Question – How much does Outboard Motor Noise affect fishing?

[Quillback]

I just go with trying to be as quiet as I can whenever I am fishing.  Don't like my shadow or the shadow of the boat to go over anything I am planning to fish.

[Jerry Rapp]

but yet, how much does a hydro wave cost?

[Alex Heitman]

Well that did not end up the way I wanted that to come out. It should have said I “always” turn off the electronics when fishing shallow. 

[Harps]

When me and the boys are in Canada, and the fish stop biting, we fire up the motor and rev it just a little and the fish will start biting again. True story/stories.

Don't lay your fly in the water cause the pike will sometimes grab it while you're otherwise occupied (rummaging the beer cooler).

[fishinwrench]

I always put lettuce on my sandwich.  When the fish stop biting I sit down and eat a sandwich, and smoke a cigarette.  The sound of me chomping lettuce and choking on a Marlboro usually makes them start biting again.   

I ain't lying 😎

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6 hours ago, fishinwrench said:

I always put lettuce on my sandwich.  When the fish stop biting I sit down and eat a sandwich, and smoke a cigarette.  The sound of me chomping lettuce and choking on a Marlboro usually makes them start biting again.   

I ain't lying 😎

More fake news😆

[Old plug]

The sound a motor makes in the water is related to Prop wash and underwater exhaust. And I think that would be a lot mot than we have above the water 

I know that vibrations can travel real well thru water. I have always felt like things like your fishing line are very apparent to fish. It not the color are maybe even size. They know it is there. What interest them is what is going on at the end of the line. Even you rod and reel sends vibrations thru the water. I can remember many yers go a some old timers would not use Garcia bait casting reels because they had noisy gears. If  of you can remember that period of time your about 80 yrs old. I think fish are constantly bombarded with vibrations just like you are in the atmosphere. A unusual vibration is something that makes them flee are bite. And yes i am sure air sound do penetrate water. You can lay in a dark or muddy river and feel people walking the bank. I have not. But i know some special forces receive that exact type training. 

[Smithvillesteve]

I read where most, if not all, pro fishermen prefer to run their trolling motors on a low speed and keep it on continuously. Versus a stop and run it on a higer speed to move. They believe the continuous noise at a lower volume is better than the on/off again noise of a higher volume. Just saying. 

[LD Fisher]

10 hours ago, fishinwrench said:

I always put lettuce on my sandwich.  When the fish stop biting I sit down and eat a sandwich, and smoke a cigarette.  The sound of me chomping lettuce and choking on a Marlboro usually makes them start biting again.   

I ain't lying 😎

Usually when I am getting rid of my excess coffee my fishing partner catches the biggest fish of the day!!! 😁

[Flysmallie]

3 hours ago, LD Fisher said:

Usually when I am getting rid of my excess coffee my fishing partner catches the biggest fish of the day!!! 😁

I fished a tournament years ago with a friend and head him leaking into the lake. I jokingly asked what he was doing and he said it was his fish call. Not a dozen casts later he put a 6+ in the boat that was good enough for bigbass and pushed us into first place.