Do you Tell the truth???

[ZOOM]

How many of you really tell the truth when someone asks you where the fish are biteing????? I can say most of the time I do. I just don't give the whole story (If there is one to give). Is that still lieing?

[Valv]

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Do you Tell the truth???

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NO !!!!

Is this answer true ? See question above....

[Coach1310]

Depends who I am talking to. If I am talking to someone who is truthful to me, then yes, and we have a understanding that it isn't passed to his buddy and his buddy etc. With others I may say, " I got some on Round, but nothing to write home about." Even though I may have been on Round and caught some 9-10" bluegills. Not lying, just limiting information.

[wally20]

Usually not the whole story. If its someone I fish with alot yes. Most guys that ask will never tell if they are. One time had guys fishing around the shack, though they felt pretty dumb when we came out!!!

[harvey lee]

Always 99% of the time. You have to figure out what 1% I am not.

[CatManLee]

I ALWAYS tell the truth. I don't care if anyone else knows where I've been catching fish. I might not go as far as giving them the GPS coordinates, but if they asked, I would probably give that to them too. The only problem with this, is most of "my" spots aren't that good! Maybe that's why I don't mind telling people?

The only exeption would be before a tournament. I still wouldn't lie, I would just tell them I can't say where I was catching my fish.

[cold one sd]

I will tell people the truth if I know they aren't going to tell the whole world. If they run with the "Thundering Herd" no way will I tell the truth.

[delmuts]

i'm like zoom. i won't lie, but may omit a few things.

[zent]

Most fishermen I know are liars, except for you and me and I'm not so sure about you. LOL

[brianh]

"IF YOU TELL THE TRUTH, YOU DON'T HAVE TO REMEMBER WHAT YOU SAID" doesn't apply to fishing

[The Grebe]

Why he11 yes I always tell the truth about where I've been fishing, I never lie, would I schmidt you?

Yes, I lie all the time..I'm a dirty rotten low life liar and there is not a shred of truth in any of this! Now, does that make ME a liar? I've confused myself...am I is, or is I ain't?

I seldom give up the goods...the lake maybe...if it's big enough. The spot on spot, never...you know what happens when that occurs, especially with lakes closer to the city.

But, but, can you believe me...that is the question!

[Northlander]

Depends on who they are and wether or not giving them my spots could cost me money down the line. Around tourney time Im pretty tight lipped. Any other time Im pretty open. In the winter I really dont care too much but still make the people do some work to catch fish.

[eyepatrol]

There are a few on here that I wholly trust with telling them the lake, the exact spot, depth, presentation, everything. Probably only 3 FM'ers of which one has replied to this post. For these few people, I will actually send them a copy of the lake showing exactly where I caught fish.

I'm usually not the one catching the fish though. I'm usually the one doing the fishing (truth!). However, what success I do have, I usually don't have a problem saying what lake, what depth, what presentation, what structure. I just won't give out the exact spot on the lake. In the overall picture, this type of information is more useful than the spot I caught the fish. The same spot the next day could hold nothing, but similar structure, similar depth and similar presentation could still produce on other parts of a lake.

So, do I tell the truth? Yes, absolutely, but depending on who you are, the information could be limited.

And on the flip-side, if I don't catch fish, I will at times let everyone know where I didn't catch anything, allowing them to not waste their time searching out dead areas.

[skunked_once]

Is this a trick question?

[ole matty]

today went out on chisago lake caught my limits of bluegills all over 10 inches and slabs all over 15 inches all in 1 fow.. no lying!!!

[Corey Bechtold]

Just small Perch and a few Tiny Bluegills.

Even Cole knows not to tell the truth, just little white lies!

Good luck,

Corey Bechtold

[Lucky12]

Not me, I always tell the truth, not.

[Borch]

I only tell Cory the truth. I know he'll lie to everyone else so my secret will be safe.

[wolfman-k]

If we as brother & sister fisherpersons (PC, yuck), can't lie to each other, well then, what's next??

[Macgyver55]

You know what they say.....some fishermen lie in wait, and other fishermen wait and lie!

[McGurk]

All fishermen(women) are liars.

If they disagree, then they are lying to your face!

I am in the "Omitting" camp, myself. I'll usually help a guy out a bit, but there sure aren't a lot of people helping me out .

I research here, on maps, on lakes, basically do my homework and hate to just give it away.

I do try to pay it forward, though; Catholic Karma and all.

[Eric Wettschreck]

Of course I'm always truthful. Just ask my wife and my girlfriend.

[nytelyter]

its not that ALL fishermen lie. the fact is that alot of LIERS fish. i always tell them i caught them straight out from shore. ... paul

[Dances with Walleye]

I have different Grades...

Perfect example... This last weekend I spent 3 days in a sleeper on Mille Lacs...

As we were coming off, the guy who was straight up living in the shack next to us came up and asked how we'd been doing...

I gave him the 100% truth... What's he going to do move his shack 3 feet from mine!

He loaded up and headed into town, as my partner and I dilly dallied loading up our gear. Another guy came up... Not really wearing great gear... Pulling a portable behind him, and had a logo on his hat that told me he was from Rochester.

He saw our bucket of Jumbo's, and asked "What are they biting on and where?"

I told him "We were in 17 feet of water, using a Mixed bag of minnows."

Which is totally true... But I omited the little hump and drop off that we had set up the house just off of, and I also didn't mention the 24, 26 and 27 inch Walleye that we caught.

Then just as I was climbing out of my bibs to get into the truck an older guy came over to me his hat had a logo for a shop in Onamia on it... He asked me... "Is everyone over at XYZ... Or are they still biting at (He described exactly where our house was sitting."

So I gave him the whole truth (Since he already knows the spot) But also added... "They bridged the pressure ridge yesterday to get out to XYZ, and I heard some serious bragging going on from the guys I know who crossed it."

Which was also the truth...

So I kind of have different degrees for Rookies, Locals and Neighbors, and admitedly a grade for Friends.

[Hammer Handle]

To only a few people (very few), I tell the truth. Otherwise, I rarely do. Find your own fish. I have had too many spots ruined by the "word getting out". I deal with people all day and fishing is my "alone" time.

I am so bad that I won't put a house on my favorite unknown spots for more than a few days.