Super User Darth-Baiter Posted January 20, 2022 Super User Posted January 20, 2022 Bananas are such an awesome and portable food! So funny fishermen freak out. anyone know the origin? 1 Quote
Super User Scott F Posted January 20, 2022 Super User Posted January 20, 2022 I understand that on ships, sometimes poisonous spiders would come on board hiding in bunches of bananas so captains stopped allowing bananas on board. 4 Quote
Cigarguy Posted January 20, 2022 Posted January 20, 2022 Always wonder what the superstition surrounding bananas and boats were. Was on BC ferries last summer. Lots of bananas on board. The on board cafeteria had them, we had a whole bunch in our car. I'm sure many others did too. Wonder how they transport bananas here? I'm sure it is not all by plane, train and automobiles. Quote
Super User geo g Posted January 20, 2022 Super User Posted January 20, 2022 Love bananas but avoid on fishing trips. May give them a try again, thanks for the insight! Quote
Super User Bird Posted January 20, 2022 Super User Posted January 20, 2022 Think it's just camel spiders, nasty looking but non poisonous. Quote
schplurg Posted January 20, 2022 Posted January 20, 2022 I bring bananas all the time. Good source of nutrition and energy and easy to carry. Stupid superstition, but then fishing is a welcome home for superstition and BS. I hear from people complaining about having to take an unexpected dump while fishing as they stuff their face with junk they wouldn't normally eat at home. Dude, being stuck on a boat is not the time to experiment with your diet! 4 6 Quote
BassResource.com Administrator Glenn Posted January 20, 2022 BassResource.com Administrator Posted January 20, 2022 5 hours ago, Scott F said: I understand that on ships, sometimes poisonous spiders would come on board hiding in bunches of bananas so captains stopped allowing bananas on board. ^^ This ^^ It's one of the plausible explanations regarding bananas on boats dating back to the 1600's. More info: https://www.hubbardsmarina.com/bananas-bad-luck-on-a-boat/ 3 2 Quote
GoneFishingLTN Posted January 20, 2022 Posted January 20, 2022 I thought it started when a leader of a bassmaster tournament 0 after carrying bananas on the boat well atleast started in the bass fishing world 1 Quote
Super User the reel ess Posted January 20, 2022 Super User Posted January 20, 2022 I fished with a guide once who had bananas in his cooler for lunch. He had never heard that superstition. I also caught one on my first cast of the day. He hadn't heard that one either. 14 hours ago, schplurg said: I bring bananas all the time. Good source of nutrition and energy and easy to carry. Stupid superstition, but then fishing is a welcome home for superstition and BS. I hear from people complaining about having to take an unexpected dump while fishing as they stuff their face with junk they wouldn't normally eat at home. Dude, being stuck on a boat is not the time to experiment with your diet! I hardly ever eat anything when I fish. I need both hands. 1 Quote
Zcoker Posted January 20, 2022 Posted January 20, 2022 From what I've heard, bananas became a sort of bad omen in the 1700's for the ships that were carrying them because most of those ships that were carrying them were lost at sea. Everyone eventually put it all together and said, NO MORE BANANAS!! Quote
Super User Columbia Craw Posted January 20, 2022 Super User Posted January 20, 2022 How doors the tackle monkey feel about bananas? 2 Quote
Global Moderator Mike L Posted January 21, 2022 Global Moderator Posted January 21, 2022 Believe or not, but some guys are serious about it. Some years ago me, Mrs Mike and friends of ours chartered a fishing trip out of Islamorada in the Florida Keys. After introductions and some pleasantries, our Captain asked with a serious tone if anyone brought a banana with them. After we all answered no, he then asked if anyone ate a banana that morning! Again we all said no. My friends wife then asked why and what if we did? He said he would refund our deposit and cancel the charter right there! I heard about that superstition when I fished a Pro Am tournament and my pro asked the same question. Also, my son-in-law who is a charter Captain locally who caters to wounded veterans, is a firm believer. As far as superstitions are concerned we had a thread on here a few years ago and if I remember right “no bananas on the boat” was the most repeated. Mike Quote
Fishlegs Posted January 21, 2022 Posted January 21, 2022 2 hours ago, Columbia Craw said: How doors the tackle monkey feel about bananas? That is an excellent question, my friend! Quote
Fallser Posted January 21, 2022 Posted January 21, 2022 I'd go with this as the source. "A beautiful bunch of ripe banana (Daylight come and we want go home) Hide the deadly black tarantula (Daylight come and we want go home)" I either carry a banana or an apple with me, along with lunch when I'm fishing from a boat or carrying a lunch with me if we're hiking into a lake.. Don't think I have to worry about spiders hiding on one banana. Quote
