100 Fishing Excuses

 Fishing is a tough sport at times, and there are days when the fish just plain win the game.  Here is a list of 100 fishing excuses to help answer all those questions you get at the dock, bar, or at home why you didn’t bring any fish home.

1. East wind
2. Lost the GPS coordinates
3. Still depressed because Favre retired
4. Forgot the bait
5. My partner…….
6. Too hung over to fish
7.  Took advice from www.myfishingpartner.com
8. The net got tangled, and the fish got off
9. Our spot was taken
10. Fish didn’t fit into the net
11. Bad moon phase
12. The fish were hitting short
13. Guy started fishing next to me and spooked all the fish
14. Light biters
15. Water was too cold
16. Barometer was falling
17. Wrong color lure
18. Not enough lures
19. Hooks were dull
20. Boss kept calling
21. Caught ’em all yesterday
22. Cold Front
23. Had a “long distance release”
24. Wrong line weight
25. Worms didn’t wiggle
26. Afraid of the leeches
27. Wife got the boat in a divorce
28. Tackle in another tackle box
29. Got frustrated by the long line at the boat launch
30. Bad guide
31. New equipment didn’t work
32. Old equipment didn’t work
33. Fish fry was easier
34. Partner kept talking
35. Bragged about the last trip
36. Fish moved
37. Waves were too big
38. Too calm
39. Trolling the wrong direction
40. Motor didn’t work
41. Didn’t have enough money left to launch at the ramp
42. Jigs were the wrong weight
43. Too many bait fish
44. Spawn hasn’t started yet
45. Too Sunny
46. Too Cloudy
47. Minnows didn’t smell right
48. Wrong type of minnows
49. My source is full of crap
50. Foggy
51. Fishing shut down just before we started
52. AM bite
53. PM bite
54. Just caught carp
55. Just out for practice
56. Trying new techniques
57. Kids kept making noise
58. Breaking in the motor
59.  First time on this lake
60. Trying new locations
61. Fish broke off line
62. Boat is not big enough
63. I was hungry
64.  Jinxed
65. Too fast of retrieve
66. Too slow of retrieve
67.  Mosquitoes were bothering me
68. Frostbite
69.  Handle on net was to short
70. Don’t like the taste of fish
71.  Didn’t want to clean just a few
72. Couldn’t find the pattern
73. Radio must have been too loud
74. Anchor wouldn’t hold
75. Tournament was going on
76. Jet skiers stirred up the water
77. Too many power boats
78. Ran out of beer and smokes
79.  Wrong type of worms
80. Baiting hooks for partner all day
81. Out-Fished
82. Partner had the good spot
83. Wind change
84. Fish just aren’t there
85. Was peeing when I got a bite
86. Lure was stuck in a tree
87. Not enough time
88. No fishing major or minor feeding time during trip
89. Just out for a joy ride
90. GPS took me to the wrong spot
91. Electronics didn’t show any fish
92. Left them there for someone else
93.  Bought breading before we left and had bad karma
94. Daydreaming when strike occurred
95. Forgot to close the snap swivel
96. Getting backlashes constantly
97. Fish yanked rod out of the boat
98. Horsed the fish until the line broke
99. Was worrying about the wife’s “honey do” list
100. Fish out smarted me today