The curse of Jonah

[sweetwater]

Maybe you're trying too hard. We all get into the minor details of fishing a little too much once in in awhile and we forget to just relax and have a good time whether we catch anything or not. My most memorable fishing trips are the ones I've spent with family and friends, not because I caught fish but because I shared the experience with people that I care about.

By the way, I had a black cat walk over a broken mirror under my boat's reboarding ladder and nothing bad has happened yet.

[walleyemaniac]

Nanners are bad luck on a boat! Be it the fruit, Banana Bread, those lil banana flavored taffys. Do a thorough search of your vessel Sir, there might be a peel hidden somewhere. Bad JuJu those bananas!

[olgreenboat]

redhead woman are bad luck lucky hats are bad luck for me.

[riverrat12]

I have figured out what my curse is...The curse of the commercial fishermen! Pretty soon I'll have nothin but bighead and silver carp in my river and will have to take my son somewhere else to show him what his daddy does.

[fishhound]

I have figured out what my curse is...The curse of the commercial fishermen! Pretty soon I'll have nothin but bighead and silver carp in my river and will have to take my son somewhere else to show him what his daddy does.

feel like you do chuck its a shame how many commercial fisherman that's on the ohio :-(

[stripernut1]

to add to the post that mentioned scent control....
the first shad out of the tank each morning is sacrificed in the name of scent control....i thoroughly rub the shad all over my hands front and back for at least 30 seconds, then i rinse my hands thoroughly in the lakewater, i dont dry my hands on a towel , i go immeditely to the bait tank and start baiting /deploying rods. im pretty obsessive about the details. i dont really have any hard evidence that this makes a difference....unless you consider the deep freezer full of fillets hard eveidence

all kidding aside i absolutely believe scent plays a role in positive/negative reaction, im not saying you have to rub a fresh shad all over your hands (thats just my OCD coming out) but i would take a close look at my routine and see if theres something im doing that might be contributing to my lack of success.

but i darn sure wouldnt give up now....it will be so rewarding when you do get this ironed out!

[dmase]

I try yo use scented baits like power bait,net-bait-etc. I also use a spray on cover scent called "bang garlic"on most other unscented baits. It really is the ticket in early spring fishing pig&jig combinations. Hey,I swear by the stuff and would not write this if I felt it did not make a huge difference. Tight lines.

[sweetwater]

redhead woman are bad luck lucky hats are bad luck for me.

I've always heard that green is an unlucky color so maybe it's your ol boat instead of the lady or the hat. LOL. By the way, I'm a brunette.