Fishing

59 entries in Mental Magic / Principles / Fishing
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Oswald Rae Psycho-Analysis performer divines card and thought-of name of a spectator by holding his wrist, then spectator divines thought of card from the performer and decided upon by another spectator
 		1928
Sub Rosa
77
Dr. Stanley Jaks Pinned ripped page from magazine is pinned, word is divined, see p. 762 for ideas by Al Baker
Also published here
Related to
 Sep. 1949
The Phoenix (Issue 185)
739
George B. Anderson* Palmistry Versus Mindreading playing "Twenty Questions" to get answer, with palm reading
 		1949
It Must Be Mindreading
13
The Amazing Maurice License Plate Numbers cards with license plate numbers and states, one is selected and performer divines ten digit number and state
 		1961
Still More Miracles in Mentalism
25
Gene Nielsen* Blockade blocks with numbers and colors, total of visible sides are divided
 		Feb. 1971
Talisman (Vol. 1 No. 50)
327
C. L. Boarde Pumping on fishing, words and letters
 		1978
Mainly Mental Vol. 2 — Book Tests
13
C. L. Boarde Statistics - Variation A several numbers added, ranging force, list
 		1978
Mainly Mental Vol. 2 — Book Tests
97
C. L. Boarde Statistics - Variation B several numbers added, ranging force, list
 		1978
Mainly Mental Vol. 2 — Book Tests
99
Thomas Alan Waters Two-Way Fishing between two astrological signs, stoping sentence and waiting for reaction
Related to
 1982
Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Grymwyr)
267
Al Mann Tr-Id board with different designs in different colors, three person select one and draw the design on a board, performer divines designs and colors
Inspired by
Related to
 1982
Tr-Id
1
Thomas Alan Waters RoTarot tarot card is selected and divined
 		1983
Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Psychl)
513
Karl Fulves* Taking No For An Answer explanation of the (progressive) anagram principle
 		1983
Astrology — The Hidden Force
6
Sam Schwartz Ars Magna improved fishing for basic anagram principle
 		1983
Astrology — The Hidden Force
8
Karl Fulves* Short Circuiting fishing variation in the "Incredi Test #1"
  • Group Doubling
Inspired by
 1983
Astrology — The Hidden Force
47
Karl Fulves* Jo-Anagrams using anagram principle in divination of mental effect in which one of four girls on postcards is divined or a playing card
 		1983
Astrology — The Hidden Force
52
Karl Fulves* The Silent R fishing variation
Inspired by
 1983
Astrology — The Hidden Force
53
Karl Fulves* The Q Test spectator in another room with list of words and thinks of one, written on slate, repeated several times, not 100%, some words are easily visualized and others are not, concept fishing
 		1983
Astrology — The Hidden Force
55
Al Mann Random House Mystery dictionary book test over the phone, word from a sentence is selected and looked at in the dictionary, fishing
 		1984
Phantom Voices
15
Jack Yates Choice twelve objects are put in a bag, two spectators select one each, performer divines both, then from all objects are removed and replaced in the bag, the last one was predicted
 		1986
Clue and other Mysteries
10
Jack Yates P&S System six geometrical signs in envelopes, divination of selected, back turned in selection process, also possible with word groups
 		1986
Clue and other Mysteries
28
Philip T. Goldstein* Monaural spectator thinks of name in address book which the performer divines
 		1989
Fifth
14
Edward Bagshawe, Sam Schwartz, Karl Fulves* Metalogic No. 77, four coins, each represents a president, one chosen and divined
 		1989
Self-Working Coin Magic
106
Philip T. Goldstein* Concept Fishing
1991
Thavant
10
Anthony Lindan Psychic Compatibility as Anthony linden, number divination
 		1993
The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue 49)
892
Christian Chelman Zodiac clock trick to find lucky card and divine zodiac sign and birthdate
 		1993
Capricornian Tales
1
Philip T. Goldstein* Shufflegram
  • First Avenue (with fishing)
  • Second Avenue (where spectator looks at a word in a dictionary as tell)
Inspired by
  • "Webster Had A Word For It" (Stewart James, Linking Ring, Oct. 1952)
 1994
Thabbatical
38
Ted Lesley Symbolico deck with symbols, chosen one is divined, Koran type with pumping feature
 		1994
Paramiracles
121
Alan Nguyen* The Natural Anagram Principle narrowing down to a specific word that was thought of from a group of words (on a page)
Variations
 1995
Labyrinth (Issue 4)
27
Bob Farmer Efficient Fishing
  • Overview: Two Fishing Rods
    • Binary Fishing
    • Majority Fishing
  • The Magic Combination
    • Combo Fishing
  • The Nguyen Anagram Revisited
    • Analysis
    • Conclusion
Inspired by
 1995
Labyrinth (Issue 5)
17
Leo Boudreau Picture Show three people select postcard, divined by performer
Inspired by
 1996
Syzygy (Vol. 2 No. 15)
158
Mark Strivings Sort-of-Numerology numbers from month and day added, total is divined, fishing and probability
 		1996
Mobile Mentalism
14
Jas Jakutsch* The "Nod Technique", Body Language and Speed of Response brief, on fishing
Related to
 1999
Completely Mental — Vol. 1
14
Jas Jakutsch* "Understandable Mistakes" brief, fishing letters while doing a progressive anagram
 		1999
Completely Mental — Vol. 1
14
Jas Jakutsch* Negative Cast Statements (NCS) question which can be interpreted in two ways, no + are you?
