Ok...twice now I've had either actual banana's or Banana products onboard the boat from a passenger. So...here's the rule if you fish with me. No Banana's, no banana products, no banana flavored products, no products with any hint of the name banana, no product with banana as an ingredient, Thank you...Bob

I totally agree. I won't even allow Banana Boat sunscreen on the boat. It really pisses me off when people sneak them on the boat without letting you know.

I saw Captain Steve Wray with a whole bunch of bananas that some low down skunk had snuck on his boat. This was last Thursday,and he caught nothing on an all day charter but short flounder. I think young Steve has an idea which local charter competition slipped them on board, and I would not be suprised to hear of a streak of non-fish-catching from someone around Long Bay Point, if the bananas still had hexing power and YOU DON'T CHECK YOUR BOAT!

Bob,

Are you gonna paint your boat?

-Mike

Rumor has it that fruit of a loom took the bannana off of their logo due to fishermen checking peoples underwear prior to leaving dock.

Eric

Bob,
I'm trying to invent a banana detector. Wanna buy one? I have also been trying to find a Banexorcist. Here's to the return of great fishing luck to 'Still Think'n' !!!
Best,
Dave

1. Mike....I'm not changing the color of still think'n...yellow is cool..just not "onboard" the boat...outboard is fine...
2. Billable....Yes...please invent a banana detector and I will buy one..lol....
3. There will be underwear inspections prior to boarding Still think'n, any Banana logo wear will be removed immediately by Otter !......and it won't be pretty trust me !...lol

Last sunday we had a crew try to sneak some bananna boat sunscreen and some dried bananna chips onto the boat. Made them leave them at the dock and ended up doing well that day.

Fruit of the loom underwear is OK....no banannas.

I think todd was wearing a bananna hammcok.......Otter told me

Man it was just a Banana nut muffin, everything in it is artificial.

I dont't think it was the muffin that gave us the bad luck, it was the foul oder that was rolling out of your center console from Otters deposit.

Sorry about the muffin, it will never happen again.
So I will probably be stripped searched the next time I fish with team still think'n?

A MATE BROUGHT A BANANA ON BOARD THE CHARTERBOAT MAVERICK SEVERAL YEARS AGO OUT OF OI.
DID'NT CATCH A THING UNTIL WE STARTED TO COMPLAIN THAT SOMEONE MUST HAVE ONE ONBOARD.
I CAUGHT HIM THROWING IT OVERBOARD AFTER WE STARTED SEARCHING THE BOAT.
AS A COUNTER TO THE BAD LUCK,HE PULLED OUT A PLASTIC YELLOW'PEIKACHO' POKEMON, ATTACHED IT WITH A SNAP SWIVEL TO THE TIP OF ONE OF THE RODS IN THE SPREAD.
IT WAS THE ONLY ROD THAT PRODUCED THAT DAY.ONE WAHOO,& TWO 40 LB CLASS YFT.
GO FIGURE

I agree....Otter stated that the offender on Sat. was also wearing a banana hammock. How he knew I won't speculate but it may have involved a dull gaff.

A proper punishment would have been to put the banana smuggler in the head with Otter while he was dropping the kids off at the pool.

steady24 your a baseballer, how may swing do you get before your out....... or do we score those as foul Tips. .


By the way that gaff is razor sharp now. No more excuses

Don't Worry Todd...you'll only be strip searched if you wanna be !.....lol....I agree..there was a green cloud following us around all day...Hum....Bob

I AM A CHIQUITA BANNANA AND I COME TO SAY... HEY!!!

I can't bust on my man too hard........I think we did that enough on Saturday after the Gaffgate incident.......

But it did add alot of enjoyment to otherwise frustrating day........had a great time fishing with yall..........hopefully we can do it again soon.

Fighting lady Yellow does kinda look like a banana.

Damn !!! Todd brought a banana muffin on the boat !!! It's a good thing the Captn didn't come that day. Would of been some plank walkin'

Do the tropical flavored Skittles count? They contain a "BANANA" flavor.

OK, I'll bite. I have seen this stuff on another board and always wondered where the story starts with the "Bad Luck Banana". Do you know or just perpetuate the insanity?

Who has the skinny on the origin?

Slim

There are many stories why bananas have been thought of as bad luck on boats. This is only one of the nautical superstitions that I know of and is particularly prevalent amongst watermen. Many stories have banana oil rubbing off on ones hands and “spooking" the fish; therefore the fish don't bite. There is always the story of a crew member slipping on the banana peel left on the deck. Some say that bananas give you the runs so you are always in the marine head and can't catch fish because you are busy "draining the pipes". Many other stories are told about bad luck and bananas, however the one that I find most plausible is a historical one.

Back in the days of the transatlantic crossings by wooden sailing ships many hazards would befall the captains, crew and passengers. Disease, pirates, shipwrecks, storms, etc., claimed the lives of a good percentage of the captains, crew and passengers attempting the dangerous voyage. Needless to say, a transatlantic crossing in the 17th and 18th centuries was a very risky endeavor. Often the vessels would stop along the way in tropical islands to gather provisions such as food and water. There the passengers and crew would often purchase wooden crates of bananas from the locals and bring them aboard the ship. These crates would have all manner of critters in them such as bugs, spiders, vermin and snakes.

