish something else.  That makes them different activities, the first being recreation the second being a chore.

 

Again, I only bring this up to answer your original assertion that listening to music while fishing is the same as listening to music in your car.  They aren't.  In the latter, music can bring enjoyment to what may be an otherwise mundane task.

 

But again, do whatever you want & enjoy.

On 8/17/2019 at 11:19 AM, Wizzlebiz said:

Listening to music while bass fishing

Nope.  Never. 

I don't care if you do listen to music, but like @A-Jay, @Scott F, @WRB and many others above, I care a LOT if you make me listen, too.  It is rarely the more serious fishermen, but the pleasure boats' and more casual fishermens' music can put me in a foul mood....wish I could ignore it, but some days it is pretty bad

24 minutes ago, Choporoz said:

Nope.  Never. 

I don't care if you do listen to music, but like @A-Jay, @Scott F, @WRB and many others above, I care a LOT if you make me listen, too.  It is rarely the more serious fishermen, but the pleasure boats' and more casual fishermens' music can put me in a foul mood....wish I could ignore it, but some days it is pretty bad

Didn’t you say you were moving to Douglas lake? I feel like I should warn you of constant wake boat traffic with crazy loud music. Sometimes on a weeknight well after dark!  But it does all stop for the most part when they drop the lake starting in September 

I don’t listen to music much when I fish...but when I do I listen to bluegrass!! ?

I do not like to listen to music when fishing. Don't like listening to

others doing so, either. Sound carries crazy well across the water,

and I'm not a big fan of country either, @FishTank, which is what

I hear the most  ....

 

As others said, I echo, sounds of nature = best music on the H20, IMO.

On 8/19/2019 at 8:25 PM, N Florida Mike said:

I don’t listen to music much when I fish...but when I do I listen to bluegrass!! ?

I like bluegrass too. Flatt and Scruggs are my all time favorite

They are great. Them and The Stanley brothers are my favorite. My favorite newer group is blue highway. 

I used to love it when Roland Martin had bluegrass instrumentals as his back up music on his shows...

I was listening to "Here I Go Again" by Whitesnake when I caught my PB.

16 minutes ago, Harold Scoggins said:

I was listening to "Here I Go Again" by Whitesnake when I caught my PB.

 

Interesting - 

I listen to that same song when I'm in here . . .

A-Jay

The bass are sensitive to noise. The big double digit bass are near the shoreline feeding in the dark and low light conditions. To walk up near the shoreline we must be stealthy how we walk and fish. No noise. Very quiet.

Never listen to music when I fish - plus it pops up in the background when I video my fishing and get those stupid youtube copyright notices so I skip it. But I love when a fishing boat passes me and they have the game on the radio, which is odd since I don't follow any professional sports at all.