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Always depends on the situation.
Like the time a guy in his freshly purchased Orvis outfit head to toe and spanky new flyrod asked me how I was doing. This was at Smith Point in Nantucket, so you will see this from time to time.
I noticed this particular guy because despite wearing his new chest waders, he was retreating up the beach away from the incoming waves. I guess he didn't want to get his waders wet. I've now seen that twice on Nantucket. I also noticed his unique flycasting technique. It was pretty good for covering the first 10' from shore. Unfortunately, he didn't want to get wet, so he wasn't even hitting the breakers.
We were cooking hotdogs on the beach and I was just putzin' around throwing a ranger for blues. I felt like f'n with the guy so I proceeded to tell him about the 5 or 6 keeper bass we had just caught on crab pattern flies out on the flats out of my boat. Well, I had caught one 29" bass that day... on a jerkbait. But the guy was a tool so I fed him a major bunch of crap. IMO, no harm there.
On the other hand, if I see a threat... if the person seems like a serious fisherman, I'll lie about the quality of fishing at the spot, suggesting its not that great. I wouldn't totally lie, but downplay my success there.
But here on the boards, I don't really see the point. I don't put a tape on every fish and rarely put them on a scale, so if I'm off, its really not intentional. As for numbers, again, I don't see the point. I'm usually pretty accurate on numbers 'cause I keep a log, so try to keep a mental note going.
I'll post reports 'cause I enjoy telling the story, but I'm not out to impress. Certainly its nice to post pics of a good trip or a big fish.
I guess I'm saying I ain't no internet hero, nor am I aspiring to be one. I think we have a whole range of fishing talent here. I'm somewhere in the middle between "hack" and "sharpy", hopefully moving upwards. But I'll be the first to say I fished poorly today, or even if I fished well.
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