I talked with Alan from Got Stryper charters a few months back, when I looked through his brochure, there was a particular line that caught my attention. It read, something like this, "Bring your own lunch, no alcoholic beverages and ABSOLUTLEY NO BANANAS." So I asked him if it was a joke and he said, quite frankly, "NO"... apparently there is something in the smell of banana's that fish don't like. So I thought a bit about it and then forgot about it. This past Sunday morning I was out fishing with a few friends of mine, the fishing was phenominal for 2 of us, my friend Jerry and I were bailing fish onto the shore... mostly between 32-38 inches... decent bass 1 20 pounder and 1 at 31 pounds all on topwater plugs that I made poppers and spooks... lots of fun. Anyway... the other guy couldn't barley raise a swell, so he said jokingly that maybe he needed to eat something. So he pulls out a banana and begins to peel it. My mind intantly ran back to my conversation with Alan and I warned him... he ate it anyway. Don't you know he didn't catch anything... he had literally 5 swirls all morning... while Jerry and I killed them. So of course he was dubbed banana man for the rest of the day. And in a little shot of irony... he went back the next day... couldn't get a hit again until he put on his Yellow, yes YELLOW superstrike popper. Anyone else heard that and has anyone else seen it in action? We made up our own theories about it, when you put a banana in your lunch pail, your chips and sandwich taste like banana and I guess it's common knowledge in the offshore fishery.
So no more banana's for me... I guess
Threaded Mode