Music in the boat?

[BaitMonkey1984]

Always listen to music. My ranger didn't have one when I bought it. Put in a nice Kenwood deck and some really nice speakers under the console. The only issue is the speakers under the drivers side console face backwards, so I have to crank it for me to hear up on the trolling motor. If someone's fishing on the back deck, it is impossible to hear one another and listen to the music. O well, you live and learn. 

[Master Bait'r]

I like to have some old school reggae playing really softly.  

[Catch 22]

Fresh water ==never

 

salt water drifting for flounder in 60' of water == yes

[RJD1]

Music is not a problem unless it is rap!!

[Hurricane]

Reeled in the biggest fish of my life this past summer (Musky) with Godsmack playing on the radio on my brother in laws brand new Lund... 

[hawgenvy]

I prefer the glorious sounds of nature, which in my case is largely the mosquitoes buzzing my ears, and the  smacking sound when I instinctively smash and miss one on my neck. Sometimes nature blesses us with a lengthy melodious flatus, occasionally heard on quiet mornings from as far away as the next boat. It often ensues from a good hook set, and so is truly the music of angling success. One sadly misses these gems when the boater turns on real music.

Anyway, I have a question for those who believe music can attract fish: What sort of music do bass enjoy most, and what genre whets their appetites, or makes them more aggressive? I once heard they adore John Denver (for some reason) but it is rumored to make them passive and less hungry, so I wouldn't risk it if I were you.

[herbu]

Can't tell you how much I love the ski & wakeboard boats with a stereo to rival my home theater.  And apparently the volume automatically gets louder as the motor revs... like the setting in many car stereos.  I'm convinced it is why the Army Corp of Engineers doesn't allow firearms on my lake.  Wise move.  You can literally hear these numbskulls coming a mile away.

[lo n slo]

i can do with or without it. i rarely listen to music when i'm fishing alone. i have tuned in to some ncaa march madness, nascar, and college football while fishing. i have a friend that always has to have the radio or pandora on and we catch just as many fish, doesn't really seem to make any difference.

what i do hate is a fricken cell phone. i know we have to have them but all i want to do is fish. i dont want to text, chat, tweet, talk, lol, or holla backatcha.......just fishing.

fishing

[bonzai22]

My first boat didn't have a radio but the one I am getting soon does. I will probably listen to the cardinals game if I am just fun fishing but that's about it.

[AQUA VELVA]

That's a very interesting question. I can listen to music while doing most anything else except for fishing, then it becomes distracting. To me, fishing is a world unto it's self and I don't like outside intrusions.

[RCCA]

I don't listen anymore cause I'm too serious now. I remember a time when I did and caught a ton. Maybe I need the subtle distraction? I believe bass love Don Williams  

[NorcalBassin]

Usually not needed due to all the fun banter, but if I'm out with just me and the dog I like to have some sports talk radio on.

[Junk Fisherman]

I always have my ipod with a bunch sports podcasts that I listen to throughout the day since I mostly fish alone.  I usually don't listening till later in the day if I start getting a little bored.  I don't ever play music out loud.

[Last_Cast]

I like listening to music while fishing, not too loud though, I like to hear whats going around me.

[tiredbobmarley]

Definitely have a waterproof Bluetooth speaker always playing tunes or streaming the Orioles game at a reasonable volume.  Nothing better than listening to the baseball game and watching the sun go down from your boat with a rod in your hand and a cold one at your feet.....

[Bass newb]

I saw a kid jamming out to some music and he caught a hell of a lot more fish than I did.

 

I don't want to hear mankind sounds while I'm fishing though.

[the reel ess]

I don't like it. I've fished with a few people who insist upon having it. That's not a problem. The lake I grew up fishing on had horrible radio reception all over it. It's just now getting a good enough cell signal for me to make a call from the lake.

I just like to listen to nature. Several guys have told me I need a radio. I never even thought about that. I need a newer graph, a better trolling motor and maybe 10 more rods first.

[Derekbass02]

I win the award for simpelest answer. Here it is... NO

[Airman4754]

Sometimes we do, sometimes we don't. It has zero effect on the fishing. 

[Cgolf]

When I am out alone I have my iPod on playing through the internal speaker on deck at a level so that I can just hear it, but not much louder. I still like to be able to hear the wildlife and fish busting on the surface near me. 

Surprised that some find it distracting, I actually find the opposite. When the inevitable lull in the bite happens, the music helps to keep my mind from wandering so I don't whiff when I get that first strike in an hour. 

A little off topic but the coolest sound I ever heard on the water was the air over an Eagles wings as it came in to grab a perch of the water not ten yards from the boat, really awesome to witness.

 

[BuckMaxx]

Bottleneck YouTube him

[ww2farmer]

More times than not I have my ipod with me............and when it's with me, I listen to it about 1/2 the time. If it's peaceful and quiet on the lake, I do not. When the background noise is jet skies, wake boats, or drunken morons hollering "weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee" or playing their radios loud enough for the whole county to hear, in it goes. When the wind gets whipping I also use it, I hate the sound of wind in my ears. During tournament I have used it a few times to "settle down" OR drown out the complaining of my partner.

[WPCfishing]

Never

[Toeshots]

I enjoy having music out on the boat. Just adds to the overall experience for me. 

Fishing. Music. A couple cold beers on a hot day.

Good times.