Any of you have any rituals or superstition sayings that you live by.
Growing up we used to say let’s go holoholo(cruise around) instead of fishing..it was a superstition that the fishes could hear you saying fishing and won’t bite.
Another one is when the kiawe tree beans fall from the tree that means the sea urchin is ready to harvest.
I’m an old Hockey player, and we’re known for our superstitions. So yes I have a few regarding fishing but I’m not going to say what they are because I don’t want to jinx myself!
As I drop a bullhead to the floor Dad always said and it’s now a superstitious ritual…
If a minnow doesn’t hit the floor at least once, it’s no good.
No bananas allowed in the boat- period…
No miller lite in my boat. 
And yes it is that serious.
When fishing for a while with no action…I always say ” Its like the dog said when he got his tail run over by the lawn mower….it won’t be long now “
When the wind is from the north fisherman should not go forth……
When the wind is from the south…blows the hook into their mouth……
I was told not to fish the SE corner of any water because the fish wouldn’t hit there. I’m sure glad I didn’t listen to that advice.
When sitting around a campfire and the smoke is blowing right at you, start repeating “white Rabbit” and it will stop.
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When sitting around a campfire and the smoke is blowing right at you, start repeating “white Rabbit” and it will stop.
hmmm..that’s a funny one 
I have new one..When my son asks, “How long have we been fishing now??” is when the fish stops biting
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When sitting around a campfire and the smoke is blowing right at you, start repeating “white Rabbit” and it will stop.
I did have a gem of a saying when I was a kid regarding the ginormous glob of nightcralwer I’d stuff onto my hook: “Big Bait, Big Fish”. 
Instead of saying something cliché like drive safely, I always say,
“Drive fast, take chances”. If I don’t say it, I’m afraid I’ll get in an accident!!!
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When I take a pee I usually comment, “This usually triggers a bite.” Never fails.
Come to think of it, seems to work for just about any distraction.
I learned the “White Rabbit” trick in Boy Scouts when I was a kid. It still works today.
We can’t open a beer in the boat until someone catches a fish….and when you do, you need to spill a little over the side as nod “to the guys who aren’t here”.
When the winds from the east the fishings the least, when the winds from the west the fishings the best. When the winds from the north don’t go forth, when the winds from the south use stinkbait! Sometimes things don’t rhyme but they make perfect sense.
True Story! Happened tonight!!
I’ve been fishing a back water area on P4 and we’ve been boating 3 fish per night with 4 nights out. I’m not counting on the wift fish ->(CHIRP).
So I’m feeling pretty confident tonight as we boated away from the dock at Everts.
I tell the couple to get ready, the golden hours is arriving.
8pm passes…
9pm passes…
10pm PASSES…
We had on channel smash and drop a bullhead AND THAT WAS IT!
DEAD SEA!
I was frantically thinking of what to do and why we didn’t have at least a run.
Then out of the blue I asked the young lady in the seat next to me if she had any bananas in the bag she brought along. SHE DID!!
I said to her boy friend, Mike! She has BANANAS!!
They both looked at me with the deer in the headlights stare. I said, “You DON’T know about bananas and fishing??”
Nope. No idea.
I told them the most sure fire way for a skunk was to have a banana on board. ‘Course they didn’t believe me, so I told them to google it. (Gotta love the internet in the boat)
In case YOU aren’t aware of the bad banana luck, here’s a tid bit from one of the 100’s of Google results…
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Bananas are considered bad luck on a fishing boat by many captains. There is a basis for this belief. It may be a myth, but it can influence your catch.
The bad luck theory of bananas is derived from the misfortune of stevedores unloading banana boats from Central America. The cargo most often contained biting spiders that not only were painful, but occasionally deadly. Stevedores considered it bad luck to be assigned to unloading a banana boat. This is the truth behind the myth.
The effect that this superstition has on anglers is real. As you know from reading the first installment in this fishing clinic, Karma is very important. The mere thought of bad luck can cause an imbalance in the captain and/or crew’s Ying and Yang. The imbalance results in a poor catch. Bananas are bad luck only for those who believe they are bad luck. However, one superstitious crewmember can affect an entire boat’s Karma.
We came in early. 
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When sitting around a campfire and the smoke is blowing right at you, start repeating “white Rabbit” and it will stop.
There ya go, had to go find the headphones and listen to it again!
Seeing you in a picture in just a t shirt standing in the door of your camper! 
I’m sure there was a lot of imbalance in the Captain last night in your boat. Don’t blame it on the bananas. Just look at the picture you posted yesterday. Yup lots of imbalance there.
I may have whiffed but I still caught your 3 fish average. Just sayin. Chirp 
Superstitions. I have one. If I’m not catching anything I’ve been known to throw a coin in the water to pay them off.
I don’t have any, but the one I have heard from my brother-in-law and nephew is if the cows are standing, there is good fishing, if they are laying down, its bad.
The one bad sort of superstition I have is that when it is slow, the fish seem to bite when I am in the middle of a smoke.
Hmmm…. BrianK’s Trophy Banana Fishing 
Heh, heh, I can’t wait til he sees this.
That is funny. He’ll go crazy.
somebody mighta ambushed briank’s boat…. he posted this earlier on facebook…..
Well that banana did it. It’s FACT not fiction.
For the second night not a cat in the boat.
Luck can not be worse than this….
Nice banana Corey. 
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Well that banana did it. It’s FACT not fiction.
For the second night not a cat in the boat.
Luck can not be worse than this….
Nice banana Corey.
Holy crap! I litterally had stuff come out of my nose! Hilarious
If you catch a fish on the first cast, the rest of the day is going to be lousy.
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