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I skip a coin across the surface of the water before my first cast.

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It has cost me a couple of fish but I will not allow the net out of the box till the first fish is hooked. After that I will leave it out. There is probably nothing to it but it seems every time I get it out before that the fish won't bite. I also usually try to make my first cast where I think there is no chance of getting bit. We all have our quirks I guess. :D

Tournament days I pretend to be a gladiator and pick up a handful of sand and let it run between my fingers.  ;D

I have one blue shirt I have worn and won 4 tournaments, placed 2 in 3, and 3rd in 3, only time I haven't worn it I didn't place, so that is mine, my lucky blue shirt.

i always get blazed before i fish. maybe thats more of a habit than a superstition though.

I keep a heddon river runt from my fathers tackle box with me all the time. My dad gave me that lure when I was 12 and I dont go fishin without it! I took it out for a week once, I'll never do that again!  :D

No bananas.

Never say you are gonna catch alot of fish.

Palomar loops always around the back of the hook.

Never fill the live well with water till I get my first keeper.

when we go to my buddies cabin we cross the mississippi, every time we do we throw a handfull of pennies into it as we go over the bridge, if we miss the river or forget the fishing is really slow.

Nope, no superstitions at all.  I do for other things, but not fishing.  Even bananas in the boat don't bother me.

I have three shirts that i generally wear, all similar but a different color for each. 

Also, once i get the boat out on the water, I will sit for a minute and just look around.  I won't cast until i have had sufficent time to look around me and relax for a minute.  Kinda like letting everything inside of me get loose and relaxed.  I might just thumb through my baits and look at them for a minute or so, or check out the trees, etc.  For some reason I think that if I'm relaxed, then the bass will be relaxed as well, haha.

I have a lucky wore out faded adidas wristband on my right wrist any time i fish.  doesnt really help or anything but i have worn it for years playing paintball and it brought me luck then so i thought it would help with fishing.  Only bad thing is the obnoxious tan line. ;)

Always, always, always, release the fish gently and respectfully.

(I hate seeing people toss or drop them back into the water)

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for some reason I always have just a little piece of fishing line in  my mouth to chew on stupid I know but have to do it

When i start topwater poppin, or walkin the dog, I throw out my lure and let it rest while i light a smoke. Gives it just enuf time for the ripples to fade away, then start poppin.

I always tuck me shoe laces into my shoes but they have to face each other. It's carried over from playing sports.

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