Patrick Morrow Posted January 13, 2015 Posted January 13, 2015 Times where it is very cold outside and I drink something a bit stronger to get warm. I always let some drops into water too. Supposed to bring luck you know! 1 Quote
Super User Sam Posted January 13, 2015 Super User Posted January 13, 2015 Growing up in south Louisiana, my Cajun grandmother taught me many superstitions. With bass fishing the only one I really enforce is "no bananas in the boat." Right now the only other superstition is that if something is going good for my sports team while watching the game on TV I will not move or change positions until something messes up. I also don't move any furniture, paper, pens, books, furniture, etc. as long as the team is doing well. Just one of those old south Louisiana things. 1 Quote
Super User Sam Posted January 13, 2015 Super User Posted January 13, 2015 I have a shirt that I was wearing when I caught my two biggest bass and a pike in. I doubt it was the shirt, but I still like wearing it for fishing.It Its the shirt. Never take it off. Never wash it. If you wash it all of the luck will wash out. Quote
Super User Darren. Posted January 13, 2015 Super User Posted January 13, 2015 I'm with Snook and Lou. No superstitions. But I'm also with Blue! I remember once getting to my fishing destination with all my gear except my tackle bag. Glad my wife had to run errands, she was kind enough to drop it off. Quote
Super User Team9nine Posted January 13, 2015 Super User Posted January 13, 2015 Nope, I just bring my gear. This ^^^ No superstitions or lucky things whatsoever. Never have believed in that. Half the time I'm not even certain what I'll end up fishing for. Carry enough tackle to handle everything from crappie to bass to walleye to wipers on most trips. If I start for one thing and run into another, that works, too. Anymore, whatever bends the pole the best that day is what I'm catching most trips. -T9 1 Quote
Super User senile1 Posted January 13, 2015 Super User Posted January 13, 2015 I have no superstitions. The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not when it misses. - Francis Bacon I had only one superstition. I made sure to touch all the bases when I hit a home run. - Babe Ruth 1 Quote
Super User F14A-B Posted January 13, 2015 Super User Posted January 13, 2015 Some of you guys are true killjoy's, lol I believe ( not superstitiously) this thread was in jest... At least from my perspective. Quote
Super User senile1 Posted January 13, 2015 Super User Posted January 13, 2015 LOL. Sorry. I didn't mean to be a killjoy. I just wanted to throw out some interesting quotes. I thought the one by Babe Ruth was quite humorous. (If it is actually true that he said it. I didn't research to confirm.) 1 Quote
Super User F14A-B Posted January 13, 2015 Super User Posted January 13, 2015 LOL. Sorry. I didn't mean to be a killjoy. I just wanted to throw out some interesting quotes. I thought the one by Babe Ruth was quite humorous. (If it is actually true that he said it. I didn't research to confirm.) I'm playing! I wasn't referring to your post anyway.. I musta been replying, lol.. It's all good.. Quote
bassguytom Posted January 13, 2015 Posted January 13, 2015 I don't bring an umbrella on board. I also don't allow any bears on the boat. Quote
Super User Scott F Posted January 13, 2015 Super User Posted January 13, 2015 My astrologer says it's bad luck to believe in superstitions. 4 Quote
Matthew2000 Posted January 13, 2015 Posted January 13, 2015 My Ohio state hat... I was wearing it last night as well. Quote
RSM789 Posted January 13, 2015 Posted January 13, 2015 Im not superstitious at all but I hate catching a fish on the first cast. I did that once and didnt catch another fish . Well, if you hadn't gone home after that first cast, you might have had a shot to catch a few more... My best day numbers-wise started with a fish on my first cast and ended with a fish on my last cast (from the dock after I had loaded everything else up). I was tempted to make another cast, but felt like it was a perfect ending to a great day. The only superstition I have is that I believe it is good luck to skip a Senko under a dock where some hot blonde is sunbathing topless... 2 Quote
Super User HoosierHawgs Posted January 13, 2015 Super User Posted January 13, 2015 Reminds me of an article I read in Field and Stream a few issues ago: http://www.fieldandstream.com/articles/fishing/2014/08/hat-tricks-find-your-next-lucky-fishing-lid Quote
Global Moderator Mike L Posted January 13, 2015 Global Moderator Posted January 13, 2015 I think a Bears hat would work just like a stinkbait, no? Just kidding haha Where I come from, Dem Der are fightin words Pal! ;) Mike Quote
TyTheAngler Posted January 14, 2015 Posted January 14, 2015 It seems that I always get my best bites while my hat/visor is on backwards.I almost always wear it backwards now and it seems to help lol. Quote
blongfishing Posted January 14, 2015 Posted January 14, 2015 I have a buckeye and a lucky bucktail lure! I always carry it in my pocket not a luck thing its just what i do. Quote
Alpha Male Posted January 14, 2015 Posted January 14, 2015 I do have a lucky charm...it's the lure on the end of my line. Bring it with me every time I hit the water. Quote
HardcoreBassin Posted March 11, 2015 Posted March 11, 2015 Letting the net see too much daylight. I NEVER keep a net on the deck. It is always stowed. It is so dumb, because it is a pain in the a** to open the storage to get the net, then open the net, all with 1 hand while fighting a fish. One day I'll lose a monster bass while fumbling around trying to get the net ready. Then I'm sure it'll bbe a superstition that I need to have the net out at all times. But for right now, I keep the net stowed. If I need it, I take it out and net the fish, then it goes right back into storage. 1 Quote
Super User Ratherbfishing Posted March 11, 2015 Super User Posted March 11, 2015 If I cast my bait and it ricochets off the ice, I know I'm going to have a bad day. 1 Quote
Super User J Francho Posted March 11, 2015 Super User Posted March 11, 2015 No bananas on my boat. 1 Quote
Super User Dwight Hottle Posted March 11, 2015 Super User Posted March 11, 2015 No bananas on my boat unless accompanied by a monkey. 2 Quote
Super User J Francho Posted March 11, 2015 Super User Posted March 11, 2015 I sort of fit that description, lol. 1 Quote
jeff25 Posted March 12, 2015 Posted March 12, 2015 This past year while looking through photos I noticed all of my biggest fish I was wearing the same shirt. These photos are over 3 years 3 Quote
BobbyRaeAllen Posted March 12, 2015 Posted March 12, 2015 I have a St. Croix hat that has seen alot of action. Mainly I just make sure never to leave without some sort of soft plastic in junebug or christmas color. I always seem to have a bad day when I dont at least have it as an option to throw. Additionaly, I beleive that the difference between a good angler and a great angler, is that the great one creates his own luck. Quote
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