Bananas bad luck?

[racn35]

Just to prove a point I caught this fish on a banana peel......I wish the pic was better.So you could see the banana peel firmly in the fishes mouth on a 8/0 circle hook

[choptankcrabber]

I scoff at any superstition...... on land. On the water, it's a different story.

My uncle came along on our fishing trip outta Cape May last week. He is the Rodney Dangerfield of fishing. He has heard the refrain "Shoulda been here last week....." more times than any other fisherman alive. He's been jinxed from the Chesapeake to the Caribbean. So last week, we were consolidating our lunches into one cooler at the dock, and sure enough I spot a banana. Without saying a word I pitched it halfway down the dock. I don't think he could have been more surprised if I had sucker punched him. I explained, and he answered "that's ridiculous, I always take a banana......" Get the picture? So we proceeded to have a slow but steady day of fishing- my uncle caught more on that one day than in the previous 10 trips. If he hadn't already had one banana for breakfast, I'm sure we would have limited out.

That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

[RoryGoggin]

Research on the internet revealed two possible sources for this superstition:

1. Bananas release a chemical (I've forgotten which) that causes other vegetables and fruit to ripen faster - thus causing early spoilage on long trips during days of sail only ships and thus causing early onset of scurvy and other starvation .

2. Wrecks of ships that sank which were carrying bananas were easily located by the only thing left floating in the sea - bananas. This lead many mariners to believe that it was the bananas that caused the sinking of the ships.

I don't buy it - but I did leave a banana chip hidden on Racn35's boat somewhere the first time I ho'ed with him. Had good luck with that, have you Jamie?

[jeffdon12]

AHHHHHH! spotted a "no bananas on board" sign on a boat in OC, MD last weekend.

Also, I caught two rockfish a few weeks back, after remembering to leave the Banana Republic underwear at home.

[AMiller456]

You are not even allowed to say "you know what" on my boat. I tell my crew to not eat "you know what" 48 hours ahead of our trip so that they are not half digested in their stomachs while onboard. I try not to even look at them while I'm in 7-11 before the trip. Every once in awhile someone will test the well know law of fishing and bring one on board just to say "I told you that its just superstition", but they always admit to it on the way home after we've been skunked, therefore take the blame. I've been striper fishing 20 times in the past few weeks and the one time that I was skunked is when someone new to my boat mentioned bannanas and wanted to hear my take on the phenomenon. My daughter thinks its cute to say bannana right when I walk out the door, not funny in my book...

just my 2 cents...

[rocksteady]

[rbr]

Some charter boat captain came up with this as an excuse for his lousy captain skills. Think about it: how could eating bananas be any worse or better for catching fish compared to milk, cereal, bread or anything else?

God gave you brains boys. Take them out for a stretch every now and again.

You obviously don't get it.

Bert

[whitebite]

what?

[bhm0117]

Left Wachapreague for the Norfolk Canyon last year with a crew of 4. One of the anglers was inexperienced and had only been offshore once or twice. A very slow day was in the making and at about 2 pm I looked into a spare cooler only to find 2 BANANAS. I nearly had a fit. I promptly threw them over the stern and tried to get on with the day. No fish as of that point. No more than 30 minutes later, doulbe header YFT!! 2 more YFT after that to make the day worth while. Thank God I found those nasty bananas.

[Sea Level]

Hey fish-n-fool. Is that reaaly true because I have always heard that, but never knew the answer. As far as the other guy that posted about the women. Bring extra batteries, it can be a long day out there!