Have you ever caught a catfish?

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Have you ever been mistakenly called one?  I have experienced both...

WhiteSteve · Accepted Answer

I thought you meant literally at first😂🎣

They’re usually super obvious, so there’s nothing to get caught by. I do remember many years ago on here we were all friendly with one allegedly-female user on here, “SandPlanet”, who someone later exposed to be a guy. It was a weird routine though, because I don’t think “she” was really flirting with people or anything like that, “she” just seemed like a cool chick who would have contributions to conversations. Maybe “she” was in people’s DMs doing weird stuff, I don’t know, but as far as publicly, they were pretty normal. Had a pretty average looking woman as a PFP too, so no serious bait for suckers.

So I didn’t even understand the point. I thought the whole idea is that they’re a perv and are trying to get into racy conversations, either with men, or as a “fellow” woman asking intimate female questions. To catfish, but do it just to chill normally amongst the crowd…. I don’t even get the sense in that🤦‍♂️😂 It was well-played, I guess, but I just didn’t get the point, in their case…

Finchie40 · Accepted Answer

Yes , I am pretty good at spotting catfishes and catching them as well. For kicks and giggles I will sometimes pretend that I am falling for their shit and play along with it and then confront them and tell them they are busted and to get a fucking life. I think people that catfish people have mental problems that need serious mental help. In one hand I kind of feel bad for them but on the other hand I do not , for doing what they are doing to people. I have busted so many to the point I no longer really trust people on the internet period. If I do meet someone on the internet and they want to meet me or hang out with me , I will make it clear to them that I don’t meet anyone off the internet until they prove they are legit and not catfishing me , I will ask them to video chat me on Facebook time or etc. if they can’t do that for
You, then they are talking out their ass

Crimsyjo · Accepted Answer

Yes it is extremely frequent that people catfish. Everywhere!

I had a nice one tho way back lol. Like I knew his pics were fake but I enjoyed talking him.

More recent tho I matched on dating site and we got on great and talked on phone and everything. But then he said cos he liked me so much he had to confess he was using fake pics. That sucked.

I've been accused on here for being a dude account. Don't know why?

MemeSupreme · Accepted Answer

no bc idc enough to argue and i feel like most women on here are catfishing bc they talk fucking weird. it's like the uncanny valley effect but verbal lmfaoo

and yeah which i get. they stop when i send a vocaroo and back in like 2020 i used show a selfie of me and my laptop that showing my profile lol

abc3643 · Answer

I looked right next to the Atlantic Ocean. So we'd catch sharks, bluefish, flounder usually. Some people like to a crabbing or digging for clams. I caught a shark back in August 1974. On the same trip, friends caught two blue fish, my cousin caught 2 sharks, and my uncle caught a shark. Loved catching flounder and bluefish because it tastes so good. And I really enjoyed using a clam rake to catch clams which my father would eat but I wouldn't touch until my 40s.

No catfish though.

Zack-Bann · Answer

Never one who used full on fake pictures and later met in person to be a middle aged fat guy with a beard

But I have been catfished into dates by women (specifically 2) who used master level lighting and camera angles to make profiles where they look prettier and a lot thinner than they did on a date

What’s funny is they both told me “oh I often go on dates but the guy ghosts me right after”
And in my mind Im thinking “Yeah! No shit!”

Joshydavid25 · Answer

Oh, man there's so many.. They do it all the time, and think you're stupid or something.. A lot of foreign catfish too.. I've never been suspected of being a Catfish, but somebody did tell me once that they might've thought I was.. I was surprised..

SeekerOfTruth007 · Answer

I caught plenty Catfish in Lake Pontchartrain. You take some chicken hearts and put on a line one every four feet apart and do that on like 50 or 100 hooks. Then you just go back to camp and wait a few hours. Then you come back and viola catfish.

KittygosMeoWW · Answer

I’ve been called one and I’ll be honest, the users that annoy me on here I’ll tell them I’m a guy. I haven’t caught anyone on here because I don’t care enough. I’ve talked three users personally and two of them I know what they sound/look like.

Amur8711 · Answer

I never been called a catfish. There is one girl ai am talking to know that I believe is a catfish. She kept saying about everyone calls her ugly and and so she started to believe it. We'll the pictures she initially sent me, she looked very good then the second time she sent a picture she looked worse, then the third she does look bad in it. The first ones were in black and white and her fave is washed out, or she just was younger when she took them, the second still washed out but in color, then the third is color and definitely she looks the worst in it. I don't know what to think. I definitely slowed down talking to her.

CrimsonAngel09 · Answer

Plenty over on Quora, where I was just immediately blocked; even when I provided proof. While I have caught catfishes here on GAG, I post their account name and the pictures they stole to Sitejabber.

Wraith_Cemetery · Answer

There's a "girl" on here who I know for sure is fake. She uses AI images and sent me a few as if I was stupid and believed they were real. I chatted with her daily like normal to see where it would go. I like playing games especially when I know it's someone trying to pull wool over my eyes.

molonski2 · Answer

Yeah both..
There are so many in this part of the world and so blatant , they are not difficult to find.

