Fishing Superstitions

[jwp]

The bananna deal is real. I fished a tourney at Herrington without a bite the whole day until i ate the damned bananna, and then caught one about 3 minutes later. No banannas in my boat now!

[mybentrod]

The bannana in the boat is an age old mariners supersition. It comes from the pirates that used to use banannas as their food on long voyages and would bring aboard crates for the long hauls. When they did they also brought aboard tarantulas and the crew would die off in the night when these spiders would walk about. They would bite the sailors cause so many layed about drunk in the galley. They found that the crew would stop dying if they brought a different food other than bannannas. So started the age old superstition about those evil yellow devils of the water........and that, my fishing friends, is the rest of the story.

[HURRICANEBOB]

1. Never leave to go fishing drunk. (Safety consideration).

2. Never return home sober. (Makes every trip a good one).

3. Never get rule one and two mixed up. Last time I did I launched at the wrong lake, ran over a no wake buoy, and had to trailer home with a hang-over through a thunder and hail storm. When your head is out the window and heaving your guts up, hail hurts at 65 mph.

[coombro]

Cows laying down fish aint biting

[jcb]

Cows laying down fish aint biting

I've heard this all my life. One day I was heading to the lake with my brother-in-law, a farmer and fisherman. I asked, "Hey, what does it mean when the cows are laying down like that"?

He answered, "They're tired."

[jcb]

When we'd bluegill or crappie fish and my Dad was outcatching me 4-1, he'd always say, "You're not holding your mouth right." I bet he got a kick out of watching me contorting my face all around while I watched my bobber.

[apextrail]

The bananna deal is real. I fished a tourney at Herrington without a bite the whole day until i ate the damned bananna, and then caught one about 3 minutes later. No banannas in my boat now!

Wouldn't the banana still be in the boat if you ate it ? Just in a different location. Food for thought.