When it comes to fishermen, you know we can all be a superstitious bunch. From that lucky pair of socks, a sweet holey rock, or even a lucky rabbit’s foot, there are many different things that DEFINITELY make a difference on the outcome of a day’s fishing. And, it goes without saying, you better never have a banana near a boat, or you might as well call it a day before you even get into the water!
We’ve certainly got our share of fishy superstitions (some weird, some compulsive, some well.. down right smelly), but we’d like to hear from you! Do you have a lucky morning routine before hitting the water, or an interesting lucky charm you just can’t fish without? C’mon, we know you do!
Be a sport and drop us a comment below about your lucky charms!
‘Lucky Charms’ usually are meant to be carried, or worn, on the person as I understand it. However, a colleague & I have brought back selected stones – not pebbles – but stones, and sometimes rocks of several pounds. When walking the banks of Cape Breton’s Margree River (Nova Scotia) you find a myriad of coloured – sometimes oddly shaped or profiled – ‘river rock’ that has been travelling downstream since glacial times. When one stands out (Or ‘speaks to you’) we gather them & carry them back to our camp to transport home. Such souvenirs end up in aquariums, along garden paths, on fly-tying desk shelves – wherever.
(Small white quartz stones & pebbles fill my vehicle’s ash tray too.)
I change my cap or hat till something good happens and then keep it on……..
Interesting comment from Nova Scotia….maybe a coincidence…I have been carrying around white quartz rock in my vest for 10 years or more. (Found on a Rhode Island Beach while Striper fishing) Although it’s little help when bone fishing as the vest stays at home ;p
I try to remember to bring my rod… it has good fish mojo.