Author Topic: Ice Fishing Superstitions. (Read 13853 times)

Skipper · « **on:** Oct 28, 2009, 07:40 PM »

Do you guys have any weird superstitions involved with your fishing? I am not an irrational person and I have a few. I just want to make sure I am not alone.

I spit in the first hole of the day, and always throw the first fish back. I also always sit on the right hand seat in my Voyager.

Am I nuts?

topher7694 · « **Reply #1 on:** Oct 28, 2009, 07:51 PM »

Always throw back the first fish...

gruntngrin · « **Reply #2 on:** Oct 28, 2009, 07:56 PM »

I always make my friend go on the ice first.

johndeere540 · « **Reply #3 on:** Oct 28, 2009, 07:57 PM »

Always painted my flags black to stop any glare off that may spook fish. Now thats crazy huh?

bart · « **Reply #4 on:** Oct 28, 2009, 07:58 PM »

Quote from: topher7694 on Oct 28, 2009, 07:51 PM

Always throw back the first fish...

It's always been my practice, just to appease the Ice Fishing Gods!!!

holehawg · « **Reply #5 on:** Oct 28, 2009, 08:00 PM »

naw your not nuts skipper....i always used to wear my green woolrich shirt...luck ran out on it so i now have the lucky red woolrich shirt...

plus carrying my 26 year old buck knife....

bart · « **Reply #6 on:** Oct 28, 2009, 08:00 PM »

Quote from: gruntngrin on Oct 28, 2009, 07:56 PM

I always make my friend go on the ice first.

That's not a superstition, it's common sense!

slipperybob · « **Reply #7 on:** Oct 28, 2009, 08:01 PM »

Quote from: topher7694 on Oct 28, 2009, 07:51 PM

Always throw back the first fish...

...And tell them to bring back their big brother/sister or get their mom or pop.

LOL's

Ekruger01 · « **Reply #8 on:** Oct 28, 2009, 08:05 PM »

always drill my own holes , throw the first fish back , always sit closest to the door! easier to get fresh air!
EK

yog · « **Reply #9 on:** Oct 28, 2009, 08:21 PM »

always set so i can watch for d.n.r.

ice 45 · « **Reply #10 on:** Oct 28, 2009, 08:23 PM »

i only sit on the right hand of my shack also

Hardwater Problem · « **Reply #11 on:** Oct 28, 2009, 08:31 PM »

Weird... I always sit on the right side of the shack as well. Always put out the American Flag on the shack... Even if it gets really noisy from the wind. Try not to spit my bacco juice down the ice hole. Always have my ice picks!!! I will try to put the first fish back... what if its a lunker!!!

Skipper · « **Reply #12 on:** Oct 28, 2009, 08:33 PM »

If you spit beech nut juice into an ice hole, it just kinda hangs there.

brittlab · « **Reply #13 on:** Oct 28, 2009, 08:37 PM »

good thread. none here I can think of

holedriller · « **Reply #14 on:** Oct 28, 2009, 08:41 PM »

no real superstitions but one lake we fish we always order burgers from the bar on the lake and eat them in the shack and we always catch fish on that lake

Farley · « **Reply #15 on:** Oct 28, 2009, 08:46 PM »

Well just as a general fishing rule "don't talk about fish that haven't been caught yet!" My friend and I were trolling for salmon on lake Ontario 2 summers ago and he had a fish on a dipsy bigger than any other fish hes ever had on his boat and he said "Oh yeah! This one's going on the wall!" Suddenly the fish ran out 900' and "snap!" I just turned around and said "Should of kept your mouth shut!

prchslyr · « **Reply #16 on:** Oct 28, 2009, 08:47 PM »

I am extremely superstitious when I'm icefishing. I wear the exact same clothes whenever I am icefishing. Not just kissing the admin's butt but part of my outfit is my IS hoodie and skullcap. I have a certain pair of woolies, banana boxers, long johns. I have a t-shirt that says "I cut the cheese in Wisconsin!" It was never a problem until I burned a week of vaca to fish last winter and fished nine days in a row. I slayed them each day and was disgusting by the end of it. I've wanted to upgarde my tipup's to Heritage Lakers for years too but just can't do it. I broke a tipup from my original set last year and it almost brought me to tears. It still sits in my basket and will be on the ice with me this year as well. That particular tipup caught more fish than all the rest. You're not alone at all Skipper. Good thread to get going for sure. I'd write the rest of my superstitions but pry lost many half way through this post. I could go on for a while.

husb0023 · « **Reply #17 on:** Oct 28, 2009, 09:12 PM »

Somehow the banana on the boat superstition of open water has crept into my icefishing. I refuse to bring a banana on the ice with me. I also will not eat a banana the day or morning before heading to fish because then it will still be in my stomach when I go.

