Boat Pounding And Rock Tossers ? 2025
lanzbass reply :
I have seen people fishing that will clunk there pole down or stomp there feet in there boat while fishing...
Or others that are on shore throwing rocks into the water ... 
When I confront them about there actions most have said it was to spook the fish out of there holes !?
What have you seen or whats your opinion of this ? 
RoLo reply :
I can't say that I've ever encountered that, but a good defense would be
to make sure that 'their' holes and 'your' holes are different places.
Roger
A-Jay reply :
Spooking the fish out of their "Holes" may have merit as a solid angling tactic.
Especially if one could control what they did after they departed said "Hole".
Otherwise, presenting a bait directly to or in very close proximity to these magic fish holes, may be met with the desired results.
btw - I think I heard that KVD is coming out with a Red Eye Sexy Fish Hole Bait at next year's iCast.
A-Jay
K_Mac reply :
To quote Forrest Gump: Stupid is as stupid does.
Wayne P. reply :
Some think throwing stuff in the water excites the fish and gets them to bite.
dead end canal reply :
On 7/27/2015 at 12:01 AM, RoLo said:I can't say that I've ever encountered that, but a good defense might be
to make sure that 'their' holes and 'your' holes are in different places.
Roger
Good solid advice. The last thing you'd want is someone slinging rocks into your hole.
the reel ess reply :
Around here, in the days before most people owned trolling motors and a fishing boat was a 12' jon, old timers used to "circle stumps" with minnows and cane poles with the motor running in reverse. They claimed the noise attracted crappie. I've seen no evidence that it works. But as a kid we used to sometimes fish a spot in our pontoon with the motor running and if they bit, we would turn it off and throw out a cinder block anchor. I imagine they were just biting so well nothing would stop it.
Since then I am as quiet as can be. But sometimes nothing would stop a fish from biting. Sometimes nothing can pry its mouth open.
ww2farmer reply :
Some of the old timers around here used to drag their anchors or some other hunk of junk tied to there boat through the weeds to stir them up, dirty the water, and excite the baitfish, thereby, turning on the resident pike and bass....seems foolish to me, but they claimed it worked. I won't be doing it anytime soon.
everythingthatswims reply :
On 7/27/2015 at 1:26 AM, Wayne P. said:Some think throwing stuff in the water excites the fish and gets them to bite.
I heard that one of the striper guides on Smith Mountain Lake slams a broomstick on the side of his boat because "Only the little ones get spooked by it"
nosdog2 reply :
Throwing stuff never helped my golf game either.
Paul Roberts reply :
“Waking them up” CAN work: Lotsa ways it's been done.
scaleface reply :
I can see it working on unpressured fish or fish that live in a noisy environment anyway. I just know if I drop something in the floor of a jon boat , I'm probably not going to be catching a nice fish soon . If fish identify noise with a feeding opportunity then it will work. I have observed that heavy boat and barge traffic on the Mississippi river gets the bass active .
Nice_Bass reply :
Well I am not a believer...but google "clonk" and you will find some info.
J Francho reply :
The rock thing only bothers me when I'm fishing from shore. I tell them to do it somewhere else, or I leave.
A-Jay reply :
All these good ideas about waking up the fishes -
I think I'm going to try taking my anchor by the line and swinging it wildly over my head.
Once I get some serious momentum going ~ I'm going launch that sucker out there about 50 ft or so.
That ought to wake those little buggers right up.
A-Jay
RoLo reply :
On 7/27/2015 at 11:39 PM, A-Jay said:All these good ideas about waking up the fishes -
I think I'm going to try taking my anchor by the line and swinging it wildly over my head.
Once I get some serious momentum going ~ I'm going launch that sucker out there about 50 ft or so.
That ought to wake those little buggers right up.
A-Jay
I lose a lot of anchors doing that! 
Mostly in the trees.
Roger
dead end canal reply :
On 7/27/2015 at 11:23 PM, Nice_Bass said:Well I am not a believer...but google "clonk" and you will find some info.
I googled it...and saw a man kiss a huge catfish right on the lips.
Senko lover reply :
Maybe Hydrowave or Livingston should come out with the "rock chunk" sound, programmable along with "baitfish" and "crawfish." In fact, I bet that would really help Randy Howell win another classic.....
