Dont you just love when people say things like...

[airborne_angler]

Hooked into a 5 pounder but lost it at the boat

And how do you know the fish was a 5 lber if you never landed it and weighed it,or got a girth and length?

I mean some people say with absolute certainty, it "WAS a 5 lber that shook off at the boat." When they really should be saying "I would "GUESS " the fish wouldve weighed AT LEAST 5 lbs or more"

Some people crack me up. But then again,if your a tourney fisherman and have caught many fish,I guess you would know how to Guesstimate accurately

[eastkybass]

Or better yet the ones who lost it 15 feet from the boat, never saw, but can still swear that it was a 5 lber.  ;D

[George Welcome]

Yesterday my fishing partner almost caught a 19-pounder. If his bait had only landed 1 foot to the left.

Yesterday my fishing partner and I were working on catching our 50th fish. However when that didn't work we began working on catching our 1ooth.

As you can see by the picture!

[Muddy]

I love it better , when they get it in, take as picture then  some  the big bass guys here discredit the picture

[cart7t]

I love it better , when they get it in, take as picture then some the big bass guys here discredit the picture

I've solved that muddy.

My personal best caught this past weekend!

9lbs!!!  

And before the big bass guys start,  that's a BIG frying pan.  

[Mattlures]

Well Muddy that probably because they realy are holding up a 5 lber but they are calling it 8. Yes Pictures are decieving but in most cases its obvious if you know what to look for. 90% of the fish I see on forrums that guys are calling 10's are not. They are usualy around 8. but I rarley call them out. In a lot of cases they actualy belive the fish was 10. Its even better when they think the scale must have been off because it said 7lbs. Ha ha. Guys who catch big bass are better at estimating thiere weights then guys who have only caught 1 or 2 ten years ago.

[Muddy]

I love it better , when they get it in, take as picture then some the big bass guys here discredit the picture

I've solved that muddy.

My personal best caught this past weekend!

9lbs!!!

And before the big bass guys start, that's a BIG frying pan.

Pass the Hush Puppies Dawg!!!!!! ;D

[CODbasser]

I love it better , when they get it in, take as picture then some the big bass guys here discredit the picture

I've solved that muddy.

My personal best caught this past weekend!

9lbs!!!

And before the big bass guys start, that's a BIG frying pan.

that makes me hungry...is that a beer batter or some sort?

[CWB]

I agree with Matt. Some of the pictures calling fish 10's are obviously not. If I use them as a gage, I've caught a couple of 10's.

Take it with a grain of salt . After all, we're all fisherman here and fibbing is in our blood.

Hey Cart- Are those catfish fillets? You're making me hungry and it's 7:30 A.M.  

[Low_Budget_Hooker]

When relaying a days report to a friend heading out, if I say "I got a few nice ones, one was 4.6 and the biggest, a 5 or so, I dropped at the boat." BELIEVE ME,...my buddies know me well enough that if I say I dropped a 5 at the boat, it was probably closer to 6. I purposely don't give the higher end of a guestimate to any fish that didn't hang on the scale. Same goes for my closer partners. If Dirk, or Matt50 or Tin tell me they dropped one "at least" 4, I know there was a fish in the 5'r range hooked today.

And Matt is dead on, I've hung a few 7's and 8's that I could have sworn were going to the state for record submission. (RI record is 10.6) but that's because I've only caught a handful of Largemouth that size. These guys that cull 8's in search of an 18,.....THEY know 8's and it's gotta be a little annoying to see an 8 claimed as a 10 when no scale was present. (to them, ......to me, I'd be so tickled with an 8 here on the east coast, I wouldn't have a need to stretch her to 10 )

[fishinfiend]

I like to do this, but I am only joking around. If I am fighting a fish and it comes unhooked, I say "man that thing must have been 10 lbs." If the line breaks off, I say " man that thing must have been 15lbs."  ;D

[senile1]

When relaying a days report to a friend heading out, if I say "I got a few nice ones, one was 4.6 and the biggest, a 5 or so, I dropped at the boat." BELIEVE ME,...my buddies know me well enough that if I say I dropped a 5 at the boat, it was probably closer to 6. I purposely don't give the higher end of a guestimate to any fish that didn't hang on the scale. Same goes for my closer partners. If Dirk, or Matt50 or Tin tell me they dropped one "at least" 4, I know there was a fish in the 5'r range hooked today.