Somehow the banana thing got extended to all tropical fruit. Something seemed unnatural about eating pineapple in the middle of winter on a frozen lake and I decided that was unlucky too.

Who knows, this year I might decide that all fruit and vegetables is unlucky when ice fishing...then I'll be stuck eating meat and potatoes all winter. But if I catch fish its worth it, hahaha.

[email protected] · « **Reply #18 on:** Oct 28, 2009, 09:17 PM »

Maybe not for ice fishing but one salmon trip the guide threw coins at the rods and he told us he was paying the fish gods. Seamed to have worked because we caught the most fish out of the 30+ other guides out there that day!

find me on the ice · « **Reply #19 on:** Oct 28, 2009, 09:42 PM »

I always drill my own holes. Even when someone says hey do you want me to drill some holes for you. Always put the farthest tip up in first. and when im in my shack i always sit in my same Snap-on tools chair in the same spot in my shack. HAHA glad im not alone with my weird ways on the ice.

Tomhusker · « **Reply #20 on:** Oct 28, 2009, 10:12 PM »

Always wear the same green long sleeve shirt.

NEVER go without my Vex....

That's about it, but I do like the "Let my friend walk out first" thingy.

panfishman13 · « **Reply #21 on:** Oct 28, 2009, 10:42 PM »

always clean at least one fish on the ice
always forget one handy but nonessential item at home
never bring soap
don't trust fish finders made for open water

rgfixit · « **Reply #22 on:** Oct 29, 2009, 03:27 AM »

More ritual than superstition.

When I go out in the morning I set up my trap and just sit quietly for a few minutes. Take in the cold air, listen to the ice (it talks, you know) and let the calm of fishing wash over me.

Then I smile and start rippin' perch!

RG

pooley · « **Reply #23 on:** Oct 29, 2009, 05:29 AM »

when the tip-ups don't produce, just take out something to eat, or open a beer. the flags will go up then.

i go out alone at least once, just for the peace and quiet.

bart · « **Reply #24 on:** Oct 29, 2009, 05:39 AM »

Quote from: pooley on Oct 29, 2009, 05:29 AM

when the tip-ups don't produce, just take out something to eat, or open a beer. the flags will go up then.

i go out alone at least once, just for the peace and quiet.

Oh yeah! Just pour yourself a hot cup of coffee, "FLAG" every time! Guaranteed to be cold when you get back too.

Hard Ice · « **Reply #25 on:** Oct 29, 2009, 05:46 AM »

Always fell thou first ice.. But weighing 96 pounds liter this year im hoping that changes my luck !

stoutbait · « **Reply #26 on:** Oct 29, 2009, 06:27 AM »

Every fish I throw back gets some words of encouragement. "Send Mom"

jascpa099 · « **Reply #27 on:** Oct 29, 2009, 06:39 AM »

Quote from: Hard Ice on Oct 29, 2009, 05:46 AM

Always fell thou first ice.. But weighing 96 pounds liter this year im hoping that changes my luck !

If I were always falling through...I think I would take the hint and probably quit. But losing 96 lbs is another great approach! Congrats on that!! It is a huge accomplishment!

lostfishy · « **Reply #28 on:** Oct 29, 2009, 06:52 AM »

Always have everything set up before first light. If you are still setting up w/o a light, you loose...

WestBranchJoe · « **Reply #29 on:** Oct 29, 2009, 08:19 AM »

First fish goes back in the hole.
I always sit on the right hand side of my shanty.
When my buddy is with me we celebrate every fish caught with a cheers and a drink of whatever we are drinking. (coffee or beer)
I put a pinch of my cigarette tobacco in the first hole I drill. (for the fish gods)

My buddy will not use my flasher. He says its bad luck and does not need it when he has a Fish Finder Joe2000. That's me ( I always seem to put him on fish) and the model number changes with the seasons year, 2010 this year.

~Joe

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Author Topic: Ice Fishing Superstitions. (Read 13853 times)