Mack in N.C.
Old Mossy Horns
NOT!!! Monster caught out of my 12' Jon tonight. Will hopefully post report tomorrow.
Must see.
Must see.
Old fisherman's excuse for not catching fish.....
I hadn't heard that before. Funny these old 'tales' that are out there. I know when I was a kid it was a 'known' that you'd catch more fish if you peed on the fishing line before you started fishing.
Many centuries ago mariners believed women were bad luck on a boat...
If we can't have Bikini Babes around boats then I don't want to live any longer.... I'm ready to go...
another crazy one that some folks swear by:
It's bad luck to catch one on your first cast.
anyone take that one to heart?
I think it is way more of a deal in the salt. sweetwater fisherman need no excuses as their fishing is so much easier.
another crazy one that some folks swear by:
It's bad luck to catch one on your first cast.
anyone take that one to heart?
I load back up and leave, if I catch a fish on the first cast. Well, not really but it usually, 95% confidence level, turns out to be a not so good day to fish. To me it is never a good sign.
I was told that during the 1700's that when they were shipping bananas on cargo ships that the tarantulas would make nest in the banana's. Then they would come out and sting the crew killing them.
^Always a good sign to see rabbits beside the road, when going fishing. I'll keep an eye out for a yellow butterfly.
Also a good sign if you see cattle feeding or moving in a field, as opposed to laying around chewing their cuds. If you believe in solunar effects, it sort of makes sense. All animals would be more active during peak solunar feeding periods.
It's what firefly said - old mariner belief that banana bad luck on a boat/ship - not necessarily just fishing
Makes one wonder what chaos happened with the cargo ships that brought the first loads of banana to port,,,,,
I know the Vonda Kay headboat in Wrightsville Beach prohibits them. My buddy was buying his ticket (in the parking lot,) Captain told him "get rid of that banana." He wolfs it down, and goes to throw the peel in the wastebasket. The captain scowls and says, "don't throw that in my wastebasket, it'l attract the flies" (as if the fish market dumpster across the parking lot didn't do that already.) So, he goes to toss it in the bush, and the mate yells at him for littering.Actually from what I have been told there is a charter boat Captain in Morehead City or Beaufort one that will not allow banana's on his boat. If I can't carry what I want to eat aboard a boat I won't go out on it..Its hard for me to believe that anyone actually believes that foolishness..