These critters would make their way into the bilges of the ships, multiply, and then find their way into the captain's quarters. The captains circulated the rumor that bananas were bad luck in an attempt to keep the critters off the ship and out of their cabin. The crew and
passengers were more than eager to follow suit because of the inherent risk of the crossing. So, if the captain announced prior to the voyage that bananas were bad luck and not allowed aboard the vessel, everyone complied. You must remember that these were the days of burning witches and the like, so superstitions were taken very seriously.
Watermen are a mysterious lot. While we are known for our simple pragmatism, we also have many odd quirks. Superstitions have been prevalent on almost every vessel I have worked on. I feel that this is due to the nature of a waterman in that he sees the randomness of the world around him juxtaposed with the rhythmic, seasonal flows of nature and then tries to reconcile these observations into some sort of personal and/or environmental order. As Stevie Wonder (a blind man) pointed out so eloquently: "When you believe in things you can't

understand, that's superstition".
This was a funny story I ran across while surfing the web. I pilfered it from this site: http://www.striper-csba.com/story6.htm


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The Case
Against Bananas



Bringing a banana aboard a fishing boat won't win you any friends among anglers-but it might score you a wedgie.

This article was taken from Boating World Magazine

The mere mention of a banana muffin on board was enough to send legendary south Florida fishing guide "Bouncer" Smith scrambling toward the cooler that held the offending item. With his face flushed and a vein bulging from his forehead, he hurled the hapless muffin overboard, much to the objection of its rightful owner. Was this the act of an isolated bananaphobe? Well you can forget about black cats crossing your path or broken mirrors, because to many fishermen around the world, there is nothing unluckier than a banana on board a boat.
Having been cultivated in the Indus Valley as far back as 2000 B.C. , the banana's nickname is "the fruit of the wise" Somewhat ironic when you consider that it is technically classified as an herb (although clearly a member of the "hand-fruit" genus) and is a favorite food of monkeys, whose major leisure activities include hurling bodily waste products and offending sexually uptight visitors at the zoo.
The origin of this superstition is uncertain, but many believe that it began in olden times, when bananas were transported by rickety, overcrowded, top-heavy boats plying the tropics (now known as cruise ships). These boats would frequently sink, leaving behind a residue of floating yellow commas, thus leading witnesses to deduce that hauling bananas was unlucky. A more scientific explanation is that since bananas give off ethylene gas when they ripen, it causes other perishable foodstuffs to spoil more quickly. This expended-gas theory could be why it's also considered unlucky to have a politician on board. Yet another theory suggests that crates of bananas would also contain unwanted pests, such as spiders, snakes, flies, mice and Beanie Babies.
Although the banana superstition is worldwide, nowhere is it taken more seriously than in Hawaii. Some believe the Aloha State's anti-banana sentiment has its roots in legend when the god Pele (apparently before his soccer career) brought his brother to the islands to be the deity in charge of sport fishing. Rumor has it that he was deficient in, how shall we say, the male hydraulics department, giving him a severe case of banana envy. A clue to how Hawaiians feel about the subject can be found on the Kona Fishing Charter website. Although fairly ambiguously written, it states "Absolutely positively, no ifs, ands ,or buts, do not bring bananas on board". Let's just say if questioned by a Large Samoan deckhand folding a filet knife, it might be better NOT to reveal the fact that you had a Bananas Foster for breakfast.
In Florida, charter boat crews have extended the prohibition beyond bananas and related food products to include objects that merely have the word banana on it, such as Banana Boat sunscreen, or items from Banana Republic, During fishing tournaments, anti-banana feelings run high. Not leaving any stone unturned, each person on board is quizzed as to what brand of underwear they are wearing. Should some clueless individual mention they are wearing Fruit of the Loom, a rather unpleasant operation is performed on them. First, they are seized by a couple of stout deckhands and given a punitive "wedgie" to prepare the surgical field. A razor-sharp filet knife is then used to excise the label, which curiously doesn't even have a banana on it. Experts recommend not struggling during this procedure, particularly if after a hard night of carousing the underwear is on backwards.
Some bold individuals spit in the eye of this superstition such as the Banana Lure Co., which features trolling lures that look like half a Chiquita. Attempts to inquire about how business is going have gone unanswered…..

Could Eric Whul have been right about the banana superstition??????

Bananas when ripe put out a pheromone that triggers other fruits to ripen way faster than normal.Having Bananas in the hold with other fruits would cause them to rot.Then the Crews would get Rickets and Scurvey.They didnt understand the science so the Banana got a bad rap.Apples can cause other fruits to ripen quicker also .I think Fruit of the Loom took the Banana off mine dont have a Banana on them I checked.I made a woman Deep 6 her Banana Boat tanning cream last year.I made a comment and her Husband tossed it off the boat before I could say its OK!

With so many other things that can go wrong, or contribute to not catching fish, let's thank the noble banana for taking it on the chin for us fishermen and women, but stay the hell off our boats! After all, we'd drive ourselves crazy tracking down the other causes. Bob, the Banananometer is not ready for production, but I will be announcing an interim solution and presenting you with the prototype at the Bluewater...I think you'll like it.
Tight lines.
Dave