If fish are underwater and can't really hear above the surface
2007-10-25 13:27:05 · 30 answers · asked by I hate Hillary Clinton 6 in Sports ➔ Outdoor Recreation ➔ Fishing
Our voices occur in waves and the waves will be sensed underwater.
2007-10-25 13:29:33 · answer #1 · answered by J 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Fish have acute senses, not only vision but hearing. They hear differently than we do though. They have a lateral line, witch is a series of very sensitive "nerves" that pick up (among other things" vibrations and pressure changes in the water. They also have otoliths, or a bone behind the head that vibrates kinda like our ear bones (but not quite). Some of these "bones" are paper thin and quite small, on other fish they are almost like flat marbles.
When you make noise above water you are making sound waves. These sound waves are deadaned by the water, but not all the way.
Talking is not as big of a deal as banging on the water or knocking around in the boat or on shore. These disruptions make much bigger and more detectable waves that the fish pick up with their lateral line.
More important than a low voice is not to bang around.
2007-10-25 21:19:34 · answer #2 · answered by Eric Kol 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sound is a type of longitudinal, mechanical wave. Sound waves need a medium to propagate and will not travel through a vacuum. Sound travels at different speed in different media. The speed of sound is determined by the density and compressibility of the medium. Density is the amount of material in a given volume, and compressibility is a meaasure of how much a substance could be compacted for a given pressure. The denser and the more compressible, the faster the sound waves would travel. Therefore, the speed of sound is about four times faster in water than in air. Brak doesn't want to scare off all the fishies do you.
2007-10-25 23:04:56 · answer #3 · answered by exert-7 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Brak has never been under water and heard things above the surface? Surely that cannot be the case? Brak doesn't remember hiding under the water when Sisto came by and was whistling? You heard that, right?
2007-10-25 21:26:51 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because Fish can feel the vibrations of your voice.
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2007-10-25 20:35:53 · answer #5 · answered by 4 Real Peace 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
water is an excellent carrier of sound. Everything you say creates waves in the water and the fish are sensitive enough to sense those waves and keep away. Of course, if the fish were talking too and did not pay attention, they could get hooked. One fish was heard to have commented: If I had kept my dang mouth shut, I wouldn't have been hooked into this mess.
2007-10-25 20:32:11 · answer #6 · answered by Mike 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
LOL, so you don't scare away the fish. But hey we take the kids fishing and they are not quiet and we still catch fish.
I think some people just like the piece of fishing in silence.
2007-10-25 20:31:33 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
So the fish will not hear your plan concerning how you are going to catch them =). Seriously, I think it has something to with fish sensing the vibrations when someone talks I guess.
2007-10-25 20:38:20 · answer #8 · answered by ♥Shania♥ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
But they can. Fish are listening to your every word. Sounds travel faster in water than in the air. And if they hear the word fishing, they'll disappear like Max Headroom and William Hung.
2007-10-25 20:30:06 · answer #9 · answered by SpikE 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You don't have to be as quiet with fishing as you do hunting. I talk while I am fishing and have caught fish before. Loud noises could scare them off, though.
2007-10-25 21:36:09 · answer #10 · answered by mountain_walrus 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe it not only sets the mood, but too much commotion and noise could scare the fish away. If the fish are away, how do you expect to catch any fish? Right?
2007-10-25 20:30:48 · answer #11 · answered by Olivia 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