# Bush's fishing trip

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bushs-fishing-trip/320898>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 9, 2005, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bushs-fishing-trip/320898 "2005-09-09T23:01:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2005, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bushs-fishing-trip/320898/1 "2005-09-09T23:01:15Z")

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[http://home.earthlink.net/~javanut99/bushfishin.jpg](http://home.earthlink.net/~javanut99/bushfishin.jpg)

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**Author:** ![Ghanima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Ghanima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ghanima)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2005, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bushs-fishing-trip/320898/2 "2005-09-09T23:03:39Z")

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That’s a photo seriously in need of a caption.

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**Author:** ![Phlosphr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2005, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bushs-fishing-trip/320898/3 "2005-09-09T23:21:07Z")

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There’s no stripers in New Orleans? 😕

or

Hey Dad it’s bigger than the space between my wrist and ma elbow!!!

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**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2005, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bushs-fishing-trip/320898/4 "2005-09-09T23:27:20Z")

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Bush always said his philosophy is:

“Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.”

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**Author:** ![Shutterbug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3e96dc/32.png) [@Shutterbug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shutterbug)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2005, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bushs-fishing-trip/320898/5 "2005-09-09T23:32:47Z")

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> [@Shagnasty](#):
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> Bush always said his philosophy is:
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> “Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.”

😃