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Old 03-28-13, 08:52 PM   #1
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Im curious do any of you have any quirks that you feel like cost you fish. Like for instance i feel like if i dont have my hat the day really doesnt produce i was just interested if anyone else has an item that they feel like brings them good luck.
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Old 03-28-13, 08:57 PM   #2
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WELLLLL....SEEING AS I only SEEM TO CATCH dinks.....I really LIKE IT WHEN LISA GOES WITH ME, THEN I know WE'LL HAVE SUPPER FOR THE NIGHT.
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Old 03-29-13, 05:29 PM   #3
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Old 03-29-13, 07:59 PM   #4
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me i always waste 1st cast
It's not by choice, but I waste a helluva lot more than that.
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Im curious do any of you have any quirks that you feel like cost you fish. Like for instance i feel like if i dont have my hat the day really doesnt produce i was just interested if anyone else has an item that they feel like brings them good luck.
I'm not sure if this is a quirk or a superstition or a tradition. Maybe all 3 or none.

For years I've been in the habit of listening to a burned CD on the way to the lake. If it's an early morning (pre-dawn) trip I've got to hear these 3 tracks........Motley Crue-Dr. Feelgood.....The Gap Band-Early in the Morning....then right as I'm backing the trailer down the ramp....Grand Funk-I Can Feel Him In The Morning!!
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Old 03-29-13, 10:44 PM   #6
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I wouldn't say I have any quirks that I use as a crutch to help me catch bass, but I have a few things I almost always do. I'll take two candy bars and a bottle of Dew or RC. I ONLY listen to country music on my way to the lake. To me, country and bass fishing go hand in hand. And I have to have my fishing tackle. Without my fishing tackle, I just know I'm not going to catch anything that day.
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Old 03-29-13, 11:19 PM   #7
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I wouldn't say I have any quirks that I use as a crutch to help me catch bass, but I have a few things I almost always do. I'll take two candy bars and a bottle of Dew or RC. I ONLY listen to country music on my way to the lake. To me, country and bass fishing go hand in hand. And I have to have my fishing tackle. Without my fishing tackle, I just know I'm not going to catch anything that day.
That's why I never catch anything other than a buzz. Damn it
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Old 03-30-13, 11:31 AM   #8
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ok, seriously now. i ALWAYS have COCA-COLA int he early part of the morning along with my frozen REESES cups for breakfast. after 2 cokes, then i switch over to mountain dews. i ALWAYS start with either a lizzard or spro frog, depending on how cold it is.
i always wear either my ALABAMA outfit or my fishing outfit. the fishing outfit is a tee shirt with a bass on the back. the alabama outfit is self explainatory,lol.

i NEVER crank up the out board when i first start out. trolling motor only, don't wanna spook the fish. i troll to my spots first. then after the first couple of hrs i'll fire up the outboard.

oh....and i whisper to the fishes...hahaha!
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I have a pair of line clippers that I don't like to fish without, I don't know if they are lucky or not, but if I forget to bring them it makes me feel like I lost my wallet.
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Old 03-30-13, 02:53 PM   #10
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I don't eat fish the day before I fish. I've only ever done it once and it was before a tournament and my boater warned me not and he was the only guy who didn't eat any fish at the fish fry. Next day at the tournament I blanked, he won, never ate fish the day before I fish since.
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Old 03-30-13, 05:42 PM   #11
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I have a pair of line clippers that I don't like to fish without, I don't know if they are lucky or not, but if I forget to bring them it makes me feel like I lost my wallet.
Mine is similar to this. I always have a hand towel hanging out of my pocket. I use to wipe my hands while fishing. If I forget it or it's being washed or whatever, I feel like I "lost my wallet." That's a good way to describe the feeling.
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Old 03-30-13, 07:48 PM   #12
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I have a pair of line clippers that I don't like to fish without, I don't know if they are lucky or not, but if I forget to bring them it makes me feel like I lost my wallet.
Same here. I have a set that I hang on a lanyard around my neck. Those and a pair of Leatherman type pliars in my right front pocket. I feel naked without them.
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Old 03-30-13, 10:04 PM   #13
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I don't eat fish the day before I fish. I've only ever done it once and it was before a tournament and my boater warned me not and he was the only guy who didn't eat any fish at the fish fry. Next day at the tournament I blanked, he won, never ate fish the day before I fish since.
Thanks blue, now I got one.

