After reading T-Flings "Bananas in driftboats?!?" post I felt badly enough for his concerns that I posted the real truth about it in his thread. Since there seems to be some actual concern about bananas and fishing within this thread I will copy it over to here too (even though many of you know the reality already, despite your fun posts):

Even though there has been some fun about the affect of bananas on fishing on this BB lately, I can tell you are concerned about it; so I will tell you like it really is. Even at the risk of sounding like a condescending an*l retentive . A banana in your boat can't cause bad fishing luck. It can only cause superstitious people to focus on a folly factor they aren't sure about so have a 'better be safe than sorry' mentality. Also, if fish don't like the scent of bananas, they dislike the scent of human [Bleeeeep!] even more. But neither sneak out enough bad fish scent from their encapsulation to float over onto your fishing gear to affect anything but a non-thinking guy's head; with perhaps the exception of a night of bad burritos before going fishing . And if banana scent does bother fish, you can simply wash your hands in a good fishing soap or Lemon Joy and rinse thoroughly; as you would after expunging yourself. And for every guy who swears that a banana in his boat caused a lack of fish there are just as many that have caught fish with them in their boat, including me many times. So forget about the frickin 'Nanas and keep your hands clean and focus on your fishing. Pretty simple .
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Know Fish or No Fish. - RT



[This message has been edited by Reel Truth (edited 12-06-2000).]