Fishing superstitions

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Originally Posted by Mako19

I asked a giude we used in Venice about this and learned that a lot of banana boats used to sink or be stranded in the Caribian so now captains in GOM consider them badluck.

The real reason so many of them sunk is because they were poorly constructed and maintained.

I don't remember if it was captain hoop or captain Eddie that said this.

I was always told that bananas on a boat are bad luck, because when the larger ships used to ship bananas they often came with a dangerous spider that was known to bite/kill people onboard.

And yes I have a shirt that I think brings me good luck, and its an old long sleeve Hollister shirt. I have no idea why, but when I look back at pictures I always see this shirt with nice catches.
Also, I always look at the cows, if they are feeding this brings my confidence WAY up! If they are laying down, this hurts. I've found it fairly true as well.