The fish story has been changed on AOL!

It is now a largemouth bass, not a perch.

Go to http://articles.news.aol.com/news/article.adp?id=20060507222709990013&ncid=NWS00010000000001 to read the story and to vote whether you like his comment or not. "Not" is leading by a big margin.

Looks photo shopped to me.

That thar fish is a Striper, or Striped Bass, sometimes called a "Rockfish" in NE. That shot is probably taken during a visit to his Parents in Maine. It doesn't weigh 7 pounds either. In fact, it is a rather puny fish. Not a keeper.

I suspect that the translation was incorrect when this story was first reported. A 7 pound perch would be one big ass perch, and it's a fish that is commonly fished for in places like Wisconsin. In Texas, on a private pond, he's probably fishing for Bass.

Bass, Perch... Whatever.

"Rolling on the River....da..dooit...dooit...dooit....(saxophone riff)......"

have access to the original comment.

What do you think of Bush's fish comment?
I don't like it 64%
I like it 36%
Total Votes: 47,549
Note on Poll Results

:D

a picture of THAT one. You know damn well -somebody- got a snapshot of his ...perch? which has morphed into a largemouth bass..........IF it actually happened.
:eyes:

http://articles.news.aol.com/news/article.adp?id=20060507222709990013&ncid=NWS00010000000001


Though never sure if AOL links work here or not. :shrug:


Edit: Large mouth bass now?

mind. Big Ed was on today saying if it was a perch it would have been a world record. Bush even lies when it comes to fish stories.

nyuk nyuk

What do you think of Bush's fish comment?
I don't like it 64%
I like it 36%


Just had to add the AOL, always the AOL, Poll.
Kids, this is definitely going mainstream!

and evidently only 31% now approve of job performance. Come on, 20s!!

(sorry, couldn't help it)

Definitely some photoshop work being done at the White House and AOL!

eom

It's that now he was just "joking" that the catch was his best moment. The liberal media is at it again.





Jay

as he is at finding WMDs or catching Osama bin Laden. It's a Striped Bass, not a Largemouth; the former is the freshwater cousin of the saltwater Striped Bass, identified by both its color and markings; the latter has yellowish sides with a single mid-side line running from tail to gill and an olive back. Here thanks to Michigan's Department of Natural Resources is a picture of a Largemouth bass:

http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,1607,7-153-10364_18958-45681--,00.html

As you can see it's nothing like what Bush has.

Moreover -- speaking as somebody who caught his first trout at age seven and has been a fishing fanatic ever since -- freshly-caught fish are typically too limp and slippery to be held up that way. Except for the markings, which begin losing their brilliance as soon as the fish dies, that fish Bush's holding up looks too stiff to have come from anything but the freezer.

But as to the perch/bass confusion, I'd blame the press: most of today's so-called "journalists" have never set foot in the country, much less fished a lake or stream. Fishing is a "blood sport" you know -- not politically correct. B-)

it's no wonder that one of his fondest memories would be when he wasn't "working." :eyes:

crappie. ;) Shows you how much he knows about fishing. All the perch I have ever seen are tiny. Besides, I know he has caught bigger fish at Kennibunkport.

"I would say the best moment of all was when I caught a 7.5 pound perch in my lake."
The only problem is that the world's record for the largest freshwater perch caught is 4 pounds 3 ounces. http://americablog.blogspot.com/2006/05/bush-tells-german-paper-he-caught.html