Hated sounds of fishing

[AlabamaSpothunter]

When a Beaver slaps the water with the force of a thousand tsunamis in the middle of the night

[Darth-Baiter]

the sound of a leaf blower is 100x worse when I am holding the leaf blower.  

[AlabamaSpothunter]

1 minute ago, Darth-Baiter said:

the sound of a leaf blower is 100x worse when I am holding the leaf blower.  

I went electric, never looking back 

[you]

Several years ago, I would have answered 'jet skis'.

 

Then I encountered a fan boat. They are deafening. On a calm day in the gulf, they can wreck the soundscape from over a mile away. It's hard to imagine using one ethically outside of official wildlife management or law enforcement applications.

 

2 hours ago, ol'crickety said:

dropping pliers in my Kelvar canoe is the auditory equivalent of launching a flare

 

I can imagine! They make speaker cones from that stuff.

[galyonj]

Specific to bank fishing: human voices that aren't with me, especially if they're directed at me.

 

I don't care what you caught, and I don't care what you caught it on. Keep stepping.

[Kirtley Howe]

The sound of my line snapping while trying to get my $30.00 lure unsnagged. 

The sound of the prop on the boat as it hits that rock you didn't see.

The clean snap of a rod that broke for no reason.

The load splash as your fishing buddy falls into the water.

The load groan as you feel the barbs of the hooks sinking into your hand.

The sound of the jet ski as it zooms right through your fishing area.

The sound of lightning as it hits the tree 25 feet from you.

[ironbjorn]

People, music...and...a cast followed by a crunch sound...get to picking 

[Bankc]

The sound of B1-B bombers flying a few hundred feet overhead.  Lots of things are loud.  But few things are THAT loud!  Fishing next to an Air Force Base has a few downsides.  

 

Also, the sound of fighter jet breaking the sound barrier overhead.  It doesn't happen here, but it happened frequently when fishing at Proctor Lake in Texas in the 90's.  A plane would silently fly past, and you knew what was about to happen, and you still needed a change of pants.  

[NorthernBasser]

20 minutes ago, galyonj said:

 

 

I don't care what you caught, and I don't care what you caught it on. Keep stepping.

 

[Darth-Baiter]

38 minutes ago, AlabamaSpothunter said:

I went electric, never looking back 

i tried.  i spent my EB money on fishing stuff.  in general, it is the act of blowing leaves that bothers me.  

 

i need an electric blower badly.  i like it for preblowing excess water off my washed car before towel drying.  and it is the best way for me to clean my garage.  

[hunterPRO1]

"You don't need another rod!" 

                                               -Nagging Heifer, 2023.

[TnRiver46]

1 hour ago, Choporoz said:

I am so very ok with just letting them pile up.  My wife has always been of the the anti-pile-up persuasion.   However, she has recently been converted!  Hallelujah.   Two unrelated events/reasons:

1.  Early last fall I started what could have conceivably turned into a large forest fire when the leaves I was mulching (prior to blowing) piled up under front end of my John Deere and literally burst into flames.  This year, wife is good with letting them be.

2.  The next door neighbor that we share our cove with blows his leaves into the water....apparently, the resulting decaying muck isn't pleasant for wading and swimming, so wife is even more in the let-them-lay camp.  

During the gatlinburg 2016 fire, the bldgs that were spared were the ones people blew the leaves away from . Also my foundation stays way drier when I blow the leaves away from it 

[Choporoz]

@TnRiver46 I'm all for fire prevention and dry foundations!  I have trouble getting worked up about leaves on gravel drives and grass lawns.

[TnRiver46]

1 minute ago, Choporoz said:

@TnRiver46 I'm all for fire prevention and dry foundations!  I have trouble getting worked up about leaves on gravel drives and grass lawns.

I tried leaving them on my grass lawn, killed all the grass 

[gim]

5 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

I tried leaving them on my grass lawn, killed all the grass 

A certain amount of mulched leaves is fine.  What you can't do is nothing though.  A lawn covered in leaves will be deprived of air and eventually die.

 

I mulch most of mine but in a few spots I have to rake and bag them.  Like right under a couple of big maples.  I dump some of them in my garden for compost, but I haul a few bags to the compost site too.

 

Not sure why ya'll are so offended by a leaf blower lol.  It sounds just like an old 2-stroke outboard or a weed wacker or a lawn mower.  Small engines make noise.

[Swamp Girl]

1 hour ago, WRB said:

Making a cast in the dark using a crank bait and doesn’t land on the water. Deep guttural growls or a rattlesnake buzzing as you go to retrieve the snagged crank bait.

The sickening sound of the prop grinding on rocks.

 

Good ones, Tom!

 

1 hour ago, WRB said:

Telling your partner to get the net and the reply is where is it!

 

The best one, meaning the worst sound. 

[MickD]

Thunder

[Zcoker]

How about that awful hateful sound that a big everglades rock makes when busting into your new truck to retrieve the keys! 

 

 

 

 

 

[Swamp Girl]

1 minute ago, Zcoker said:

How about that awful hateful sound that a big everglades rock makes when busting into your new truck to retrieve the keys! 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Whoa, that is awful. 

[Functional]

Any other person, anywhere

 

the silence (and dread) after you swish your rod to get a jig out of the tree branch

 

The sound of said jig hissing through the air right past your head

 

The sound of my lure hitting anything other than water

 

The silence when I turn my motor key and nothing happens

 

EDIT: Those d**n flying dinosaurs

[T-Billy]

Lately... The clutch on my Daiwa Lexa WN engaging mid cast. I about threw that POS in the lake this morning. The newer Lexa HD's are AWESOME, the previous model, not so much.

[Mobasser]

The only sound I really hate is the " pop" when a bass has broken my line. It used to happen more often, now, not very much. Otherwise, I don't have any sounds I really hate about bass fishing. 

[thediscochef]

Birds nest #1

[Susky River Rat]

Other boats. The siren of the dam releasing water at 3am scares the life out of you. Crackheads on the bank. That sound of hitting the trolling motor or boat on rocks. 

[Fishlegs]

3 hours ago, AlabamaSpothunter said:

When a Beaver slaps the water with the force of a thousand tsunamis in the middle of the night

For real. I've just about fallen in the water multiple times from this. Sounds like someone dropping a bomb in the water.