Researchers discovered that anglers do a lot of weird things during the course of a year-long study. According to an article published in American Statistics last month, fishermen own an average of 1,821 lucky charms during their lifetime, or about 35 charms for every cast they make on any fishing trip. The majority of these lucky charms are stored in a tacklebox. But 48 percent of all anglers say they keep 60 or more of their lucky charms in their car, their kitchen and bathroom, not necessarily in that order. Non-fishermen, on the other hand, own an average of four lucky charms, reliances they use sparingly throughout their entire life and frequently never think about their location.
Fishermen live for good luck charms.
Fishermen are the only reason truck stops along interstates, the kind that sell meaningless keychain trinkets, manage to stay in business. Fishermen need lucky charms. Of the 365 anglers surveyed by the magazine, none of them reported a willingness to go fishing unless they had 80 or more good luck charms handy. Sixty-two percent of them said they would not speak to anyone about the subject of fishing unless they had a good luck charm. None of them said they would stand up in a crowded room and announce they were going fishing without a lucky charm.