Superstitions before you fish....................

[DJD]

Years ago i found a ring while going into a tackle shop that i had to have when i fished tournaments. Once i realized i could lose as well as win with it i stopped the madness, still took several seasons to let it go.

[JoeB]

If you're like me, you'll find that if you listen to Willie Nelson before you make the first cast, you'll catch more fish!!!! Preferably somethin from the "Redheaded Stranger" album. JoeB

[easy_13]

--I burned my partner and myself a "Fishing CD" we had to listen to on the way to the lake and while we put in. If we had had a great night in the past, I included a song we had listened to on the way to the lake that night. The first song on the CD, and our theme song, was "Jump Around" by House of Pain, lol. We had great luck with the CD for a couple of years, but hit a slump last year. I don't even know where my copy is right now.

--It is a fact that various clothing items, shoes, hats, clip-on flashlights for night fishing, drinks, snacks, etc., catch fish and others do not. For a long time, our good luck charm was potted meat. We always had some in the boat. If it was a big tournament, we bought extra.

--We have a ritual handshake we do each time we leave our seats to get to our fishing decks.

--I have friend from overseas who knows absolutely nothing about fishing. He saw the membership card B.A.S.S. sends you that looks like a credit card with an image of a fish on it. He asked me if I showed it to the fish to prove to them I was a good fisherman. For very important tournaments, I used to carry the card and the large medallion B.A.S.S sent me when I joined. They worked for a while, but I got mad and threw them in the lake after we blanked and had boat trouble at our year-end classic a couple of years ago.