Radios & Fishing

[trypman1]

I do listen to a radio sometimes, when I am by myself, but no one else is going to hear it. I do love the quiet time on the lake, also.

[mchech]

I like the quiet but sometime the weather radio is on for storm warnings. Wife turns the radio on low sometimes but I frown on it. After 40 years I frown quietly.

[catchNgrease]

Off and on thru out the day I play music. Usually it's older country on Pandora and on my phone not even all the way up. It helps with my tinitus to drown out the buzz. To each his own for me.

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[need2befishin]

From Oct til Mar I enjoy the quietness and tranquility of my natural surroundings. Other times of the year I have no problem using a bluetooth device on my boat. I keep the volume at a minimum and pay attention to my whereabouts. Generally there is noise from wake boats with thousand watt stereos, pontoons with 15 social drinkers on board that seem to have a need to yell at each other while conversing, jet skis and the dreaded leaf blowers and mowers. George Jones and myself have drowned out a lot of background noise over the years.

I am disappointed at the general lack of respect on the water these days from all types of people and watercraft. I feel blessed to be old enough to remember when people actually loved their neighbors as themselves.

[stormcloud]

That music or even someone close to me constantly on a cell phone, talking at the top of his lungs so the other party can hear him, is no different to me than someone riding a jet ski in and out and into a cove. It amazes me how liberal many have become in the last 30 years. I understand that everyone has their own rights. I also
wonder where courtesy and respect went. It doesn't exist any more. I also wonder how my generation let these things slowly slip away. I hope I'm long gone when
this upcoming Igadget group takes control.

[silverside]

If I can't live without a game I stay home and watch the game. If feel a need to get away and de-stree I go fishing. No radio.

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[Erin Brewer]

I enjoy listening to my music when fishing! But I also try and respect everyone there and listen to where only I hear it or turn it down when I’m close to people!


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[need2befishin]

If I can't live without a game I stay home and watch the game. If feel a need to get away and de-stree I go fishing. No radio.

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As someone who has worked 6-day work weeks at 55+ hours for the past 18 months, sometimes you gotta multi-task.

[ezgoing]

Well, I'll be the odd guy out here and say that he should be able to enjoy his outdoor experience the way he wants to, also. I do think it is rude to have it up so loud that people a half a lake away can hear it too, but if he wants some music (or a sporting event, whatever) playing quietly in his boat, he should be entitled. Provided it is played at an appropriate level, for his boat alone to enjoy, I say go for it.

With that said, MY preference is for solitude and hearing nothing but Nature, too!

The key word in your statement is "quietly". I doubt few would complain if the music was played quietly. But most who use their radio do it at full volume, so everybody on the lake can hear what they call "music"

["D"]

I had a radio in a couple of my boats. I only used them when I would occasionally fish a Sunday afternoon. I had to listen to dem Saints. Who Dat!!