LadyoftheLake
Even gotta hold your mouth the same way.I would say sound waves out of water probably bounce off of our are absorbed without effect by the surface of the water. A tuning fork held over water will not effect the water surface. Sound waves in water will transfer some of that sound energy into kinetic energy the rest staying as sound energy will travel through the water so you get sound waves and physical water waves. So a bump in the bottom of the boat would result in that sound being sent into the water which could scare fish where as a radio in the boat, as long as the bass isn't shaking the boat, would not effect the fish.
But to truly test it. Fish a day with the radio cranking and fish a day in the same spot without the radio and see what happens. Oh and try to control all the other variables as well: same bait, aprox. water temperature, outside temperature etc. Maybe I will get one of my students to study this....
I remember reading in a fishing book that noises above the water, such as voices, are deflected and not carried beneath the surface. Noises made IN the water, such as rock-thrown splashes, propellers and etc. can be carried beneath the surface for some distance, and may scare away the fish.
I have to disagree. I used to do a lot of snorkeling and have heard plenty of noise while below the surface. Think about swimming in a pool when you were a kid. Could you hear the other kids laughing and screaming?
And yes noise travels through a boat. I used to dive for fishing gear near the boat docks at Hills Creek Res and you would believe how noisy people are in boats.
That settles it, I will never laugh or yell while fishing again! Funeral services for Oregonchris will be held next Monday. BYOB.
I have to disagree. I used to do a lot of snorkeling and have heard plenty of noise while below the surface. Think about swimming in a pool when you were a kid. Could you hear the other kids laughing and screaming?
And yes noise travels through a boat. I used to dive for fishing gear near the boat docks at Hills Creek Res and you would believe how noisy people are in boats.
I have to admit, the book that I used as my resource was an older tome from the Salem library. An internet search as I desperately tried to prove my point seems to favor mikeredding's theory that voices DO carry underwater, to some degree. I say that we meet up at the hatchery and yell at fish just to be sure that I am wrong.
Now I am not saying that the sounds scare the fish, only that they do travel through water.