Cigarguy Posted January 21, 2022 Posted January 21, 2022 Yeah, all bananas entering our house and before I take it out gets inspected for spiders. In our house all spiders gets deep fried and eaten. The only superstition I always follow...so far...is never skydive without a parachute. 1 Quote
ajschn06 Posted January 21, 2022 Posted January 21, 2022 14 hours ago, Mike L said: Believe or not, but some guys are serious about it. Some years ago me, Mrs Mike and friends of ours chartered a fishing trip out of Islamorada in the Florida Keys. After introductions and some pleasantries, our Captain asked with a serious tone if anyone brought a banana with them. After we all answered no, he then asked if anyone ate a banana that morning! Again we all said no. My friends wife then asked why and what if we did? He said he would refund our deposit and cancel the charter right there! I heard about that superstition when I fished a Pro Am tournament and my pro asked the same question. Also, my son-in-law who is a charter Captain locally who caters to wounded veterans, is a firm believer. As far as superstitions are concerned we had a thread on here a few years ago and if I remember right “no bananas on the boat” was the most repeated. Mike There's no way I'm letting a nutbag like that take me on the ocean... 2 1 Quote
Super User T-Billy Posted January 22, 2022 Super User Posted January 22, 2022 On 1/20/2022 at 6:53 PM, Columbia Craw said: How doors the tackle monkey feel about bananas? Monkey never hear of silly superstition. You buy new Expride now!!! 3 Quote
RB 77 Posted January 22, 2022 Posted January 22, 2022 One of the oldest boating/ fishing superstitions in the book... and one even some licensed boat captains take very seriously! I could care less and love bananas. Haha 1 Quote
Super User islandbass Posted January 23, 2022 Super User Posted January 23, 2022 What a bunch of hooey, this banana and boat superstition. Ridiculous. What ever happened to being rational? How funny bananas scared those sailors but they sure didn’t mind transporting rats and roaches with them, lol. Now if you don’t mind, I have clean all of my golf clubs and balls and make sure that every club is in its spot in my bag and click my heels three times on the first three holes tomorrow and make sure my wife didn’t pack any bananas in my lunch bag. ?? Kidding aside, I bring bananas because it one food that you don’t have to touch that goes down the hatch. With all the slime (fish) and dirt and other pollutants in the water, touching food with filthy hands kind of makes me cringe. So things like bananas, or any food that can be eaten with a barrier (plastic, a wrapper) are my first choices. Besides, I don’t fish from a boat so I think I’m free and clear for any potential bad luck, lol. What would be interesting to know is if anyone has truly had bad luck when they had bananas on the boat. It makes me wonder if the captain in @Mike L’s post had a bad experience with bananas on his boat. 1 Quote
ironbjorn Posted January 23, 2022 Posted January 23, 2022 I had a banana on board as part of my lunch when I caught my first muskie Quote
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted January 23, 2022 Global Moderator Posted January 23, 2022 They’ve only been bad luck since the 1700s……. Surely their luck will change soon…….. I prefer not to have them on board. And when we do discover one, someone is required to consume it and ditch the peel. I know plenty of people that have great success with bananas on board. It’s not something I really put a lot of stock into, I don’t typically eat bananas on dry land either. But I also would rather not attempt to regularly ignore an ancient sailor’s superstition that has held up for 300 years. That’s just bad juju. if ships loaded down with grapes were historically known to sink, I wouldn’t bring grapes either I think it was total coincidence, but it’s still funny. Many times after a few hours of skunk one of my buddies will say “oh yeah I brought a banana! No wonder!” So then they eat it and ditch the peel (preferably onto dry land). Usually the skunk is gone within minutes! I’d say we were going to catch them bananas or not but it’s good comic relief 1 Quote
Super User slonezp Posted January 23, 2022 Super User Posted January 23, 2022 On 1/20/2022 at 7:20 PM, Junk Fisherman said: Superstitions are silly. What size hooks on the banana? 2 Quote
Super User MN Fisher Posted January 23, 2022 Super User Posted January 23, 2022 32 minutes ago, slonezp said: What size hooks on the banana? I'd start with a 10/0 and go up from there...all depends on the size of the banana. Quote
Super User slonezp Posted January 23, 2022 Super User Posted January 23, 2022 Just now, MN Fisher said: I'd start with a 10/0 and go up from there...all depends on the size of the banana. Do you prefer green, yellow, or brown for bass? 1 Quote
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