A-Jay reply :
On 7/27/2015 at 11:48 PM, RoLo said:I lose a lot of anchors doing that!
Mostly in the trees.
Roger
OK ~ Good Tip.
Thanks Roger.
I'll have to remember that one . . .
A-Jay
Canyon explorer reply :
I don't believe in most of that stuff, However if you dip your lures in spunk water ( in the top of an old stump), and do not allow bananas in the boat you will catch more fish.
A-Jay reply :
On 7/28/2015 at 2:40 AM, Canyon explorer said:I don't believe in most of that stuff, However if you dip your lures in spunk water ( in the top of an old stump), and do not allow bananas in the boat you will catch more fish.
Ok - So Spunk Water then.
We're getting all kinds of crazy up in here now . . . .
Top of an Old Log . . . where does the "spunk" come from and do you think Bobby could add it to Megastrike ? ? ?
A-Jay
J Francho reply :
Spunk is an old English term..
Big C reply :
If somone is making too much noise with their boat, I throw rocks at them. Does that count? 
dead end canal reply :
On 7/28/2015 at 2:57 AM, J Francho said:Spunk is an old English term..
Ah, It's all becoming clear now. I'm familiar with olde English.
Chug some of this and you'll be throwing rocks, too.
lanzbass reply :
On 7/27/2015 at 11:23 PM, Nice_Bass said:Well I am not a believer...but google "clonk" and you will find some info.
Interesting find..
Clunk or clonk mean basically, the same thing ...
I wonder which way the fish hear it...
gardnerjigman reply :
In all seriousness, a lake I fished often had some beg flats that would be over ran with hydrilla. We would idle or troll through making a path, turn right around and start fishing it. Put A LOT of fish in the boat that way.
RoLo reply :
On 7/28/2015 at 1:40 AM, dead end canal said:I googled it...and saw a man kiss a huge catfish right on the lips.
For the benefit of the youngsters, that's non-other than Clint Eastwood ("Make my day, punk").
cgolf reply :
it does relieve some frustration some times, you just need to remember to throw them in the direction you are going to be walking;)On 7/27/2015 at 10:59 AM, nosdog2 said:Throwing stuff never helped my golf game either.
I did read somewhere that in the swamps/backwaters the would do this for I believe crappie, maybe bass, but pretty sure crappie. Not sure why it would work though.
Big C reply :
On 7/28/2015 at 6:59 AM, RoLo said:For the benefit of the youngsters, that's non-other than Clint Eastwood ("Make my day, punk").
That's only a couple (dozen) years away from "Rawhide".
RoLo reply :
On 7/28/2015 at 8:51 AM, Big C said:That's only a couple (dozen) years away from "Rawhide".
Reminds me of a drifter named Rowdy Yates.
Big C reply :
Never did listen to trail boss Gill Faver. But, if he got too out of line Josh Randall ("Wanted Dead Or Alive") would set him straight. You know who played Josh Randall, right? No Googling.
RoLo reply :
On 7/28/2015 at 9:27 AM, Big C said:Never did listen to trail boss Gill Faver. But, if he got too out of line Josh Randall ("Wanted Dead Or Alive") would set him straight.
You know who played Josh Randall, right? No Googling.
No, I don't
But now that you mentioned 'trail boss' Gill Favor, he was my favorite.
When he got fired up, his voice would rise in volume and pitch to a crescendo.
In truth, I found Favor more interesting than Eastwood. From what I've heard,
instead of using a stuntman, Gill drowned doing his own scene, but that's only hearsay.
Roger
Big C reply :
On 7/28/2015 at 10:40 AM, RoLo said:No, I don't
But now that you mentioned 'trail boss' Gill Favor, he was my favorite.
When he got fired up, his voice would rise in volume and pitch to a crescendo.
In truth, I found Favor more interesting than Eastwood. From what I've heard,
instead of using a stuntman, Gill drowned doing his own scene, but that's only hearsay.
Roger
It was Steve McQueen.
It is funny about Eastwood he was a little stiff when he was young.
Did not know that about Gill, but I can see it happening.
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