Does talking scare fish?

[FishnDave]

I stumbled across this and thought I would share it. No need to whisper while fishing!

(Sound) waves from the air do not penetrate into water, and sound waves in water do not penetrate into the air. The two media are acoustically separate. This may be of interest to anglers, who can feel free to talk while they fish.

Of course, most of you probably already knew this.

[ducksterman]

Sorry, I don't buy it. Sound waves are indeed transferred into water quite inefficiently however some gets absorbed ...that's why we have a middle ear.

[maodiver]

Have to call horsefeathers on this one. I can hear people when they yell above water when I am submerged a few inches in a pool...yes the sound becomes negligible if one gets down below that, though.

[FishnDave]

This is a major setback to my plan of training the fish in local waters to come to the sound of my voice!

[Uncle Jesse]

This is a major setback to my plan of training the fish in local waters to come to the sound of my voice!

That's easy, submerge your face and yell while throwing floating fish food. They will respond to one of those sounds.

I think the bass fisherman researched this to death many years ago, you have to yell really loud to penetrate the surface with sound waves. Dropping anything in an aluminum boat on the other hand sends out sound waves that everyone in the water hears.

[jjtroutbum]

This tale was obviously perpetrated long ago by a husband that was forced to fish with his wife.