In my case , bcoz involved in Investment someone thought I was one of those fake Bitcoin scammers , which was fair enough I guess , but of course I have nothing to do with trying to solicit funds from others.

sawno · Answer

Yup, "Maria" was a gay guy from peru. Luckily for me I always look up usernames. One of the rare guys who put up a convincing female persona though. Usually I can tell.

Nikki1989 · Answer

When I was a mod on here, I would catch them almost daily. I stopped reporting them because I was told many times nothing can be done about it. I guess fraud gets a free pass on here.

Phoenix98 · Answer

I've caught actual catfish many times the kind you catch with a rod and reel that is but can't say I've caught the other kind.

RingOfFire · Answer

I've had it happen many times. I used to have a hobby of playing games with scammers, especially on dating and social media sites. They would attempt to catfish me when I knew immediately that they were fakes. But I would keep it going as long as I could to waste their time. Some of them would get REALLY pissed off when I would keep them going for weeks and then finally tell them I know they are fakes while laughing so hard I couldn't control myself.

call_me_scar · Answer

Yeah was sexting and I noticed her tit pics didn't match so stopped sexting and called them out turns out and had a bit of a q&a it was a trans person male body but female brain, her reasoning was she just couldn't find people who wanted to sext with a person like her

Iron_Man · Answer

You have to go to Louisiana and reach way down in the water with your arm and catch them With your bare hands

MrShaun · Answer

My first was a catfish. I caught it with my dad. My mom wouldn't clean it, so my dad showed me how, then she cooked it for me. Loved those days 🐟

coolbreeze · Answer

Yes people catfish on this site a lot and on other sites. Its sad that others want to waste people time with games and deception.

AyChingao · Answer

Sure, ya noodle for 'em. Stick your whole arm down a hole in the mud and force 'em to atta... :O WAIT... that's not what you meant is it?1?

DryGermanGuy · Answer

Some pictures are so ridiculously obviously stolen from the usual army of Instagram floozies… 🤦‍♂️🙄

Aiko_E_Lara · Answer

I play an online virtual world game and I have a super cute female character and to see how guys will hit on me. I instantly reject them tho. Also I'm not prone to being catfished because I don't care much about people online except for a special friend I have.

blackeagle007 · Answer

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, I’m done with internet dating

jazzy34 · Answer

Yes. Thank goodness for Google reverse image search.

leahzrc · Answer

I don't message people enough to be catfished bahahhahaha

LiamJHayden · Answer

I caught one on here who was using the photos of a lady for whom, or more precisely for whose attorneys, I did some work precisely because people were using her photos without licensing.

Likes2drive · Answer

Yeah quite a few times I have had people posing as a beautiful woman to try to get interested but would never talk on the phone or video chat because they were fake

FenixG45 · Answer

SO MANY they call me The Catfish Hunter! I LOVE toying with before I kill them!

Redstang88 · Answer

Well there’s plenty on here that are very clearly dudes with pink accounts, no “proof” but it’s painfully obvious

andreasderjuengere · Answer

Never caught one. I buy them on the local wet market.

WonderingManII · Answer

When I went fishing my parents pond, I caught a catfish.

Miah06 · Answer

Never paid attention enough to people online to notice tbh.

Filthy_Immigrant · Answer

yeah there are plenty of those in this site.

NathanDavis · Answer

I've always wanted to fish... but never actually did it... shame

red324 · Answer

I can count on one hand the number of girls that looked as good or better than her profile pic showed and this is like out 200 girls

Knightwatch27 · Answer

Haven't been catfished but I've seen people (even on here) trying to catfish.

Martha79 · Answer

I have on social media and people, but I witness it in real life. Someone used a fake ID of the server.

clampfan101 · Answer

Neither kind. lol I’ve certainly never been mistaken as one, as I’m not attractive enough.

Anonymous · Answer

Sure

Pet68 · Answer

Are you a catfish?

Valdemort · Answer

Too bloody often 💀

Bklynbadboy12 · Answer

Yes I've been called one and when I sent my Pic that said it wasn't me that it was some football players pic

Anonymous · Answer

So you're asking this question so you can better catfish. Know what simple mistakes to avoid. I see your game.

Jay-_- · Answer

Long story short yes. 😂

Manuelwe · Answer

Many times people claim I have been miss identified. It once nearly got me arrested

dustybiker2 · Answer

They always trip.

Anonymous · Answer

Yes, and it was delicious JK I'm a vegetarian.

Dargil · Answer

I've detected some in GAG. Language use.

Anonymous · Answer

Yes, and I put them on that silly M TV show called Catfished.

Anonymous · Answer

Nah I just like teasing people

Staximus · Answer

Only at the park with a fishing pole

RedInnocent69 · Answer

Yes, in Thailand. Not too big, maybe 15 lbs.

PeterLegg91 · Answer

Many times especially on insta and dating apps

Crazzyyworld · Answer

Like half of the people I met online

CubaPirate · Answer

Unfortunately yes

Still-alive · Answer

many times

AaaAviii123 · Answer

Nope

BarryLiverstone · Answer

Yes.

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