Yes, there are a lot of odd things being toted around for good luck. If the place where they found an unusual item becomes a good spot they end up taking that item and keeping it in the boat. Occasionally anglers will find something in the water – a unique rock, duck decoy, etc. If a hat has touched the bed and he thinks he might accidentally wear it, he will cut the brim so he can’t. Dion says it is bad luck to put your hat on the bed. Dion Hibdon has several that he and his children, father and grandfather share, but one that stood out to me is about hats. Some superstitious beliefs have been passed from generation to generation. He also follows suit with not catching a fish on the first cast, and never leave the ruler on the floor (I subscribe to that one too). It is one of his biggest superstitions, and we don’t want to know what happens if you do. However, Sprague’s superstitions are all in the boat. Jeff Sprague had a really great season on the FLW Tour in 2016, so some might say that if he doesn’t keep his entrance song, “Hold On” by Wilson Phillips, he is corrupting his chances going forward. “Otherwise you might as well just take the boat in and dock it.” “If you make any kind of bait change and catch one on the first cast you have to cut it off,” he says. David Dudley has a similar belief but about bait changes. If he does so, he says his day is ruined, and it will never feel right. Peter T’s first cast is never in the direction that he wants to actually try to catch fish. Something to do with “first casts” was mentioned by about 90 percent of anglers I talked to.

There are some interesting stigmas regarding a day’s first cast – mostly the belief that catching a bass on the first cast is bad luck. If I am not wearing a green shirt during practice or a tournament I’m not going to catch any big ones. If he forgets it he will turn back around and go get it, though he’s gotten smart and keeps it in the truck now.

My buddy, Gene, a longtime Wheeler Lake resident, has to wear a certain watch. Casey Carpenter from Power-Pole says he has to wear the same pants and shoes. He considers it good luck while on the water, and if he doesn’t have it, his entire day is thrown off. For instance, Charlie Weyer says he has to wear his tournament jersey when he is fishing. I recently took some time to interview a few anglers on the topic of superstitions and was surprised to find out how serious each angler is about his own superstition.Ĭlothing came up several times. Many tournament anglers, even on the Walmart FLW Tour, take it very seriously. What does the word superstition have to do with bass fishing? You might be amazed to find out that the two actually have a connection. Superstition: a widely held but unjustified belief in supernatural causation leading to certain consequences of an action or event, or a practice based on such a belief. (The writer's opinions and observations expressed here are his own, and do not necessarily reflect or represent the views, policies or positions of FLW.)

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