Superstitions

[El Presidente]

Good discussion on the deck yesterday about personal superstitions. 

..........we are a twisted bunch 

 

 

My "newest" superstition was passed on by captain PJ many years ago.  "You only play Country Music while fishing because Country Music brings in the fish" 

 

I laughed when he first put on Garth Brooks over the boat speakers.  I don't laugh anymore.......... It works  

 

.....anyone here with a superstition or two 

 

 

 

 

 

[NSXCIGAR]

I usually sacrifice a virgin to ensure good crops.

Getting harder and harder to find any around here though...

[99call]

Add this to your playlist, for those who come back empty handed. Epic song

 

[Ford2112]

No bananas on the fishing boat. Never catch a fish on your first cast. Never take a girl. All surefire ways to get skunked!

[Drguano]

Bad luck to piss into the wind.

[Ken Gargett]

i have absolutely no superstitions at all. none. never have. everyone knows that the number 87 is unlucky. that is a fact, not a superstition. 

[BigGuns]

1 hour ago, Ford2112 said:

No bananas on the fishing boat.

No bananas on ANY boat!  And 13 is a lucky number.

[Chibearsv]

$50 bills are bad luck for sure.  Won't touch them at the race track.

[NSXCIGAR]

1 hour ago, Chibearsv said:

$50 bills are bad luck for sure.  Won't touch them at the race track.

So if you found one on the ground...

[Greenhorn2]

1 hour ago, Chibearsv said:

$50 bills are bad luck for sure.  Won't touch them at the race track.

I never heard this one until I sold some tools to a fellow worker. I tried to give him a $50 as change and he wouldn't take it, said they were bad luck. I stuck it back in my wallet and gave him 2 twenties and a ten. A guy pulled out in front of me on the way home and totaled my car and right leg. I don't mess with $50's anymore.

[Çnote]

$50s are meant to be spent. It's the best single bill tip amount. I love them. They are immediately spent on cigars.

Spill salt, throw salt over shoulder. It's reflex, I don't even know I'm doing it. Tapping drinks on the table; same thing.

[Chibearsv]

6 hours ago, NSXCIGAR said:

So if you found one on the ground...

I'll leave it for someone else that needs it more than I do.

[Chibearsv]

6 hours ago, Greenhorn2 said:

I never heard this one until I sold some tools to a fellow worker. I tried to give him a $50 as change and he wouldn't take it, said they were bad luck. I stuck it back in my wallet and gave him 2 twenties and a ten. A guy pulled out in front of me on the way home and totaled my car and right leg. I don't mess with $50's anymore.

Exactly!

[El Hoze]

I love the country music and fishing. Glad to know that works in the Southern Hemisphere too. I have many superstitions but one is when we drive up to fish an inlet about 30 min north of me we have to listen to “Chicken Fried” by Zac Brown. Could be 4am my buddy will say “get the chicken fried on, fast, I need fish today” we always laugh. And it works! 

[havanaclub]

I used to have several when playing hockey and lacrosse.
I still put my left skate on first when I play in my men’s hockey league. Mind you athletes tend to be a little crazy when it comes to superstitions.


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[MrBirdman]

11 hours ago, Chibearsv said:

$50 bills are bad luck for sure.  Won't touch them at the race track.

All my bad luck at casinos explained! I’ve always liked $50 bills. I figured you couldn’t go wrong with America’s #1 cigar-smoking president on the front. No more!

[pohlmad]

Never put your drink back on the table without first taking a drink during a toast. If anyone does that, we need to redo the toast or it’s bad luck. 

[joeypots]

Never toast with a glass of water.

[Chas.Alpha]

On 3/31/2023 at 8:48 PM, Chibearsv said:

$50 bills are bad luck for sure.  Won't touch them at the race track.

I was in a hotel bar and bought a pretty girl next to me a drink. I offered her a $50 dollar bill and she threw the drink on me and slapped my face!

Yep, them $50’s are bad luck for sure.😳

[GVan]

(From Florida - Atlantic side) My brother in-law HAD a superstition that the first time you catch a Sailfish on his boat - you have to jump in the water with it and take a picture or you will never be allowed on the boat again because it would ruin sail fishing. I think he was talked into this superstition by his son-in-law.  He believed that superstition for many years. It was always pretty funny watching him seriously try and talk the person into jumping over the side.  That is until a 8' Bull Shark showed up to try and eat the Sailfish alongside the boat with a friend still in the water.  My brother-in-law officially ditched the superstition after that and we still catch many sailfish!  Friend and Sailfish were not harmed during this event - but it was two minutes of chaos and yelling.

[BlueRidgeFly]

On 4/1/2023 at 8:11 AM, havanaclub said:

 

I used to have several when playing hockey and lacrosse.
I still put my left skate on first when I play in my men’s hockey league. Mind you athletes tend to be a little crazy when it comes to superstitions.

 

That’s funny. I put my left shoe on first, have gotten superstitious about it for some reason. But bananas on boats, $50 bills—all inert 😀

First time I fished with a guide in FL he peeled a banana and laughed at the cursed fruit. Caught my first redfish on the fly right after. Part of his tip was a 50. Went out with him the next year, same thing… and another good day, boat continued floating, two wild boar in the parking area did not attack us. Bananas and $50 bills are lucky charms!

[PuroDiario]

On 4/1/2023 at 11:55 AM, joeypots said:

Never toast with a glass of water.

I would raise this further to never toast with a non-alcoholic drink. 

[dominattorney]

I sincerely believe that if I set two trials on the same day, they will both probably go. Lawyers will understand this. The chances of any one trial proceeding on the date scheduled is less than 20 percent otherwise. 

Additionally. If I have one trial set that I think will not go, and schedule a golf round for that week, it will automatically force the trial to go. 

[ElJavi76]

So I don’t know when I started doing it exactly but we’re going on over a decade of it. I pick comfortable travel outfits. I fly out of anywhere with the same outfit I flew in on. Down to the socks and undies (no washing). If it got me there, it can get my home. 
 

The last two trips I had my suitcase run up on the knee of my joggers, as I was putting it on the belt. I flew back both times with a black streak across my kneecap. The moment I arrive at my city of destination I usually take off the outfit and lay it on a chair or something in preparation for our return. 

[oneizzzz]

"Two more, skip the last"

In reference to finishing up a day on the slopes.  People always seem to get injured on "the last run" down a mountain.