03-28-13, 08:52 PM | #1 |
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Bass Superstitions-Traditions.
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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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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me i always waste 1st cast
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It's not by choice, but I waste a helluva lot more than that.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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. Capt Mike
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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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Time for a yak?
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