Confessing To A Lie.

[Catch and Grease]

I was reading some old threads and in one I was talking about deep cranking in lake Seminole or something??

 

This is a lie, I don't even know for sure if I've caught a bass in Florida but I believe I have when I was younger. Why I would lie about fishing Lake Seminole I dont know...

[tomustang]

Because fishing and lying are naturally together

[Choporoz]

I have no idea, really.....though I might have exaggerated once or twice.....lol....

 

An old FOG on a totally unrelated forum gave me some advice that I've always tried to follow (though, not ALWAYS successfully):

 

"Read more.  Post less."

 

I think it does keep me out of trouble some times.  Not just for stories, but out of dust-ups, too.

[einscodek]

More importantly you caught it yerself.. first step to rectifying an issue is to confess.

Congrats.

[Catch and Grease]

Because fishing and lying are naturally together

I swear that bass was THIS big!

[gulfcaptain]

Sometimes we mis-read posts and comment.....then have to back track and step up and say oops.  It happpens but at least most of us will admit the mistake unlike most of those people in DC.  Next time just blame it on Bush....j/k

[Jigfishn10]

Ah, you tried son, don't sweat the small stuff. Just remember, trying is the first step towards failure...

[Sam]

Hey Catch, I lie to my friends and club members all the time.

 

And with a straight face.

 

I do not want them to know what I threw or where so I make up stuff and they believe me.

 

So is it OK in bass fishing to kind of stretch the truth a little?

 

Yes, but we do it without any malice.

 

I love when the guys on TV fishing shows catch a 12-inch dink and say it is a 2-pounder. And to see the TV guys pull in fish after fish but not telling you they are in a private pond.

 

Or have the pros at the Classic say they threw "such and such bait" but never mention that the never caught anything on it or if they did how they modified it.

 

You probably told a fib as you are afraid of having the Jawja Bulldogs take on the wonderful and talented LSU Fighting Tigers in the SEC Championship Game in Atlanta so you expanded on something to make you feel better.

 

Now go out and do some fishing and let us know all of the details and remember to give us all of the important data on your adventures like rod and reel data, line test and manufacturer, specific baits thrown and results, time of day, weather conditions, boat traffic, had a girl with you that caused you to lose a monster fish, water temperature, wind miles per hour, exactly where you caught each bass and anything else you want to share with us. Then again.............

[Raider Nation Fisher]

I will have to agree with Bill "Bubba" Clinton, on this one. "Lie, Lie, Lie, Deny, Deny, Deny."

Oh, and trying to say, "I did not have relations with that woman". Does not work when your wife barges in on y'all, for the second time that night, and announces, she is taking the children and going to her sisters house.

[deaknh03]

I will have to agree with Bill "Bubba" Clinton, on this one. "Lie, Lie, Lie, Deny, Deny, Deny."

Oh, and trying to say, "I did not have relations with that woman". Does not work when your wife barges in on y'all, for the second time that night, and announces, she is taking the children and going to her sisters house.

and if you lived in alabama her sister would be your sister.

[ABW]

Kudos to you. But I'm sure little things like that are insignificant, don't sweat it too much!

[Raider Nation Fisher]

and if you lived in alabama her sister would be your sister.

Your brother loves your mother. Your sister loves your brother. It just to bad your fathers mad your sister ain't his lover.

[Catch and Grease]

Your brother loves your mother. Your sister loves your brother. It just to bad your fathers mad your sister ain't his lover.

[iabass8]

Oh, and trying to say, "I did not have relations with my sister". Does not work when your wife barges in on y'all, for the second time that night, and announces, she is taking the children and going to her sisters house.

Fixed that for ya

[tomustang]

and if you lived in alabama her sister would be your sister.

 

And your cousin and your aunt

[Josh Smith]

[Sam]

The major law enforcement problem in West Virginia is that all DNA matches all other DNA.

 

Now Catch, go out and do some fishing and let us know how you did and the size of the one that got away.

[BadBassWV]

The major law enforcement problem in West Virginia is that all DNA matches all other DNA.

 

Now Catch, go out and do some fishing and let us know how you did and the size of the one that got away.

So tell me again what WV has to do with this????

[FirstnameLastname]

We forgive you.

[Doc-Drew]

Hey Catch, I lie to my friends and club members all the time.

And with a straight face.

I do not want them to know what I threw or where so I make up stuff and they believe me.

My father used this tactic when he used to fish bass clubs. He told me stories of how he used to catch a bag of fish and be near the top almost every week and when people would ask what he was using he would just say "plastics" Just try using that next time and wait for the response. He even told me a couple times he had guys pull right up next to him while he was fishing to see what he was using and he would switch rods while they came in so they didn't see his secret "plastic"