"I'm sorry (cough, cough) but I don't (sniff, sneeze) think I can make it in this weekend. I caught a mild case of Morone Saxatilis fever and I need a couple days to get over it (until the fall season).
Make sure to use a raspy, gravelly voice when delivering this line, and by no means let them see you in waders or hear the surf in the background!
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