Ice Fishing Superstitions....

[subtlehustle76]

Do you have any superstitions?.... I'm superstitious about using old holes... Post yours.

[Ironeagle]

I never use old hole. Drill beside it. I really don't have any but I do wear lucky hats

[delawareriver]

No bananas!!!!

[Ironeagle]

What about how close you sit to a hole?? (non-jigging).  I like to be at least 20 feet away.

I will go rite beside it.

[clayboy]

Bananas is for boats right? No supers but east wind= bad day

[walleyeken]

yes - i agree with the east wind  "When the wind is from the West, the fish bite best.  When the wind is from the East, the fish bite least"  I think there is also something about from the south and in the fish's mouth but i forget what north is....

[clayboy]

get out of port

[redtail]

 Apply this to not only ice fishing but all fishing have to chew Copenhagen instead of Skoal, probably in my head but seem like I catch more when chewing Cop. might be the wintergreen in the Skoal that turns them off?

[allegnmtn]

I don't know if it's superstition or survival but even if there's two feet of ice, I catch myself taking a half step on the ice and giving it half a stomp on the way on each morning.

[delawareriver]

Apply this to not only ice fishing but all fishing have to chew Copenhagen instead of Skoal, probably in my head but seem like I catch more when chewing Cop. might be the wintergreen in the Skoal that turns them off?

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
All fish caught with a fat lip of skoal in, its my good luck charm and thats just in past 12 months.

[danceswmuskys]

I think I'm going to have a chew next outing.

[delawareriver]

Got more pictures 2 but don't wanna make the thread too pic heavy.

And bananas is for all fishing, definitely started with boats but you wont catch me even touching one if im on a boat, on shore, bow fishing, ice fishing or even playing go fish! Pretty much cut from my diet since o try to get out 4 or 5 times a week

[clayboy]

Does that go for banana muffins or banana bread? I dont eat much when we fish anyway. but slim jims make em hit

[delawareriver]

Not sure but wont find out, I don't bring anything with banana, banana flavored and wont even wear yellow  don't judge just believe cause I have proof haha

[JiggerMan]

I do not really have any icefishing superstitions but I have other ones for other things. 

Like delewareriver said alot has to do with tobacco.  when we troll on te big pond every body on board has to chew atleast once.

if one guy happens to have a dip in when you get a bite or two he is stuck chwing until it happens to the next guy.

We will try and rally bites on the down riggers by packing the can of skoal towards each downrigger in hopes of tirggering a bite or enstowing good luck. 

I chew nothing but Grizzly long cut wintergreen starting in inline season all through bear and through rifle season for deer.  the rest of the year i either dont chew or i chew skoal. 

I actually thought of one for icefishing........  you hav to keep the waxworms warm at any cost.....  I tend to keep my back up one in my mouth next to my dip.   

[Fishbreath]

I found with out the chew you will get to fish longer in life

[frost]

I put the chew, cope long cut, in as soon as I get to the lake (for ice and open water fishing). If after 30mins of fishing and I haven't caught anything I take it out and put a fresh one in. If I catch a fish it stays in till I go an hour without a fish. On a good day I end the day with the first one I put in. I've gone 8+ hours with the same dip in.

[delawareriver]

Haha just thought about when we go steelheading or salmon fishing. We always make the guy who catches the first one take a mouth full of fresh eggs if its a female or if its a male I wont say it.  Im just glad I always caught a hen first

[beerthirty]

Haha just thought about when we go steelheading or salmon fishing. We always make the guy who catches the first one take a mouth full of fresh eggs if its a female or if its a male I wont say it.  Im just glad I always caught a hen first
That is just wrong.... LOL.... I've done some weird things to try to get fish to bite in my day.... BUT NEVER.... I MEAN EVER would i want to be the first one to catch one on your trip.... LOL....Eggs surely wouldnt be near as bad.... BUT UGH.... I have one superstition that seems to get the fish stirred up.... when its going slow I pack the chew can really loud over the hole i am fishing.... Or just have Colby drill some holes.... LOL

[delawareriver]

Mint skoal comes thru again, had my buddy throw a big lip in and half hour later he got his first muskie