Fishing superstitions

scott98541 · 07-15-2001, 12:25 PM

i seem to have a problem with washing my boat.every time i give it a good soap washdown the next fishing trip is bad.this is a no win situation because i know one has to keep his boat clean. [img]images/icons/confused.gif[/img] scott

WheresMyBobber · 07-15-2001, 12:28 PM

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Trout,myster · 07-15-2001, 12:38 PM

I don't have too many superstitions, but I do go by some things my dear old dad used.

Don't bother to fish on a full moon unless you're fishing at night. Plenty of light for the fish to feed at night and they won't during the day. Not sure this holds true but I generally do better during the dark of the moon fishing during the day.

Always fish upriver. The fish downriver already have been warned by all the junk you're stirring up staggering around in the river.

Fishing is best when the barometer has been steady for a few days, either up or down. As long as it's not bouncing around like it does here in the NW all the time!

If the cows are laying down, the fish won't bite. I've tried this one at Tillamook with mixed results! Hard to figure when the cows in one field are all laying down and across the road they're hogging out! Didn't have many cows around where we lived back then so Dad used the deer instead.

Garbage?? Beats me, but I know my dad seldom came back without fish. Salmon? He only used one lure and had a box full of them. Red/White Daredevles...big ones. He always told me it was the little devil on the lure that attracted the fish! Food for thought.

Stz ll · 07-15-2001, 12:50 PM

Call it a superstition if you want. We never open the net until we have hooked the first fish. That is unless you are fishing Coho in the ocean or Buoy 10. We have lost to many fish there over the years because we were not able to open it fast enough.

Mr. Fisherman · 07-15-2001, 01:00 PM

Stew,

I think folks already know how I feel bout the nanners.... ******, I'm with you buddy.

As for other superstitions....

My brother ALWAYS takes along choclate licorice (sp).

Me, I have a patented fish call and a sunshine dance I used to use when I was guiding white water rafting trips [img]images/icons/shocked.gif[/img]. Can we say clothing optional? [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]

I think Karma has a lot to do with it too. Just ask the guys that tried to throw a bananna into our boat last trip. They couldn't buy a fish till the fish gods were apeased.

Red in the morning sailor take warning, red at night is a sailors delight. I'm pretty sure they were talking about the sky but it could have hidden meanings.... [img]images/icons/confused.gif[/img]

This is going to be an interesting thread...

Next,

Mr. F. out....

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Sand Shrimp · 07-15-2001, 02:40 PM

Never take your dog fishing.Nothing ruins my day more than to be fishing a hole and have someone come down to the hole I'm fishing and let their dog wade in the water.

urb · 07-15-2001, 03:19 PM

My dog goes on every trip. I was eating a banana when I hooked the first of three springers, but never, wash the net after landing a fish

HOGTIDE · 07-15-2001, 04:06 PM

Everytime I catch a fish, I make a point of losing just a little bit more hair. Wheewsh...this spring cost me! [img]images/icons/shocked.gif[/img]

willierower · 07-15-2001, 04:21 PM

One of my superstitions is a little on the odd side. I make sure I have shaved before hitting the river, This doesnt always happen though. Dont get fighting mad at someone while fishing, This ups the testostorone level and thats a major turn off to the fish, It has something to do with the prdator pheramone L-serin(sp).
Never grab the net until the fish is ready to be netted.
When the winds from the east, The fish bite the least. I find this holds true mainly in the winter, Maybe because an east wind will freeze ya to death in the winter?

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Steelheadman · 07-15-2001, 08:22 PM

Eating smoked fish before fishing is a must. If no smoked fish then something with some garlic, like Chex mix. Also need to smear some egg and sandshrimp juice into my fingernails, after eating of course and before fishing. I even tried some salmon roe after Xmas, not cured, at a Japanese sushi buffet. Seafood brings good luck. Also take cod liver oil pills so the fish can smell me and my wife wont kiss me. It takes a day or two to get rid of my fishy smell when I get home. No cologne for at least three days before fishing.

