Listening to music while bass fishing 2024

Wizzlebiz reply :

So I was wondering what the thoughts are about music while bass fishing. I understand they can feel vibration with the lateral lines. But can they hear?

Any issues with ear buds? If so any issues with just one earbud in so I can hear both my surroundings and my music?

Probably rudimentary but I am curious on the different thoughts on this.

If you do listen to music what is your favorite bass fishing music. I have to say mine is Floyd, Zeplin or doors type music.

Thanks.

Yumeya reply :

I've caught some of my biggest bass while listening to music on my boat.

Sometimes I think it attracts them

I destoryed the Smallmouth last summer with a crankbait while listening to Metallica.

Headbanging at 5am while slaying smallmouth....nothing better

Bluebasser86 reply :

I like listening to the sounds of nature and have caught quite untold numbers of fish that tipped me off because of their splashes or feeding sounds they've made that I wouldn't have heard if I was listening to music.

Dirtyeggroll reply :

I have listened to probably hundreds of hours of medical school lectures while fishing. ????

MN Fisher reply :

I have a music app running in the background on my tablet - which is my GPS/Mapping unit. Low enough to hear what's going on around me, but loud enough so that sometimes I'm singing along with a favorite.

Tracker22 reply :

Bill dance says that 90 something percent of sound is reflected off the top of the water, thereby not affecting the fish at all.

LonnieP reply :

Music playing while fishing would be a huge distraction for me. It irritates me when I can hear it from the pontoon and pleasure boats from a distance.

Catt reply :

Doesn't bother me one way or another! ????

JediAmoeba reply :

About 90% of the time I listen to music. I fish a fair amount at night and unless I am fishing topwater it let's me tune out everything else...including the beavers slamming their tails. Lol

MN Fisher reply :

On 8/17/2019 at 10:03 AM, Wizzlebiz said:

If you do listen to music what is your favorite bass fishing music. I have to say mine is Floyd, Zeplin or doors type music.

Forgot to answer this one earlier - I'm heavy into Symphonic Metal right now...Within Temptation, Nightwish, Tarja. Note that these artists are almost unknown this side of 'The Pond'.

JediAmoeba reply :

I listen to Punk Rock.

12poundbass reply :

I prefer to listen to nature. That being said this video is interesting.

Hammer 4 reply :

No musica when I'm fishing, although I may hum a few bars of some songs..

The Bassman reply :

No music on the water. Whatever I was listening to on XM while driving gets stuck in my head, though. Kinda fun fighting a bass to Van Halen "Jump".

lo n slo reply :

On 8/17/2019 at 10:50 AM, Catt said:

Doesn't bother me one way or another! ????

same here

i usually don’t when i fish alone but when i fish with my cousin we almost always do ( haggard, hank williams, etc ) i have listened to everything from march madness basketball, to nascar, to college and nfl football while fishing.

Catt reply :

@lo n slo Aint nuthin can distract me from fishing ????

Jaderose reply :

Fishing for me is about waaaaay more than catching fish. It's about a disconnect from the modern world. I carry no cell phone, no camera. The boat I fish from most of the time has no electronics of any kind with the exception of a trolling motor. The lake I fish has no pleasure boaters. 70% of the time, I'm the only boat on the lake. I need that disconnect. My soundtrack is nature. I went with a buddy one time that insisted on playing music and was miserable. I couldn't get into the head space I like to be in to fish. I'm not really thinking, I'm just reacting to my surroundings and conditions. Relying on experience and muscle memory. That's a good place

Mobasser reply :

I don't listen to music while I fish. I just like it quiet. If I did listen it would probably be old school country. Merle, Hank, Buck, and Johnny Cash

flatcreek reply :

If it makes em bite I will.

Todd2 reply :

Usually no music here. I do listen to some college Football sometimes. I just prefer it quiet.

haggard reply :

On 8/17/2019 at 8:12 PM, Mobasser said:

I don't listen to music while I fish. I just like it quiet. If I did listen it would probably be old school country. Merle, Hank, Buck, and Johnny Cash

^^^

A-Jay reply :

I am not a fan of listening to 'music' while bass fishing.

My version of the outdoor experience never includes it.

When I'm hunting big brown bass, music seems counter productive.

As for ear buds - can't imagine deliberately blocking out the audio environment.

Too much to miss, from an angling, nature & safely stand point.

And for the anglers who feel differently, I'm totally good with that.

However, the select few who selfishly feel the need to subject me to their 'music' from 100 yards away,

I can do without.

