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| I have a friend who won't allow bananas in his boat. Ha says thery're bad luck. He freaks out every time he even sees a banana. Does anyone else have any other superstitions they swear by? |
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Location: Athens, Ohio | That's one friend to keep; he's right.
Don't wake my wife with the boat garage door at 4:30 am; the whole trip was jinxed after that!
Battery died, tiller handle broke, no fish, trailer light trouble... m
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Location: Ft. Wayne, Indiana | My experiences with a banana in the boat are pretty good, my grandpa and i go fishing a lot during the summer and fall and he takes a banana every once and a while, and i end up catching a fish everytime there is a banana on board. |
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| I thought everyone knew bananas were bad luck, maybe I know more than I thought!!!!!!!!! I think it's the yallow or something.
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| Make that Yellow.
Joe Wishin |
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| I have the same hang ups with bananas on board.My brother thought he'd teach me once and for all there was nothing to it.All in my head he said.Suffice to say he lost a 45&a 50at the boat.And then the boat sank.See he says look what happened and not a nana in sight.Except the one his wife put in his cooler to teach me a lesson.True story.No bananas in my boat.Not even scented sun tan lotion.
Lunker Lenny
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Location: Madison, WI | A lot of people don't let me in their boat, they say I'm bad luck! |
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| Absolutely. NO BANANAS. Had too many trips where we weren't catching fish, take a break for lunch and see some fish monkey pull out and peel a banana...then I'd ask if there were any more of them.
"No," is the standard answer.
And then we'd get all our action that afternoon. This has happened so many times I will usually mention it before leaving the dock area if I have a new crew, or novice members...I say to them..."If you have a banana on board, eat it now...If I find it later, one of us is going to end up with the f***ing thing shoved where the sun don't shine..."
Al Nutty
Kinkaid Lake Guide Service
Been Nutty all my life, the insanity is a recent affliction!!! |
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Location: Brookfield, WI | I'm Chiquita Banana, and I've come to say
Bananas have to ripen in a certain way.
And when they are flecked with brown and have a golden hue,
Bananas taste the best, and are the best for you.
You can put them in a salad. You can put them in a pie - aye.
Anyway you want to eat them it's impossible to beat them.
But bananas like the climate of the very, very tropical equator.
So you should never put bananas in the refrigerator.
You have to love this kind of banana. Yowser!
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Location: Pelican Lake/Three Lakes Chain | NO BANANAS.
I had three offenders bring bananas on board last year, none of the experiences were good.
One was on opening day, with League partner and good friend Andy Krueger. On the way to the lake I got my first ever speeding ticket. Got blanked for the day, the first time that happened on an opener in many years.
The second was Theedz, we were struggling moving fish on what was the hot lake before the Rhinelander outing last year. He offered me a snack out of his cooler about an hour before dark when I saw the offending fruit. I still think his wife thinks I am nuts for making him throw perfectly good produce in the lake. Oh yeah, we did move some fish after the banana was gone.
The third was Todd Forcier during the Kevin Worrall Memorial. Camera crew in the boat, tournament setting and he brought bananas!!! Once again no fish to speak of even looking at our baits until the offensive snack was cleared from the boat.
NO BANANAS!! |
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Location: Athens, Ohio | Banana Sledges are the only possible exception! m |
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Location: Elk River, Minnesota | So how do you explain Gooches Banana Bait doing so well and being put back into production?
Instead of eating them, maybe a harness needs to be made.. A quick strike Banana Rig..
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Location: So. Illinois | I learned of this interesting superstition during my first trip to Alaska halibut fishing. Before the charter capt'n allowed us on the boat he did a banana check. He stated very specifically no banana or banana-related products were allowed on his boat over threat of castration. One doubting individual intentionally did not declare his illiegal fruit, did not comply and smuggled a couple on board. After about 6 hours of complete skunk, the offending individual tried to sneak a banana to eat one. The capt'n saw the offending individual and immediate threatened to set him adrift, throw him overboard, strand member on a deserted beach, cut off his male member, etc. After an inspection of his belonging, 6 bananas were confiscated and thrown ovverboard after a 20 minute ride away frmo the fishing grounds. When we returned, we limited out on flounder and salmon in about 90 minutes during an off-tide period -- simply amazing. OBTW, the offending individual is banned from ever fishing with that specific charter company again. I've never seen anyone take a superstition more seriously. When out on the water, the capt in in charge.