I've been taught to do the Stew thing and be all rigged up when you get to the river. Also rerig right away after breaking off on a snag. [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img]

07-15-2001, 11:52 PM

WE all probably have some. Maybe the banana thing or maybe something else but I would be interested in knowing what yours are. Mine is pretty silly but I MUST have my rod all rigged and ready to go before I step foot on the river bank. If I have to rig on the streambank I feel my day is ruined! Also here is another newer one that just started this last winter steelhead season. NEVER EVER descend a semi-steep river bank with RT behind you! Well maybe that's more of a safety issue.
Stew [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]

Capin' Dan · 07-16-2001, 01:19 AM

superstitions,
Always have Mr. Fisherman in your boat and all will go well. Last week I called to ask him to go and he was unavailable. Next morning at the launch there he was dressed only in yellow rain pants no shirt and nothing on under neath (it was obvious i'm not that way) and that great big green hat he wears and big rubber boots and big black glasses with no lenses in them. Those of you who know Ray picture this and Steve's, Well you know, will be forgotten. He was leaning against a telephone pole selling his pathetic body to anyone going out. Of course I paid the fare and we were limited by 9:30 so $$ well spent. He is looking trashier everyday I hope he stays cheap. Now if I can just get him to filet my fish for me it would be perfect. Sorry Ray couldn't help getting down on your level.
Next trip is July 26. Start working on your kitchen pass and let me know if you need anythig from me.
LOL Dan! [img]images/icons/shocked.gif[/img] [img]images/icons/shocked.gif[/img]

local_hooker · 07-16-2001, 06:50 AM

Your level of comfort is directly related to your level of success!

When I have lots of cold beer, good food, and sunshine, I get skunked.

When I fish with horizontal rain slamming into my face, with nothing but stale doritos and 3 warm Hamms some doughball left in the boat on the last trip, I kick @$$.

Tanner · 07-16-2001, 07:18 AM

I'm not superstitious, but I do feel that in order for me to be succesfull on a steelhead or chinook trip I must have a minimum of 27 rods in my driftboat. [img]images/icons/shocked.gif[/img]

CHUMSALMON · 07-18-2001, 07:18 AM

O.K., i'm a couple days late but, i've got a few, here it goes...i always try to find a heads up lucky penny before i go (this really creates some problems if i'm getting down to the day before i go, people often come up and ask if i've lost a contact lens, and then they give me a wierd look when i tell them i'm going fishing and i need to find a lucky heads up penny) i also don't wash my special turtle neck until after the season is over (note: this superstition is now changeing since my wife can't stand the smell, so the lucky turtleneck is now hidden in the garage, it can't take too many more washings its on the verge of falling apart, it's going on 10 years old now) and the last and most favorite superstition is when i buy a new fishing pole i always catch a fish that day, due to lack of funds i can only do this a couple times a year.
those are my superstitions, i think fishermen are the most superstitious people on the planet! [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]

RIPPLE · 07-18-2001, 08:26 AM

No matter what your fishing for or where, no matter how much tackle you have for your intended prey, even if you have 46,000 lures in 482 different colors..........
You absolutely must go to the tackle store before every trip and spend a minimum of $36.99
Ripple [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]

birdhunter · 07-18-2001, 07:28 PM

1. the banana rule of course!

2. I always wear a blue shirt while on the ocean and a grey shirt while fishing inland.

3. Always have to wear my lucky camo hat or I won't touch a fish.

4. I have two lucky boxers I like to wear. One has sailfish on it and that is for ocean fishing. The other has trout and flies and that is for the rivers. Corny, maybe, but don't laugh. Just ask Capin' Dan how well they worked today. [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img]

DF · 07-18-2001, 09:37 PM

Hogtide arnt you loosing your hair anyway!? [img]images/icons/shocked.gif[/img]

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im gonna get it for that one

CHUMSALMON · 07-19-2001, 06:29 AM

birdhunter,
i think grey is the inland color, because my old rotten turtleneck is GRAY, as least what's left of it is! Oh, you just added more to my superstition! [img]images/icons/shocked.gif[/img]