Vladimir Putin Is Bad At Fishing, Pretends Not To Be

Vladimir Putin took a shirtless fishing trip in Siberia this weekend, and it was revealed that like all politicians, he has a deep, dark, secret. His: He stinks at fishing.

Two hours chasing a pike around a lake you're literally the only one on? Talk about a Cold War.He did however, look like he caught a trout and a perch on the rod and reel. Unfortunately for him those fish are icky and he decided he'd better not get yucky hands and touch them or something? He held them like this:So, maybe Ivan Drago in retirement is a tiny bit afraid to touch a fish. Whatever, happens to the best of em. But at least he's catching them. Let's check in on some of the baits he was using to chase th-- oh look he's already surrendered the rod and reel:

Source: Politico
Looks like Putin wasn't able to coax a bite out of a fish that eats just about anything on a deserted lake with his tackle box full of nesting dolls, so Vlad The Impaler decided to jump on in and use his spear gun. Not exactly tournament legal, but I assume his co-anglers decided to turn the other cheek.There's an obvious language barrier here in Vlad's Googan Squad audition tape, but what I picked up was him saying "thanks for rigging this up and setting the hook for me comrade, I appreciate it because I am bad at fishing but still want to look cool, which is why my shirt is off."Don't let the sweet sunglasses and killer suntan fool you, it was about 55 degrees there this weekend and Uncle Vlad still decided to pop the top and let it all hang out. Suns out, Guns out. If you got it, flaunt it, etc. I guess in one of the coldest places on earth, they're just grateful the water isn't frozen, it brings back bad memories.

Just stay in the back of the boat and try not to land a hook in my arm, Vlad. This was an all around hilarious display of a "fishing trip", and I hope they happen much more frequently, with many more photos and videos.