Lots more to come, too...Pompano - 3-17-2009 at 07:28 AM
Great reading, Zack. Lots of useful info to be found there.
FYI..the yellowtail fishing the other day...Sunday..was fantastic off the seal rocks by San Marcos. Huge boils of tails that took cast iron. Some
buds you know caught 6 very nice ones. 1 small 12lber and 5 fish closer to 30lbs. Two Dogs told me it was like old times.
Tight lines and much success with the books and articles. Keep 'em coming!ZThomas - 3-17-2009 at 07:48 AM
Yeah, I guess my folks heard the day they pulled the boat that the bite was starting back up. Saul had fresh yellowtail and told them a neighbor had
caught them -- four big fish -- the day before at the north end. Bad timing for them, but great news anyway.
So is the moon holding water now? And if so, how does that correspond to a lunar calendar? Is it always the waning moon that holds water?
ZTshari - 3-17-2009 at 07:52 AM
can you explain what the moon holding water is please?? LOVE the new site....this will be a great link to send to anglers endless email questions.Pompano - 3-17-2009 at 08:02 AM
shari...there are tons of very ancient folklore which says when the crescent moon is on its back, it is "holding water" and, among other good-bad
weather forecasts, it mean good fishing manana. I was first taught this by Cree natives near Hudson Bay in the 50's and an old amigo, Manuel Diaz,
in 1971 Baja re-told the same theory to me one day at Coyote. Hey, it works! Check the moon the night before fishing...if you can see it. If it
will hold water..go forth. Juan will have heard of this, I am sure.
Also the stars will predict the winds the next day for you, too..but that's a different story.
Of course, if you take a banana with you..all bets are off.shari - 3-17-2009 at 08:07 AM
gracias amigo...muy interesante...I'll ask Juan when he gets in from caracol hunting.Martyman - 3-18-2009 at 08:47 AM
Great read. I didn't get any work done!ZThomas - 3-20-2009 at 07:45 AM
Thanks, Marty.
More material posted this morning: calico fishing, boating safety, more essays and editorials.
Originally posted by Pompano
Of course, if you take a banana with you..all bets are off.
Capt. Jose Torres, of Juncalito, with a banana: his secret to success
We got limits of big yellowtail that day, all up on the surface, flylined baits or surface iron. At Isla Catalan.
Jim with one of them:
I think the moon was holding water that time, though.ZThomas - 3-20-2009 at 01:56 PM
From Sea magazine:
Bananas and Superstition
I don't consider myself a superstitious guy. Sure, I forbid bananas on my boat, but that's just playing it safe. I don't particularly like the things
anyway, and it certainly doesn't hurt to run a banana-free boat.
If I were really superstitious, I wouldn't even write the phrase "bananas on my boat," let alone allow crew members to bring Banana Boat sunscreen
aboard, which I occasionally have in the past with no apparent ill effects.
The ancient no-bananas superstition is prevalent at least throughout the U.S., Canada and Mexico, and quite likely throughout the world. And there are
nearly as many theories about its origin as there are anglers who subscribe to it.
They range from the relatively mundane — anglers slipping on banana peels dropped on deck and injuring themselves, for example — to the sinister —
crewmen being stung or bitten by spiders, scorpions or snakes that stowed away in banana bunches on cargo ships, or poisoned by methane gas produced
by cargoes of bananas rotting in poorly ventilated holds.
Regardless of its origins, the idea that the simple presence of a harmless yellow fruit aboard a boat could keep its crew from catching fish — or
worse — is, like all such superstitions, essentially silly. So am I going to put it to the test? Not a chance ...
[Edited on 3-20-2009 by ZThomas]ZThomas - 3-27-2009 at 07:27 AM
