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05-12-2013, 08:11 PM | #1 |
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Banana Superstitions
On Saturday i was fishing and a boat pulls off and starts yelling. BANANA!!!! NOOOOOO!!!!! I CAN"T BELIEVE YOUR EATING A Banana !!!!
he radioed all his friends and told him there is a fishing terrorist on the water. Well, what can i say.... people don't believe in God but they believe on unlucky bananas. I thought that guy was going to kill me, ANDY!!!! (Iceman) WHY DIDN"T YOU Tell me about this bananas, DO YOU KNOW how many bananas i have put inside Stinkmatt kayak and he still out fishes me.
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05-12-2013, 08:25 PM | #2 | |
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was that you at county line saturday in a x-factor??
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05-12-2013, 09:48 PM | #3 |
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05-12-2013, 08:27 PM | #4 |
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Been there done that a few years ago I was on an over night trip on a buddies boat and pulled out some bananas to share and well you know the rest.
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05-12-2013, 08:59 PM | #5 |
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Your a Fishing Terrorist!!
I was laughing hard when he told you that over a banana. |
05-12-2013, 09:48 PM | #6 |
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"Fishing Terrorist..." Haha. I'll have to remember that.
Put me down for the superstitious type. I've had my fair share of dumb things happen (on and off the water) for reasons that I can't explain. I might take it too far, though. For example, I've always written "Suerte" on my hockey sticks before their first use. (don't ask) I didn't do it one season, & had a terrible streak until I realized my mistake 5 games later. Game 6 I had a Gordie Howe hat trick.
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05-12-2013, 09:52 PM | #7 |
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I won't even eat a banana lollipop 24 hours before I fish
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05-12-2013, 10:57 PM | #8 |
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Its like us in the Marines on our AAV's wont eat apricots on them.
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05-13-2013, 08:47 PM | #9 | |
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Yat Yas. no bananas, no apricoits
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05-13-2013, 11:00 PM | #10 |
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Haha yea charms and apricots we had a boot last MEU bring some trail mix with dried apricots on a ship 2 shore exercise in Thailand and our track caught fire and troop fan went out....everyone blamed him for our 4 hours of smoke inhilation.
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05-12-2013, 11:15 PM | #11 |
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I just rather not risk it.
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05-13-2013, 06:35 AM | #12 |
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it's no secret about the unlucky banana superstition
but you nailed it . they don't believe in God , but they believe in some superstitious idea . anyone care to google to try and find out the reason behind all the madness ? i learned about the banana superstition like most , by bringing one on board a charter . i do have one experience to share on the kayak . prior to my trip , i swallowed one down . sadly the only, " right kind "i hooked while at LJ came unbuttoned . the first thing that came to mind was the frigging banana . to each his own . better to keep the fruit on the low side , then be branded a terrorist . . hopefully today is the day i get this monkey off my back , and finally land a LJ yellow . wish me love . i will not post results till the end of summer , if successful . :
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05-13-2013, 07:40 AM | #13 | |
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05-13-2013, 07:45 AM | #14 |
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I never bring em on a boat, but almost always bring one on the yak
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05-13-2013, 07:46 AM | #15 | |
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If you just have one banana you should be fine but just dont take a bushel of bananas with you without checking for this guy. HOLY FUGGIN ISHHTTT ----- FUG THISSS!!!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwruG6TSrAQ This is the guy Im talking about
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05-13-2013, 01:43 PM | #16 |
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This is actually right on. It's a old maritime thing. Before refrigeration boats traveling used to stop at various ports along the way and take on provisions.
Bananas were considered bad luck, and not suitable as provisions in many areas. Wandering spiders from south and central America are the most venomous spiders in the world. They have no webs, they are hunters. They hide in dark places during the day, then come out at night to feed. One place they like to hide is in bunches of bananas, so often when people would bring bananas on board in tropical areas they would end up with Wandering spiders on their boats. Their bites cause pain dementia respiratory paralysis and death. Know why Sport boats are called "Cattle Boats"? Back in the day before railroads and cattle drives, cattle were shipped by boat to big cities on the coast. Working a cattle boat was the worst duty a sailor could ask for do to the crap, puke, injured animals, etc.... Fishing boats that took out non-sailors and amature fisherman were seen as no better then cattle boat duty, because no real sailor wanted to babysit a bunch of landlubbers all day. |
05-13-2013, 02:41 PM | #17 |
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never eat charms...
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05-13-2013, 09:55 PM | #18 |
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Bananas - YUM!
When bananas ripen they give off ethylene - a gas that hastens the ripening of other fruit. On ships that used to transport fruit, a few ripening bananas in the hold could cause a shipment of other items to spoil -the lost revenue tended to piss off the ill-paid crew (folks didn't know from ethylene back then), so bananas got a bad rap amongst traditionally superstitious sailors.
I, too, bring 'em along on the kayak, but not on boats. Have caught fish while eating them, as well as just after tossing a peel in the water. Am one for fishing mojo (never - I mean NEVER - wash my fishing hat), and evade bad fishing juju, but thus far, can't say as banana's on the water do anything but taste good. AE |
05-13-2013, 08:50 AM | #19 |
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Last time I took my dad fishing we took a overnight trip out of San Diego, for the previous 2 weeks was good weather and limits of tuna, the day we went he took a banana and there was crazy high seas and only a couple tuna caught, one of which was mine and he caught nothing, the next day the boat limits again when were not on it.... One of the lobster trips this year when I took me cousin out he took a banana not knowing better and all he pulled up the whole night was a f'in huge pissed off eel that was tangled in the net.... I don't believe in superstitions but that's pretty fishy to me so no bananas on my boat trips or yaks lol
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05-13-2013, 08:53 AM | #20 |
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When working on sportfishers Ive watched Ron Baker take many bananas and hurl them over the side of the boat without the customer knowing what was even going on.
Lots of things can happen on the ocean so I am going to play it safe and chuck banannas with Capt Ron. He even had a No Banannas sign made and hung on the Point Loma. |
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