Music or No Music...

If I am fishing a high Sierra lake the last thing I want to hear is loud music, I prefer to hear the frogs, birds, waves slapping the hull, fish rising to slurp bugs, etc. 

Usually when the wind starts blowing I put my head phones on, the sound of the hull slap on a outback is annoying.

Headphones while yakfishing is a bad idea, unless you can also hear your surrounding environment (don't want to get run over by a boat, or miss a distress call, etc).
I need to get a small cheapo AM/FM radio to listen to baseball OTW. Because you can't listen to baseball on your iphone unless you purchase the MLB app.

I'm out there for the sounds of the water. Although the occasional song verse over the VHF can be entertaining.

In a previous thread somewhere I mentioned that the one shark incident I had, I heard the rush of water which caused me to look around and see what was happening.

While I was towing in Sailfish after his AI mast took a $hit when crabbing HMB, i NEEDED some tunes to get through that crushing effort.  Thank god for my iPhone and pandora.  Just popped it on speaker and placed in an upper vest pocket, no headphones needed.  That kinda pedaling effort wooda suqt w/o music.

For flat water stuff, i'm tempted to waterproof my bluetooth jambox to get better sound quality . . . stay tuned (pun intended)

Headphones while yakfishing is a bad idea, unless you can also hear your surrounding environment (don't want to get run over by a boat, or miss a distress call, etc).
I need to get a small cheapo AM/FM radio to listen to baseball OTW. Because you can't listen to baseball on your iphone unless you purchase the MLB app.

If there is boats around I only put one in one ear, most of the places I fish are high Sierra lakes with no boats. If your a xm radio subscriber you can get all the MLB games on your phone with the xm radio app.

On the salt you have to be careful. The wind, waves, fish and fog get you turned around. Sometimes the sound of the wash rock on your six is the only warning you get!

If I'm fishing the same ol' lake for the umpteenth time I'll take my Walkman..yea, Walkman.
For the most part I fish w/o tunes. I like the quiet or what going on around me...as long as it's NOT SOMEONE ELSES MUSIC!

If I'm fishing the same ol' lake for the umpteenth time I'll take my Walkman..yea, Walkman.

Stay classic Tote!

What I would really like is a waterproof or cheap bluetooth headset that I can use in one ear. 

I was fishing in San Diego bay last year and paddled up next to a guy on a blue Tooth head set, he was on a conference call from his office while out on his kayak fishing.

I just listen to Mother Natures' music  -  waves, seagulls, wind, and whatever else she offers and sometimes the plain old silence

I just play music later when I watch the video.   

I agree that significantly altering your ability to be totally tuned to the environment is pushing your luck.  I will only tolerate the VHF and my own babbling when on the ocean.     On any other water I still want all my senses tuned to what I'm doing there.  No tunes for me.

the one shark incident I had, I heard the rush of water which caused me to look around and see what was happening.

Word.  Don't let yourself compromise how tuned in you are.  I'm not knocking the idea of music OTW completely - there's just much to consider about your overall level of awareness when our sport is potentially deadly at any time.

Rock on.  I'd play Floyd OTW.   

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Music is for the drive there & back. Spooky fish will only be captured with silence & if you're not getting bit you should be thinking about that alone. Disco disco? 

When you fish in a place like sacramento there is rarely any "silence"  Jetskis, kids screaming, parents yelling, dogs barking inexplicably, sirens, drunken college kids, trucks banging over bridges.  I can stand it for most of the day, but eventually it gets to me. 

You Saltwater and High Sierra guys really do have it good. 

BTW, When someone buys a Wakeboard boat, does it come with a "most annoying music of all time" compilation CD?  Just Saying.