And Matt is dead on, I've hung a few 7's and 8's that I could have sworn were going to the state for record submission. (RI record is 10.6) but that's because I've only caught a handful of Largemouth that size. These guys that cull 8's in search of an 18,.....THEY know 8's and it's gotta be a little annoying to see an 8 claimed as a 10 when no scale was present. (to them, ......to me, I'd be so tickled with an 8 here on the east coast, I wouldn't have a need to stretch her to 10 )

I agree.  I just don't believe that lying provides any benefit to anyone in most circumstances.  There are obvious situations where you may twist the truth a little to avoid hurting someone's feelings.  (Such as when your former 115 lb model wife who now weighs 150 asks you if she appears to be fat, or grandma with her new light blue hairdo asks how you like her hair.  )

[Branuss04]

I love it better , when they get it in, take as picture then some the big bass guys here discredit the picture

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[Muddy]

If a guy catches the bass of a lifetime and he says its 10, and it is actually 8.4 who cares? I  will just celebrate  it with him.

[roadwarrior]

Here's my take:

If someone says they weighed the fish, nothin' to talk about.

I don't care what it "looks like".

If it "could have been", again, nothin' to talk about.

But if someone asks, "How much do YOU think it weighed,

GAME ON!

Most "bout 5" are 3-4.

Most "round 8" might make 5.

10's that aren't weighed, aren't.

The guys that catch DDs on a regular basis

usually weigh them AND take a picture.

8-)

[senile1]

If a guy catches the bass of a lifetime and he says its 10, and it is actually 8.4 who cares? I will just celebrate it with him.

While I don't agree with someone lying about the weight of a fish, I also try to never assume someone is lying when they post a weight.  If I think the weight is a bit inflated I keep my mouth shut and give congratulations.  The picture could be misleading or the angler's scale could be off.  Either way, I can't prove a thing so why question it?

[SirSnookalot]

If you think bass fisherman are embellishers (bald faced liars ) you haven't been to the ocean, we don't have to stop at 22 # in which to spin a yarn.

A few months ago I was cleaning fish at the cleaning table and some guy comes up with dolphin that was around 20#. He said to me you should have seen the 50 pound bull that got away, I replied " how do you know it was 50 if you didn't land and weight it? "

I don't weight them, just eyeball and estimate and probably wrong most of the time , haha

[Muddy]

If a guy catches the bass of a lifetime and he says its 10, and it is actually 8.4 who cares? I will just celebrate it with him.

While I don't agree with someone lying about the weight of a fish, I also try to never assume someone is lying when they post a weight. If I think the weight is a bit inflated I keep my mouth shut and give congratulations. The picture could be misleading or the angler's scale could be off. Either way, I can't prove a thing so why question it?

Yea Ed: I love bustin on the guys that each ounce means something to! :

[D4u2s0t]

funny to see this post, reminds me of my car forums.  people say "My car runs xxxx at the track" yet they've never been to the track.

[flechero]

I think you consider the source, if you care... If I say I dropped a 5 at the boat, it was probably closer to 6 or 7. When you catch enough fish that go over 5 (on a scale), you will easily recognize a fish over 5.

I give some people 100% credit for "I lost a XX pounder at the boat"... and with others I can't even get close to the number when I see pics.

But what do I care? unless they really talk smack and bring others down, I just shake my head. It's like cheating in school, you really only cheat yourself and your own credibility.

[SoFl-native]

Forget landing the fish......i hear about huge fish that just hit the bait.

They always use half pound increments too......Like: "I had a huge fish crush my top water......it was at least 8.5 lbs."

As if guessing the weight of a fish you barely see isnt BS enough.....you actually expect me to believe you noticed it was an 8.5????

Puhhhh leaze.

[SoFl-native]

funny to see this post, reminds me of my car forums. people say "My car runs xxxx at the track" yet they've never been to the track.

ughhh dont get me started on that.

[D4u2s0t]

what's even better is those d**n g-techs lol

[WRB]

My favorite is when someone swings on a bass they can't see and say "that was a big one" and they don't even know if it was a strike!

There is an old saying; "The big one always gets away".

It is very difficult to estimate the size of a bass by the fight it puts up or head shaking splash. The bass could be tough or sluggish, you know when it's a big tough bass, just don't know how big until it is in the boat.

WRB

[burleytog]

It's true.  I can tell the difference between the 9" dinks and the 12" super dinks.  It just comes with a lot of practice.