 		1999
Completely Mental — Vol. 1
15
Bruce Martyn Think Psychic word from a lose page is selected and divined
 		1999
Syzygy (Vol. 4 No. 18)
349
Karl Fulves* Either-Or how binary principles are used in fishing and coding
Related to
 2005
Combo II
8
Karl Fulves* Penny Machines illustration of "Either-Or" article
Related to
 2005
Combo II
99
Chuck Hickok Essay #11: Thoughts on Branching Anagrams
2005
Mentalism, Incorporated: Volume Two
92
Max Maven* Exploring the Zone book test routine for Todd Karr's "The Da Vinci Zone", uses "The Da Vinci Code" and extractable cue sheets in pens
  • Introduction
  • The Basic Effect
  • The Basic Method (credit information)
  • How to Gain Access to the Information
  • Additional Information
  • Viewing the Cue Sheet
  • Presentation
  • A Thought-Reading Sequence
  • Other Approaches
  • The Conceptual Approach (concept fishing)
  • The Short Word Problem
  • With More Than One Book
  • Other Applications
  • Closing Thoughts
 		2006
Exploring the Zone
1
Al Smith Beat Tapper chosen Beatles hit is divined, branching anagrams
  • Guesstimations (comment on guessing/fishing)
 		2009
Mind Blasters II
199
Dani DaOrtiz Fishing
  • DaOrtiz a la Carte!

  • The Way It's Usually Done
  • Eliminating the Sensation of Fishing
  • Let the Fishing Begin
  • Elimination Based on Location
  • Elimination Based on Characteristics
Also published here
 June 2013
Genii (Vol. 76 No. 6)
30
Michael Weber, Tim Trono Key Tag Divination spectator thinks of a city listed on the back of an airline promotional key tag, the country of that city is divined
Inspired by
Related to
Variations
 Apr. 2013
Real Secrets (Vol. 2 No. 13)
1
Michael Weber, Tim Trono Membership Divination Card spectator thinks of a city listed on the back of an airline membership card, the country of that city is divined
(PDF bonus effect)
Inspired by
 Apr. 2013
Real Secrets (Vol. 2 No. 13)
1
Michael Weber, Tim Trono Airline Membership Card Bonus tip on fishing
(PDF bonus effect)
 		Apr. 2013
Real Secrets (Vol. 2 No. 13)
1
Dr. Stanley Jaks Pinned ripped page from magazine is pinned, word is divined
Also published here
Related to
 2014
The Incredible Dr. Jaks
203
Colin McLeod Additional Thoughts spectators write differente pieces of information on a piece of paper, other spectator selects one and information is divined
Inspired by
  • Banachek's "Q&A Pad"
  • Docc Hilford's "Questa"
  • … and 1 more
 2014
Divine
116
Michael Weber, Tim Trono Mindreader of the Month word from magazine divined, really only from subscription card held inside magazine
 		Oct. 2014
Real Secrets (Vol. 3 No. 31)
1
Michael Weber Contimental - Weber Notes on fishing and progressive/branching anagrams
  • The Informational Transition
  • The Letter Recovery
Inspired by
 2015
The Black Book of Mentalism
[8]
Christoph Borer Tarot Deap Out deep sea deck with tarot cards, tossed out deck
 		2016
21
114
Paul Vigil Unwilling Participants how to handle them during fishing sequences
 		2017
The Doors of Deception
220
殷欣 (Sion) 暧昧 (Ambiguous) Magician correctly divines spectator's birthdate and astrological sign, propless
Related to
 2017
暧昧
12
殷欣 (Sion) 背叛 (Betrayal) Spectator imagines three different coins, places one in pocket, the other two in each hand. Magician divines the specific positions of all three imaginary coins while also detecting if spectator is lying or telling the truth (propless)
 		2017
暧昧
31
殷欣 (Sion) 馒头羊 Magician correctly divines thought of item from a list of items by the magician
 		2017
暧昧
76
Bob Farmer Majority Fishing credit information
Related to
 2017
The Bammo Tarodiction Toolbox ()
91
Jim Steinmeyer The Read Letter
  • Conjuring
spectators think of a word in a line of a recited poem, then of a letter in that, the letters are divined
Also published here
 June 2017
Genii (Vol. 80 No. 6)
26
Jim Steinmeyer The Read Letter spectators think of a word in a line of a recited poem, then of a letter in that, the letters are divined
Also published here
 2017
Still Nothing But Mystery
7
Michael Weber, Tim Trono SiteSeer spectator thinks of a city listed on the back of a plastic card, the country of that city is divined
Related to
 2020
SiteSeer
[1]
Michael Weber, Tim Trono Backhanded conceptual fishing to get the exact object in some cases in Mental Pictionary
 		2023
Game On
7
Michael Murray Trilogy three spectator chose words from list, after association gamed words are divined, last word is even predicted, using the Combine Harvester Technique
Inspired by
  • Bill Goldman's "Mental Yarn"
 2023
Experimental
36