Do all fishermen,

[Rahlow]

Lie? Or do all liars fish?

[rtwvumtneer6]

God grant me the Serenity to accept the size of the fish I catch,
The Courage not to fib about it,
And the Wisdom to know that no one would believe me anyway.

[DINK WHISPERER]

Neither, it really was that big! 

[greentrout]

[Gundog]

I never lie. ?

[Darren.]

Pffft. Ridiculous topic. No one lies. Ever.

[Troy85]

What if these forums are just....one.....big....lie............

[Koz]

IMHO, to lie about a fish you caught is just ridiculous.

 

What's the point? 15 seconds of glory?

[J Francho]

I don't think people intentionally lie, they just have no point of reference.  Many times, fishing from public shore spots, I've seen a someone catch a three pound class fish and proclaim it a ten pounder, simply because it's so much bigger than what they usually catch from shore.  I've scaled them up for them, and it's weird, they act disappointed that it was *only* 3.5 lbs.  Dude, that's a nice fish!  I bet they went back and told their friends it was a five.

[Rahlow]

Y'all know it was posted in jest right? Lol

[SDoolittle]

Most fishermen don't lie. They just exaggerate.

[J Francho]

4 minutes ago, Rahlow said:

Y'all know it was posted in jest right? Lol

Lies!

[SDoolittle]

25 minutes ago, J Francho said:

I don't think people intentionally lie, they just have no point of reference.  Many times, fishing from public shore spots, I've seen a someone catch a three pound class fish and proclaim it a ten pounder, simply because it's so much bigger than what they usually catch from shore.  I've scaled them up for them, and it's weird, they act disappointed that it was *only* 3.5 lbs.  Dude, that's a nice fish!  I bet they went back and told their friends it was a five.

A coworker of mine has a picture of himself holding what he claims is a 10 pound bass. It is a nice sized fish, but it looks more like a 5 pounder to me. He is a novice fisherman, and I'm sure that it's the largest fish he has ever caught. I don't have the heart to tell him that it probably isn't as big as he thinks.

 

I did bust a friends bubble one time by correcting him not about the size of a fish but about the species. He bragged for several days about catching his first musky. When he finally produced a picture of it, it was clearly a northern pike.

[scaleface]

My insurance agent has a four lb bass mounted in his office and he believes  its an 8 lber LOL .  Hes not lying ,  hes just not good at estimating . 

[NYWayfarer]

32 minutes ago, J Francho said:

I don't think people intentionally lie, they just have no point of reference.  Many times, fishing from public shore spots, I've seen a someone catch a three pound class fish and proclaim it a ten pounder, simply because it's so much bigger than what they usually catch from shore.  I've scaled them up for them, and it's weird, they act disappointed that it was *only* 3.5 lbs.  Dude, that's a nice fish!  I bet they went back and told their friends it was a five.

This is the truth. No lie.

 

It is especially true in the Northeast as a 3.5 pound fish here on public waters is like a 10 pound fish down south.

 

I don't lie about the fish I catch. After all who am I really fooling if I lie. I am proud of all my catches even the dinks.

[BassNJake]

People often distort their weights, I bought a scale to remove all doubt ... for both on the water and off 

 

 

[J Francho]

Getting an accurate scale will ruin a good streak of trophy catches!

17 minutes ago, NYWayfarer said:

It is especially true in the Northeast as a 3.5 pound fish here on public waters is like a 10 pound fish down south.

I don't think that's exactly true.  Most average bags at tournaments around here are full of threes.  It's the guy that can stick a a couple fives, and a six lb. kicker that finishes in the money.  You gotta g a little bigger than 3.5 to think you're as good as the person that catches a 10 down south.

[Darren.]

6 minutes ago, J Francho said:

Getting an accurate scale will ruin a good streak of trophy catches!

Too true. On the flip side, if you have one that reads both lbs/kgs,

reading the kilograms by accident will make you depressed, LOL.

I know, I did it once when guiding a friend.

 

I couldn't understand why a certain 5 pound bass was only reading 

2.2lbs...then on the next fish I realized I was reading kilos, not lbs.

[J Francho]

My buddy's scale was stuck in kg mode...doing conversions on the computer after the trip

[Gundog]

Lying is just another form of getting what we want. We all do it. From little children we are taught that a well crafted lie will get us out of trouble or more candy. This lesson is carried to adulthood and when we want people to think differently of us or we want to show people we are good at something we lie. Its not good or bad (except in certain circumstances), its just what we do. Fishermen and women don't lie anymore than anyone else. Its just a stigma attached to us. So continue to lie as much as you like. We'll believe you only if you believe our lies. 

[Koz]

2 hours ago, J Francho said:

I don't think people intentionally lie, they just have no point of reference. 

 

Before I bought a scale I'm sure that I over estimated the weight of fish I caught. I never thought I caught a ten pounder, but I was pretty sure that 2 pounders were 4 or 5 pounders.

 

The funny thing is that now that I have bought a scale I usually under estimate the weight of the fish only to be surprised when I put it on the scale.

[the reel ess]

I don't know. But I have heard it said, and I believe it, that time you spend fishing does not get deducted from you life. It sure feels that way anyway.

3 hours ago, Koz said:

 

Before I bought a scale I'm sure that I over estimated the weight of fish I caught. I never thought I caught a ten pounder, but I was pretty sure that 2 pounders were 4 or 5 pounders.

 

The funny thing is that now that I have bought a scale I usually under estimate the weight of the fish only to be surprised when I put it on the scale.

I was at the local service station getting oil changed when a guy I know stopped by bragging about his 8 lb bass he had in the cooler. I had to see that. He pulled it out and asked me what i thought it weighed. I told him 6 lbs max. It hurt his feelings. I hope he paid to have it mounted because he killed a nice fish with some room to grow. He went on his way and weighed it on someone's accurate scale. I saw him again later and asked what it weighed. He told me 5-10. Kudos to him because he could've lied, but I wouldn't have believed more than 6-8. I told him that fishing with my buddy who weighs everything over 3 taught me I was always overestimating fish weights. An 8 lb bass has a bucket for a mouth and eyes bugged out the size of golfballs.

 

Or did I just exaggerate?

[JustJames]

7 hours ago, Darren. said:

Too true. On the flip side, if you have one that reads both lbs/kgs,

reading the kilograms by accident will make you depressed, LOL.

I know, I did it once when guiding a friend.

I think I'm worser than you, I made my fishing buddy jumped up and down until we came back home. My scale stuck at Oz mode and he caught a nice fish weight to be 69Oz he thought he caught PB at 6.9 lb. He seemed disappointed after I told him.