#justturnitdown

YMMV

:checkitout:

A-Jay

moguy1973 reply :

I am also not a fan of playing music while fishing. As others have said I let the outdoors play my sound track for me. I go fishing to get away from all the noise of everyday life.

scaleface reply :

I prefer not to listen to music . I listen to cardinal baseball if I have a radio .

FishTank reply :

I am 47, been fishing pretty much my whole life and have never listened to music when I fish. I can listen to music anytime but I can't fish anytime I want. I just don't put the two together. To me it sort takes away from being out in nature, away from work. It does drive me absolutely crazy though when I see a fisherman (see one almost every week fishing tournaments) playing country music at full blast on a lake. Sorry to say, I am not fan of country and I think if you want to listen to it, fine, at least respect the others fishing with you or near you. If you're pleasure boating, I say go for it. You are there to have a good time. I really have never had an issue with anyone doing this but oddly its just other fisherman.

moguy1973 reply :

On 8/17/2019 at 10:21 PM, scaleface said:

I prefer not to listen to music . I listen to cardinal baseball if I have a radio .

Go Cards! Go Blues!

Log Catcher reply :

I don't listen to music while fishing. The only time I had a radio on the boat was a weather radio to listen to occasionally to check weather conditions. I prefer to let nature be my sounds to listen to. I was fishing a creek the other day. Came across another fellow in his boat fishing. We stopped and talked for a while and had a very nice conversation. That probably wouldn't have happened if either one of us had a radio turned on.

Wizzlebiz reply :

On 8/17/2019 at 7:13 PM, Jaderose said:

Fishing for me is about waaaaay more than catching fish. It's about a disconnect from the modern world. I carry no cell phone, no camera. The boat I fish from most of the time has no electronics of any kind with the exception of a trolling motor. The lake I fish has no pleasure boaters. 70% of the time, I'm the only boat on the lake. I need that disconnect. My soundtrack is nature. I went with a buddy one time that insisted on playing music and was miserable. I couldn't get into the head space I like to be in to fish. I'm not really thinking, I'm just reacting to my surroundings and conditions. Relying on experience and muscle memory. That's a good place

I have yet to not listen to music while fishing. But I see your point. Its is 8am and im heading out to the lake. I am going to try no music today and see how it goes!

MIbassyaker reply :

I love music, and enjoy listening to almost anything, especially live. But i can listen to music everywhere else: in the car, at home, at work, walking around the neighborhood, at social or community events.

What I don't get do to much-- other than when I'm on the water-- is unplug, check out, and surround myself with the sounds of the outdoors. As far as I'm concerned, the sound of a natural environment is it's own sort of music...and it's live.

geo g reply :

When you drive a car do you listen to music? You have to concentrate while driving, so it doesn't negatively effect my fishing. If it's early in the morning and I want to hear the sounds of nature I won't turn on music. But the rest of the day I will listen to it because I enjoy music. Sound carries on water so I don't play it loud. If I'm approaching other fisherman I will turn it down. When fishing gets tough, it sometimes gives me different rhythms from different music I'm listening too, until I find a pattern in my movements that the fish like. It relaxes me which is important in fishing. I usually listen to 70's and 80's music, and modern country. Fishing and music are two of my favorite things in life!

haggard reply :

On 8/17/2019 at 8:12 PM, Mobasser said:

I don't listen to music while I fish. I just like it quiet. If I did listen it would probably be old school country. Merle, Hank, Buck, and Johnny Cash

https://www.wideopencountry.com/merle-haggards-beloved-boat-returns-home-to-his-son/

Sphynx reply :

Usually no, but I am an avid sports fan and if my fishing times overlap a sporting event I am interested in I will absolutely listen to the baseball or football game while fishing

GreenPig reply :

When it's windy and I'm alone I've got one ear bud in listening to classical, country, rock, or metal. The waves hitting my little aluminum boat gets old quickly. No rap music. No rap music. The BASS GODS hate rap music.???? On a calm day/night no music for me.

Jaderose reply :

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

I have yet to not listen to music while fishing. But I see your point. Its is 8am and im heading out to the lake. I am going to try no music today and see how it goes!

I'm not advocating for or against music while fishing. It's just not for me. Hell, one of my other hobbies is refurbing old stereo equipment AND I'm working on a putting together a weekly radio show to air on a local radio station so it's not like I dislike music....lol. My GARAGE stereo system is better than most people will ever have in their homes

OCdockskipper reply :

On 8/18/2019 at 9:26 AM, geo g said:

When you drive a car do you listen to music?

Yes, however I am not driving the car in order to enjoy the experience of driving the car. Driving the car is typically a mundane process I am doing in order to get somewhere, it is a chore if you will (especially in Southern California) and music is a pleasant distraction from doing it. If I was driving a race car, I probably wouldn't listen to music and instead just focus on the intense experience of driving at a high rate of speed.

