Source Target Walleye
Superstitions [sü-pər-ˈsti-shən] noun: A widely held but unjustified belief in supernatural causation leading to certain consequences of an action or event, or a practice based on such a belief.
What’s your biggest fishing superstition? 🤔 Good or bad, something you HAVE to do or something that’s NOT allowed on your boat…. We asked folks to drop a comment on our Facebook or Instagram pages with their biggest fishing superstitions – here’s what we got:
- The first cast curse! It’s bad luck to catch a fish on your first cast of the day. First cast at a new spot? Sure! But definitely not on the first of the day or it’s all downhill from there.
- Absolutely NO bananas on the boat.
- Don’t fill the livewell until you catch one.
- No hand sanitizer, bug spray or sunscreen applied on the boat. The oils get on everything, including bait.
- Always dip the net when I start the day.
- The last numbers on all the line-counters need to be the same.
- No snacks or drinks before the first walleye is in the box.
- Never harvest fish while pre-fishing for a tournament. Never
- Having the net ready prior to the first cast – tuck that thing away.
- Kiss the fish before I throw ’em back.
- Spit on the first minnow.
- No loud stomping or music.
- Predicting the day before launching! Don’t jinx it – stay humble.
- Not biting? Set the rod down and have something to eat or take a leak…and sure as you just start, your lure will get smashed.
- Pour a little beer in the water…ice fishing, one must first bless the holes.
- Don’t put gas in your boat the day you’re going fishing…everything will have a hint of gas smell.
- When the crawler harness spins counter-clockwise.
- Dot’s Pretzels. Start snackin’ on those suckers when you’re not marking anything on the ice, and suddenly your rod will run down the hole.
- Always got to have PayDay candy bars on the boat.
- Don’t keep the first fish no matter the size, unless it’s a tournament.
- Truly believing someone actually gave you a tip on a hotspot.
- If the cows are eating, the fish are too.
- No beer until there’s a fish in the boat.
- Fish love ’80s pop music, just saying….
- I don’t like pocket change/coins in the boat.
- Can’t end an open-water or ice season with a pike…has to be a walleye.
- I won’t fish the same spot twice in the same day.
- When trolling crankbaits, NEVER have the line-counter end on a 0 or 5.
- Always place the net and pliers in the same spot.
- No one’s allowed to wear skinny jeans in my boat.