Hey, man, from little acorns big oak trees grow. You know how big the fish was, but that doesn't HAVE to be the size of the fish. I mean to say, when you write the story, the fish could have pulled you into the lake, right?

Farley Mowat, a good Canadian author, said that all writers have a bit of the 'liar' in them. And who's the fish gonna tell? It's really between you and the pen. StoSome stories contain enough truth to be real and enough fantasy to be interesting.