And like JadeRose, I am not advocating against people listening for music. I own a home theater company, it would cost me money if folks stopped listening to music while doing stuff around the house .

NHBull reply :

By myself, no music

With my fishing partner, no music

With someone I envite on to balance the boat, no music

With my family they can listen to both country or western, very low.????

Since I am still adjusting to new hearing aids, almost everything is a distraction ????

Wizzlebiz reply :

On 8/18/2019 at 10:05 PM, Jaderose said:

I'm not advocating for or against music while fishing. It's just not for me. Hell, one of my other hobbies is refurbing old stereo equipment AND I'm working on a putting together a weekly radio show to air on a local radio station so it's not like I dislike music....lol. My GARAGE stereo system is better than most people will ever have in their homes

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.

keagbassr reply :

Never music but back in the day before all this digital crapola I would bring a portable t.v. and watch football while I fished. Never noticed that it hurt my catching.

BassWhole! reply :

Listening to music while bass fishing

No, not because I think it will scare fish, but because when I'm fishing, I'm fishing. Same with beer, cigars, etc.

Bankbeater reply :

I usually don’t listen to anything while fishing. When I’m out on the water I like to hear what is going on around me. Sometimes those thunderstorms pop up behind me.

BuzzHudson19c reply :

No music for me. Fishing is the entertainment.

geo g reply :

On 8/19/2019 at 2:14 AM, OCdockskipper said:

Yes, however I am not driving the car in order to enjoy the experience of driving the car. Driving the car is typically a mundane process I am doing in order to get somewhere, it is a chore if you will (especially in Southern California) and music is a pleasant distraction from doing it. If I was driving a race car, I probably wouldn't listen to music and instead just focus on the intense experience of driving at a high rate of speed.

And like JadeRose, I am not advocating against people listening for music. I own a home theater company, it would cost me money if folks stopped listening to music while doing stuff around the house .

Do whatever you want, I do what I want. It makes me happy and relaxed and that's the only thing important!

Yakalong reply :

Early in the morning I like the quiet, however, as the lake picks up with traffic I love my tunes. I don't think bass care one way or another about the music.

NYWayfarer reply :

Nature is all the music I need.

I vividly remember my college psychology professor in the 80’s railing against the Walkman generation and how they “tune out” life by listening to music 24/7. He had a point that stuck with me. What happened to being alone with ones thoughts?

I find fishing a great time to think about life and all my blessings. I love music, just not when I am fishing.

Scott F reply :

I never listen to music while fishing. While driving to the river and back, definitely. I also don’t want to hear yours or anybody else’s music while I’m fishing either.

WRB reply :

Doesn't bother the fish but boom box blaring music from wake boats bother me!

I enjoy being outdoors without adding any music.

Tom

DanielG reply :

In the early morning I listen to the morning news on local public radio the later on a little soft rock maybe. Sometimes I just turn it off.

I've got a stereo on the boat.

stratoliner92 reply :

For over 20yrs I never listened to anything. Now I always listen to different podcast on my phone with or without earbuds. Fish don't seem to care but I'm not using a stereo built-in boat either, I imagine if I cranked up some AC/DC the fish would care ????

OCdockskipper reply :

On 8/19/2019 at 8:12 AM, geo g said:

Do whatever you want, I do what I want. It makes me happy and relaxed and that's the only thing important!

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.

TnRiver46 reply :

I usually listen to music while fishing, unless I forget my Bluetooth speaker. One time late in the evening a boat kept drifting closer and closer to me so I turned down the volume and asked the guy if he was having any luck fishing. He said "no, I was just trying to listen to that solid country gold you had playing!" I will turn down any music except for Willie Nelson. Them's fightin' words!!!!!!

Ratherbfishing reply :

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.

Jaderose reply :

On 8/19/2019 at 4:37 AM, 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

geo g reply :

On 8/19/2019 at 10:50 PM, 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!

OCdockskipper reply :

On 8/20/2019 at 2:04 AM, 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.

Choporoz reply :

On 8/17/2019 at 11:19 PM, 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

TnRiver46 reply :

On 8/20/2019 at 3:17 AM, 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

N Florida Mike reply :

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

Darren. reply :

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.

Mobasser reply :

On 8/20/2019 at 9:25 AM, 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

N Florida Mike reply :

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...

Harold Scoggins reply :

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

A-Jay reply :

On 8/21/2019 at 11:32 AM, 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 . . .

:smiley:

A-Jay

bigbill reply :

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.

HenryPF reply :

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.

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