I think the biggest "TRUTH" to fishing is:

- The right presentation will catch more fish than the right lure/bait

heard on the river every fall when someone lands a chum or skanky coho...

"it'll smoke up just fine"

" All the boats are over there, they must be catching fish".

The biggest myth I hear all the time is........my fishing buddy(not you Surecatch, but my other fishing partner) declaring that he always outfishes me. And pigs fly, too.

Its kinda releated, have all you guys heard about the catfish that live near every dam that are so big the divers wont dive....DJ

Should have been here yesterday!!!!!.
We must have timed the pre-front bite!!!!!.
Salmon fishin suck's during an east wind!!!!.
Steelhead and salmon wont bite while the rive
is rising!!!!.
Good luck,
STRIKE ZONE

When tossing bait - 16 wraps in the baitloop.
When tossing a pink worm - 7 wraps in the baitloop.

Red jigs catch bigger fish.

Procure wizard lava orange.

Steelhead eggs won't catch steelhead.
Silver eggs won't catch silvers, etc....

For silvers I have to wear my black lamiglas hat.
For kings I wear no hat.
For steelhead I wear my cougar stocking cap or my red cougar hat.

Size 2 owner hooks - black

bead below my corky.

Now I can fish effectively

1. hatchery fish and wild fish are the same
2. wind from the east the fishing's least
3. wind from the south blows the bait in their mouth ( which is illegal by the way)

4. only 3 more years till i can think like a fish
5. "harvestable surplus"
6 " healthy runs"
7 " steelhead managment"
8 " 10% of the fishermen catch 90%of the fish it's more like 5% and 99%

9 flossing isn't snagging

10. zipperlip

Hey, thats 104% Isn't that a harvestable surplus...

so much for number 5. :p

Steelies don't eat when they are in the river.
LOL - why did that fish swallow my bait?

All hatcheries are bad
All hatcheries need to be closed
Wild fish are the only fish worth keeping
Hatcheries kill too many wild fish
fly fishing is the only true "sport" fishing
the check's in the mail
I'll only put the......

Corky color matters when fishing terminal salmon hatchery areas.

Braided line breaks off in big chunks and screws up a lot of good drift water.

If it's hooked from the gill plates forward, it's a legal fish.

You need a net to land fish on gradually sloping gravel bars.

Fish know what fishing line is.

You need a stiff rod if you want to catch hens. (OK, that one IS mostly true! )

last i remember, that's not a myth

Told it was taken out of the regs. So it is a myth, at least now.

That's why I included that one. To the best of my knowledge, it never was in the regs pamphlet, at least not worded that way. I am to this day still amazed at how many people think that it is. I have my personal opinion as to why that particular "myth" is so widespread, especially on rivers during the fall salmon runs, but I don't want to start a big pissing match over it so I won't say anymore.

If it's not a myth, then I guess it's probably best that the state game Wardens and the Municipal courts sort the issue out, and save Bob a lot of bandwidth here.

should have been here yesterday
women don't know how to fish or play poker
a cheap pole will not catch fish
wear a seasick patch and you will not get sick

And the number 1 fishing myth is.......

There are NO MORE zipperlips left!!!!!

Hah Hah suckers

1. MSY/MSH
2. All fly fishers are snobs
3. All gear fishers are "bubbas"
4. Majority of anglers are working issues or actually taking action that will benefit wild fish
5. There are no true wild fish left
6. All hatchery fish are evil

This one is from my wife:

"Honey, I'm only going out for a couple hours".

BillyBob,

I used that one last weekend....Eight hours later Got in trouble for that one