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Jimbo
10-19-2022, 11:20 AM
I'm working on something for a writer's group I joined. Does anyone have any fishing superstitions they would share. Like taking a banana on a fishing trip is bad luck or isn't there something about witch hazel blooming meaning something. Good or bad, it doesn't matter I just need a few for my story, but as many as ya can come up with for something else I'm doing.
By the way, isn't this the time of year we're supposed to be throwing the Halloween Plug? Don't know if that's a superstition or fodder for gullible people like me.
Thanks

tattoobob
10-20-2022, 04:35 PM
I have a couple; If someone wishes me good luck before I go out I am doomed to catch nothing or so I think

I also hate Camo waders if someone is wearing them near me fishing I move

Clammer
10-20-2022, 07:39 PM
when plugging // A fish on the 1st cast ><><:nailem:

afterhours
10-21-2022, 10:35 AM
What Clammer said...bigtime.

rphud
10-21-2022, 12:35 PM
never been able to break the first cast jinx, one time I had to watch two buddies bail fish for an hour with nothing for me

fishbones
10-21-2022, 01:05 PM
Music. I only listen to certain bands in the car on my way to go fishing because I won’t catch if I listen to something else.
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Got Stripers
10-21-2022, 03:10 PM
The banana is never good on a boat.

Jimbo
10-22-2022, 01:15 PM
These are excellent. Hoping there's more to come. I know there must be more. What about good omens?

piemma
10-22-2022, 02:06 PM
You will think I'm nuts but I never walk around the front of my truck, buggy whatever. Just never did it on the beach, in the lot, anywhwere when fishing.

redlite
10-22-2022, 09:49 PM
You will think I'm nuts but I never walk around the front of my truck, buggy whatever. Just never did it on the beach, in the lot, anywhwere when fishing.

Well how'd ya ever get your rod out back in the day cause equipement shoulda been in the front
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Hookedagain
10-23-2022, 06:03 AM
Even numbers. When I go fishing I won't get out of the truck until the clock is on an even number. 10:48, 10:50....etc. I won't stop casting until my watch is on an even number as well.

PaulS
10-23-2022, 12:36 PM
Music. I only listen to certain bands in the car on my way to go fishing because I won’t catch if I listen to something else.
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There was a band called Asia back in I guess the mid/late 80s that I was convinced if I heard their music, something bad was going to happen.

piemma
10-25-2022, 10:25 AM
Well how'd ya ever get your rod out back in the day cause equipement shoulda been in the front
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Mike, I had a rear basket for the cooler that went in the trailer hitch. It had 6 rod holders on it.

Mike P
10-25-2022, 03:32 PM
There was a band called Asia back in I guess the mid/late 80s that I was convinced if I heard their music, something bad was going to happen.

On the other hand, SRV was my good luck charm.

rphud
10-28-2022, 10:58 AM
new one for today was parking in that lucky spot and it worked! Wrong spot cursed us the night before

spence
10-28-2022, 07:02 PM
On the other hand, SRV was my good luck charm.
Years ago a big Clapton fan I met gave me a mint concert poster from SRV’s final appearance. 1 year later I gave it a a huge SRV fan who was blown away. Happy people all around.

Pete F.
10-28-2022, 10:56 PM
when plugging // A fish on the 1st cast ><><:nailem:

I’ve killed the bite on Charlestown with a good fish on my first cast.
Really bad when you drove 5 hours to get there.
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