I'm the guy who brings A BANANA in his lunch after petting the landing guys black cat under the ladder he left out.

But the 'whys' got me. I love seafood. Almost anything.
But you blanking.
Everyone else struggling.
Red meat eater winning.

I'm in!
No more seafood the day of or before fishing
Wow. I just thought it through.
I may not have fish till hard water.
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Old 03-31-13, 10:54 AM   #14
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If you catch one on the first cast, you're screwed and will have a bad day. (Not always true, but true enough)
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Old 03-31-13, 11:22 AM   #15
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I knew when I posted this it would be a fun read. I have a new one. I never take my brothers buddy on the boat I don't feel naked but I always end up wet. Every time we go I end up in the water somehow.
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Old 03-31-13, 11:30 AM   #16
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Ive got my lucky forceps,and its a kiss of death to catch a fish first cast.
Example last time out first cast a keeper lol,hr half later no other bites.
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Old 03-31-13, 07:33 PM   #17
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Apparently I'm the oddball here -- no superstitions or "lucky" or "unlucky" anything. And I'll gladly take a fish on the first cast of any outing. Those have often been a start to many of my best days of fishing.
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Old 03-31-13, 08:35 PM   #18
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Apparently I'm the oddball here -- no superstitions or "lucky" or "unlucky" anything. And I'll gladly take a fish on the first cast of any outing. Those have often been a start to many of my best days of fishing.
Not as odd as you may think. I have racked my brain and if I have a superstition/tradition, I can't think of it. Maybe I need one.
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I have a bad karma thing for killing LGMouth. It may be a gut hook from a sleeping client or just an accident but the next day I do terrible... maybe 5 fish all day.

That's is my only thing.. and having two of everything.. not three, just two or four ...well as long as it is an even number

And maybe the one lure in my box that should never ever be touched.. and maybe no blue gatoraid in the cooler.

But no I really do have any to speak of.

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Old 04-02-13, 08:59 AM   #21
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i ALWAYS start with either a lizzard or spro frog, depending on how cold it is.
I thought you started with a Coke and frozen Reece's PB cups. But protein IS BETTER FOR YA, I guess.

I have no quirks.

I just keep my fingers crossed that as I slide off the trailer the motor starts, everything after that is BONUS. If I'm using the kayak, if I get in it without falling on my butt in the water, everything else is a BONUS.
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I thought you started with a Coke and frozen Reece's PB cups. But protein IS BETTER FOR YA, I guess.

I have no quirks.

I just keep my fingers crossed that as I slide off the trailer the motor starts, everything after that is BONUS. If I'm using the kayak, if I get in it without falling on my butt in the water, everything else is a BONUS.
LOL yep! There's always that moment of steppin in, where I'm worried it's gonna throw me
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I've determined my "bad luck charm." After years of fishing, I've determined that if I hook up my boat to my truck, I'm going to have a bad day of fishing.....
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I've determined my "bad luck charm." After years of fishing, I've determined that if I hook up my boat to my truck, I'm going to have a bad day of fishing.....
Time for a yak?
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I have a bad karma thing for killing LGMouth. It may be a gut hook from a sleeping client or just an accident but the next day I do terrible... maybe 5 fish all day.

That's is my only thing.. and having two of everything.. not three, just two or four ...well as long as it is an even number

And maybe the one lure in my box that should never ever be touched.. and maybe no blue gatoraid in the cooler.

But no I really do have any to speak of.

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