Talking While Fishing

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hey. when fishing with a partner, do you usually talk, or are you quiet and tring to make as little noise as possible?? me, i always fish with my best friend, or my dad.... and we are never quiet, we talk about everything... with my dad its the only time i have alone with him, due to work schedules we rarely are at home at the same time, and never alone... so fishing is just an excuse to hang out with him and spend some quality time... i dont know if that affects the number of fish we get, but i dont really care.... when we go hunting we try to be semi-quiet, but fishing is just a time to relax and talk for us....

what about you??? does noise affects the numer of fish you boat???

[Talmadge]

i always talk while fishing i dont think it makes a difference while i=on my boat we even have music playing sometimes and we are still catching fish

["BRB"]

it does seem like I do get more when I'm by my-self. I don't no if its the noise or I'm more focus on fishing. Like you I enjoy fishing with my dad and we are anything but quit. We laugh and joke around more then fish. But I know fishing trips with him are numbered so I take a few less fish and spend more time with my dad when ever I can.

[SirSnookalot]

I fish 2 ways, serious and for fun. When I'm fishing serious I want no noise at all, I don't any one even close to me. When I'm on the jettie or fishing with a buddy, it's fun time. I'm probably more interested in my buddy catching fish than me, I catch nice fish almost everyday so it's no big deal. Much of the time I'm walking around on the jettie just ***ting, I can't tell you how many times I hand my rod with snook on to a little kid.

[LWD]

Bass hear best at 100hz, all the way up to 600hz. I avoid heavy thumps, on bottom of boat etc. But conversation is alright. I would fish with my dad but he has his own spot I have mine. Sometimes I'll go and check if he caught anything.

[Jig Man]

I don't like to fish with people who talk a lot. It is distracting and I want to put all my concentration into knowing when I get a pickup. I also don't look more than a few feet above the waterline so I never see the eagles, etc.

[FL_Sharpshooter]

Talking while fishing doesn't bother me at all. I will agree though that it does cut out a lot of your concentration. Then again, if I wanted to be serious, I would fish alone . I like the social time.

[Bluebasser86]

Fishing with my friends or my dad wouldn't be nearly as fun without some good natured ribbing and story telling. I can talk and fish at the same time without getting very distracted from either and I don't feel like the talking turns the fish off very much.

[A-Jay]

There have been many a times when I've lost a good fish or two, that I end up talking to myself !

A-Jay

[clayton86]

I always talk when out I'm always with my nephew so its usualy smack talk lol

[ww2farmer]

I mesh pretty well with the guys I fish with, so we are usually talking all the time, fun fishing, tournaments, etc.... it dosen't matter.

[LCpointerKILLA]

talk. its important to have fun. your positive energy will catch more bass than being bored and quiet. I couldnt stand going fishing inshore with my uncle growing up for sheepshead, he used to make me and my friends be silent, although it was probably just to shut us up and bring him some peace!

[Dwight Hottle]

There have been many a times when I've lost a good fish or two, that I end up talking to myself !

A-Jay

Yes I have had that one sided conversation myself!

[grimlin]

Yup,I talk.....specially when I have my buddy with me. We have fun.He's an older retired guy and we enjoy each others company. If I want total peace and quiet I'll go by myself.

[brushhoggin]

i dont think it effects the fishing but i sure as hell missed a big fish this morning reelin my crank bait in while talkin to my buddy down the bank a ways. i think i thought it snagged something at the time so i just stood there staring until the line went slack again and i saw a huge wake. i blamed my buddy for talking to me.

[Avid Angler FL]

From what I've heard, 99% of sound waves from talking or from regular noise deflect off of the water's surface, and if you're on a boat, and you're stepping lightly and not dropping things, you should be alright. It's not a matter or silence that I think effects my fishing, it's the concentration as others have said. I can concentrate pretty well when I'm fishing with my friends though.

[Skeet22]

I was in the boat with Boyd Duckett on the final day of this past classic when he boated the heaviest sack of the classic at 28 lbs and I can tell you the dude talked the entire time. When he was not talking to me he had a camera man drilling him. I guess those guys are so good its just second nature to them. I even asked him if he gets ticked that he is fishing the biggest tournament in the world and he keeps getting interupted by the camera boat every 15 minutes. He said its just part of the deal and handled it very well and said if it were not for the sponsors and fans there would not be where they are so it is the least he can do..

[Facepalmmaster]

Talking is the only way I ever fish, if im not fishing with someone it's too boring. I don't like to talk a lot, but I don't like it when it's dead quite. I talk while fishing a lot and I still catch good amounts of fish.

[endless]

I talk most of time like some say smack talk with my brother. We battle back and forth when together. I even play low music when we fish together or when alone I put my earplugs in. The music help my keep peace in mind. Me and my brother we talk about whatever also doesn't have to relate to fishing. It's also nice having someone along to blame also like Brushhoggin says, lol. I even have to keep my bluetooth in the ear cause I know almost every 20 minutes or less the wife will be calling!

[Jigfishn10]

Depends on who I'm with. If I'm with a buddy who knows how to fish then we yuk it up and have fun, but If I'm with a buddy who doesn't know how to fish then it's a different story. They tend to have short attention span and want me to get them to a spot and have instant results. I hate fishing with those peeps only because it's not fishing at that point. I'd rather get skunked and fish, than the "I'll last 2 casts" guys.

[Jigfishn10]

There have been many a times when I've lost a good fish or two, that I end up talking to myself !

A-Jay

I can actually visualize this happening! ROFL

[Big-O]

Too much noise in the boat is one thing but for gosh sakes TALK!!! You're gonna talk about fishing most of the time anyway and there's so much to learn from others. Many of us older folks have fished by ourselves a lot and we realize that sharing our fishing experiences with others when possible is much more rewarding. If you can walk and chew gum successfully, talking while your fishing is a "CAKE WALK"

Big O

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[marinetech]

Big O is right , I see no sense in fishing with someone and not talking. When I fish with my buddy stinkus it is great to see him catch fish and to not talk and laugh would be foolish in my book. Heck I even let him fish from the front yesterday and for the first time I fished from the back. We had our best day this year.

[Grey Wolf]

The fish don't care if you communicate to each other just don't hit the side of the boat with something.

[Catt]

On Saturday December 14, 2008 I had the honor of fishing with Jack (fishfordollars) Yates, yes we talked the entire 8 hours, and we fished together several times after that day. We became close friends talking to each other almost daily and even calling each other while one was out on the lake.

Jack (fishfordollars) Yates Jack passed away Jan 18 2011 of a heart attack.

Think of what I would have missed had we kept out mouths shut and just fished