If you do a search on the internet, there is allot of interesting information on this superstition.
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Do not bring bananas
Bad luck - we are serious
Back in the days of the sailing ships, sailors ate fruit to prevent an onset of scurvy. Bananas would ripen and spoil faster than most fruit. The bug larvae in the skin would hatch and infest not just the other fruit but the entire ship itself. It was deemed unfit for sailing ships. Any mention of bananas was seen as a bad omen and would spell misfortune for the voyage.
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Black Widow Spider?
The story is that many, many years ago a sailing ship entered port with supplies bound for a fishing fleet. Among the supplies were bushels of bananas. After loading their supplies the fishing boats raised their sails and headed for the open ocean, unaware that the banana bushels were infested with black widow spider nests. Many aboard did not return alive!
Henceforth, bananas have been considered taboo on sailing and fishing boats, and became associated with bad luck. It is forbidden to have bananas on board!
from http://j-walkblog.com/blog/index/P12485/
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BANANAS!!!
ABOARD MY BOAT
This would include the fruit itself, banana chips, muffins, breads, flavored
drinks, or any other concoction containing this deadly fruit.
It also means no sunscreens with pictures or names of this fruit.
Shirts, pants, shorts, underwear, or any other article of clothing with
pictures or representations of this offensive fruit are also forbidden.
This is not a joke and should not be taken lightly!
Bananas have been considered bad luck on sailing and fishing vessels
for centuries. Numerous references can be found in books, on the web,
and in conversations with people that have seen the effects of this deadly fruit.
I myself only gave this superstition passing respect until early this summer
I was involved in a two boat, two day charter with seven guys.
The first day we had a great day of fishing with lots of quality fish and
great weather while our companion boat had a very difficult day including
a oil malfunction on his engines (requiring a stop every few miles to add oil by hand)
and a lack of fish to be caught.
The next day we went out again and the only change was we swapped on person off
each boat. On the way out of the pass I looked next to me and our new person was
slathered in sunscreen head to toe. On further exam, despite being told not to there
was the offending bottle of Banana_____ sunscreen sitting on my console.
Not totally being a freak about the superstition I reminded this person about the effects
bananas have on boats and the possible affect his actions may have on our day.
( I should have turned around and made him shower)
We proceeded to run out twenty-one miles without incident until we stopped when my
previously perfectly running engine began to sound like it had ingested a bunch of
rocks. We were on what had been a red-hot spot so we fished for awhile before trying
to get back in. What do you know? No fish.
Thinking safety we started in many hours early and had made it to about nine miles
out when my engine blew. Dead in the water. Fortunately we were able to get towed
in by my Father-in-law and avoid that expense, but it still made for a very disappointing
day. When I took my boat in for repair of course the statement was made that they
knew what had happened, had no idea why it had happened and had never seen it
before. Seven thousand dollars later I was back on the water having had to cancel
numerous trips people had booked.
The point of this is I don't allow bananas or
related products on my boat!
It's your day of fishing and if you want to tempt fate just remember that no matter how
good a day we have it probably would have been better without anything banana
on-board. Bringing bananas just might make for a miserable day for all involved.
from http://www.kuuloakai.com/bring.asp
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| I read this entire thread with great amusement, laughing at how silly y'all are. And then I read this:
..."On the way out of the pass I looked next to me and our new person was
slathered in sunscreen head to toe. On further exam, despite being told not to there
was the offending bottle of Banana_____ sunscreen sitting on my console."
I started thinking about a string of fishless days I had, the "black cloud" reference... You guessed it boys, BANANA BOAT FRIGGIN SUNSCREEN...
Now I'm not a superstitious guy, but the day I broke my streak last year? Left the bottle of sunscreen at home. All those fishless days? All those "Gee Jeff, I just don't get it, they were here yesterday"'s, all the "man, it sure LOOKED promising today"...
