Do we have a fishing superstition thread?

[tstraub]

11 hours ago, Torn Thumb said:

Where did the banana thing come from?

Does avoiding going fishing with certain people count as a superstition if you always get skunked when they are around?

 

6 hours ago, BareHook said:

I believe it comes from the "Banana Boat" days and something to do with the large spiders that tended to be in with them.

I have never heard about banana spiders affecting fishing, interesting theory.  I always heard it had to do with the speed of the boat.  Because bananas have a very short shelf life they need to be transported on faster moving ships so the cargo does not go bad before it reaches its destination.  The crewmen of the banana boats would blame the bananas for the poor fishing rather than the the speed of the boat and bananas became bad luck.  

Tyler

[Raul]

I'm not superstitious ( knocking on wood ) but one thing I noticed was that when I brought along the camera I never caught anything worth taking a picture of ( sure, for many of you Yankee fellas taking pictures of a 5 lb dink is something really worth a picture, oh well, several cuz who knows, maybe you'll never catch one again  ) , when I left it home then I caught something worth taking a picture so ..... Bring the camera or not bring the camera, that is the question ! nope no camera on board, better catch me a good one, yup, I'm not superstituos at all.

[Darren.]

No superstitions for me...

Nope.

None...

Wait!!

If I forget to bring a scale, I always catch
a new PB!! 

[Josh Smith]

On 5/19/2016 at 10:15 PM, Neil McCauley said:

I have a goodluck rock. That is all.

I used to have one of these.  I actually hooked it.  It looked to be a fossil of some sort, maybe coral, but with a few tiny holes in it.

When I hooked it, I thought it was a catfish or something, but it wasn't pulling.

I passed it on to my boy, and he lost it.

Josh

[Torn Thumb]

I feel like having a live fish tied on a stringer at the waters edge might be bad luck, like the fish is communicating with the others telling them to stop eating. It's a trap!

 

[j bab]

If the net is out and ready and/or if the GoPro is up and running we won't catch any big ones that day.

[mattkenzer]

Always wet the dip net.

[FordsnFishin]

When I was a kid and my dad took me fishing he always had a saying that we would quote before we started. If we forgot we felt like we weren't going to catch anything. To this day I'll still say out loud even if I'm by myself. 

"Bass,  walleye,  catfish,  and trout.  I'm telling you now you'd better look out.  You were safe in the lakes when I was home wishin, but be on your guard cause I'm going fishin".

[Tracker22]

I heard one on tv from Hawaii that said "never say your going fishing; just say your going to have fun".

[BucketMouth15]

I always seem to catch one as soon as I turn my camera off 

[Ratherbfishing]

The very instant I decide to keep a few fish to bring home, the fish move to the opposite end of the lake.

[Mike L]

Here are some Ive heard over the years

Never step onto a boat with your left foot...

If you catch a fish on your first cast, go home...

Never, Ever whistle when fishing...

Always spit on your lure for luck...

Never fish with a red headed woman...

Either throw back your first catch or kiss it...

Me...Always wear or bring the hat I had on when I caught my personal best. (And 2 from above) 

 

Mike 

[FishHard247]

I wouldnt call mine a superstition but If Im hung up underwater. Ill break it off if the hole is golden. Im not risking running them off. Note: I dont use tungsten and high dollar hooks either. 

[UPSmallie]

If the GoPro gets turned on because I just got some bites, I'll never catch anything.  throw the GoPro off to the side after waiting for 20 minutes with no bites.  Catch a fish shortly after throwing the GoPro.  I call it the GoPro Curse.

[livetofish28]

Bananas in the boat. Net stays in the locker until needed and then immediately put back and always make the first cast not able to catch a fish.

    Tight lines

      Andrew

[shimmy]

Not really any superstitions. Caught plenty of big bass with bananas in the boat. However, when the battery dies on my camera, i know we are about to catch a giant. I try to switch batteries as fast as humanly possible. I guess i have some weird observations, i have absolutely no confidence in a jig with half the skirt torn up. Secondly, i have no confidence in a jig with the paint chipped off the head. I will change jigs asap. Third, when people start making up random fishing songs to tunes of other songs in the boat, it is a sign that we need to get off the lake or move to a different spot. 

[Torn Thumb]

Those same songs are the ones that put me on the fish. Funny how that works.

[Kiley_sean]

I have what seems like either a goodluck rod that always seems to make all the catches at my pond or the other rod I bring out (the nicer one) is cursed/hexed.  Same lures, same day, but it won't catch but maybe 1 bass for every 10-12 I catch with that cheap $75 Shimano fiberglass rod/spinning combo.   

This other part is not really superstition, but I have my best luck when I walk down to the pond (half a block from my home) just to try a new lure out.  Boom...that planned 20-mnute session turned into an hour of dropping it in and pulling them out.  The next week, I get a couple hours to fish and I'll get skunked or maybe a dink.

 

[DevinFishing29]

When I don't bring the camera I catch a big'un. I don't believe in the banana one. I have caught fish when I bring the banana.

[AndrewJ]

I would not call it a superstition, but the running joke on my boat is that in order for us to have an amazing day, I have to fall off the boat and into the water.  The day I landed my PB, i had been using drop shot in the morning and was running low on baits.  One of my baits came off at the boat (as I was landing a fish) and floated on the surface.  I kneeled down to get the bait and into the water I went, rod and all.  My buddy helped me back into the boat, we laughed about it, and then went on to catch 70-80 bass, including 10 2-3 lbs and my PB.