Fish Stories Add Up

In my 40 plus years of fishing, there isn't much I haven't seen happen or a story I haven't heard. Heck, I even know that it is possilbe for a fish to jump into the boat(while on the line). Sure, there's no doubt the old saying "anything can happen" holds some weight. But some stories, when put to the "time test", don't add up.
Why do fishermen have to stretch the truth? What's wrong with just telling the story with the actual facts? Is it an ego thing? Do they actually believe their own stories? Can't they actually count?
The best fish story I ever heard was from a guy who said "it was so good, we never took the net out of the water." Of course he was kidding(maybe). But many of the stories I hear are impossible in my opinion. I hear all the time, about a couple anglers or three in a boat saying they "caught 50 walleyes today". Or even 60 or more in a day! That means, in an 8 hour day, which is 480 minutes, there was fish in the boat every 8-9 minutes all day long? Non-Stop? Travel time, blowing off the spot, untangling lines, netting fish, taking photo's, unhooking swallowed hooks and this kind of action can add up? Now ice fishermen talk of drilling two hundred holes in a day and catching 20 to 40 fish the same day. 200 holes? An 8 hour day (480 minutes) and a minute per hole, including drilling and removing the slush, placing the flasher(or camera)in the hole, baiting the hook and letting it down into 30ft. of water and having time to average a fish every 10 minutes ALL day, non'stop. 200 hundred holes? Or even a 100 holes in a day?
Like the old saying goes, "anything can happen". Maybe I just don't know how to define anything? LOL
Oh well. I guess that's fishing! I guess many fishermen are better at math than I'll ever be. But I'll keep trying to keep up and get faster! contact Steve at 651-270-3383 or sf1954@embarqmail.com