Banana boat friggin sunscreen.
When I started wearin that #*#*, I started having bad luck fishing....
Myth? I'm not so sure!...
So help me out here guys -- the reason I bought it is because ot is the ONLY sunscreen that I have found that doesn't STINK like fruit, coconut, medicine, or some other garbage that I don't want to walk around reeking of all day long...
I burn just thinking about sunlight, so sunscreen is a must, but I can't stand the stench of all the stuff out there (with the exception ob BB which has no smell)
Is there another odor free brand out there? |
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Location: Iowa | Banana's make my inner ear canals itch so it wouldn't even be an issue for me...I think I am mildly allergic to them...I know I am weird...we did have one in the boat for the matchfishing item last year and I lost about a 40"er that would have won the Clear Lake Tourney...maybe they are bad luck...
Big Perc
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Location: nationwide | Come to think about it I bought a plastic banana for a matchfishing match last year as well. . . . . .and I got skunked. I took it out of the boat and replaced it with a football for another match . . .and caught a fish. Hmmmmmm .. . . . new boat rule . . .no more bananas!!!!!!!!
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Location: Northern Wisconsin | you guys are crazy |
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Location: CENTRAL WISCONSIN |
muskymeyer - 2/20/2007 2:38 PM
Come to think about it I bought a plastic banana for a matchfishing match last year as well. . . . . .and I got skunked. I took it out of the boat and replaced it with a football for another match . . .and caught a fish. Hmmmmmm .. . . . new boat rule . . .no more bananas!!!!!!!!
Corey Meyer[/QUOTE
So let me make sure I have it right? Now its no potatoes and no bananas?!
wow....your going to have peta and the vegans after you! |
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Location: oak lawn IL | "I started thinking about a string of fishless days I had, the "black cloud" reference... You guessed it boys, BANANA BOAT FRIGGIN SUNSCREEN..."
HOLY CHIT NO WONDER I NEVER CAUGHT ONE LAST YEAR,it's now 8:49 pm and 20* outside-- i'm going to uncover and get that crap out of my boat!!!
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Location: oak lawn IL | ok I got it all out. I found 2 bottles of the sunblock in my boat and my son has been warned.  hope this helps me this year |
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Location: Omaha, Nebraska | We lost our trolling motor last year in Minnesota. We don't know why, all we heard was a loud klunk and it was gone. I guess we will blame it on bananas because I don't like bananas.
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| when it's hot and sunny and fish are not moving ...Team Bemidji, (Kevin C and MHulbert) swear that stripping down and jumping in changes your luck....seemed to work for us last summer!
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Location: Northern Wisconsin | dem2 was it a bow mount? i heard lots of people having been loosing them on cass, heard it could be scuba divers coming up and taking them off while you rent looking? |
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Location: Milwaukee Wi | Maybe the muskies are jelous of your bananas and are protesting cuz they want it put some hooks on it and send her down to the deep6!! |
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Location: Omaha, Nebraska | No, actually it was a custom unit that my Dad got from a guy at his work. It worked great until it fell off. Who ever got it has a nice trolling motor now.
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Location: Northern Wisconsin | how did it fall off? |
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Location: Omaha, Nebraska | Bananas!!! |
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| Steve,
Man you should know for a fact bananas are bad luck. Look at what happened at the Chicago Show. We came across the all mighty banana and during the demo on sunday my reel malfunctioned and the the face plate fell off.
I believe know!!!!!!!!!!
I believe!!!!!!!!!!!
Call me crazy but I believe. |
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| I think you guys are beyond crazy!
I did however remove the banana lotion from my truck today HAHA |
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| If bananas are bad luck in a boat, how do they ship them to our country? |
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| on a banana boat
ba-dump-dump
Is winter over yet?  |
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Location: searchin for 50 | More winter to come this weekend. They don't fish off of a banana boat do they? I think theywould have bad luck if they did 
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| I always respected the "No Banana" rule. I thought it was kinda interesting. I have to make that a hard rule for my boat. Get caught and you'll never come back.
Jim- Yeah I remember. It's one of the reasons why I started this thread. And all you did was walk near one. See you in Rockford. |
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