Fishing Quotes · Page 6

Fish stimulates the brain, but fishing stimulates the imagination.

— Thomas Dewar, 1st Baron Dewar

Retire to what? I already play golf and fish for a living.

— Julius Boros

Don't pray for the rain to stop; pray for good luck fishing when the river floods.

— Wendell Berry

Datin'is a lot like fishin'. Sometimes catch and release is the best method.

— Granger Smith

The trouble is, you can't properly present something you don't believe in.

— Thomas McGuane

“The Gods did not count time spent fishing in the hours of a man's life.”

— Neil Gaiman

The fun of fishing is catching 'em, not killing 'em.

— Norman Schwarzkopf

A trout fisherman is something that defieth understanding.

— Corey Ford

The ocean is like a checking account where everybody withdraws but nobody makes a deposit. This is what's happening because of overfishing.

— Enric Sala

We know of fishing vessels that carry up to twelve different flags on board, and they re-flag their ship at sea,.

— Claude Martin

I used to like fishing because I thought it had some larger significance. Now I like fishing because it's the one thing…

— John Gierach

Along with being forever on the move, one is forever in a hurry, leaving things inadvertently behind-friend or fishing tackle, old raincoat…

— Louis Kronenberger

The inhabitants of the Cape generally do not complain of their "soil," but will tell you that it is good enough for…

— Henry David Thoreau

“We caught him," I said. "Thats the fun part." For us, at least. I doubt the fish would agree.”

— Kathy Reichs

I get all the truth I need in the newspaper every morning, and every chance I get I go fishing, or swap…

— Ed Zern

Fishing is a constant reminder of the democracy of life, of humility, and of human frailty. The forces of nature discriminate for…

— Herbert Hoover

There are a couple of carp fishing books I've been reading. I'm very interested in that line of books, because I think…

— Tom Felton

In the future, I mean to be a fine streamside entomologist. I'm going to start on that when I am much too…

— Thomas McGuane

Contrary to common belief, it is not true that if you cut a worm-fisherman in half, each half will grow into a…

— Ed Zern

I made a series set in India that was more of a conventional fishing show. The fish were very uncooperative, so we…

— Jeremy Wade

We've fished down in Naples, Florida. We've fished out in Idaho. We've been everywhere fishing, and I think the best part of…

— Luke Kuechly

Yoga has been something that's always there to take with me and practice throughout any journey. There's no place I've ever been…

— Nelly

I would read fishing reports on the road and then it just occurred to me: I should go to sea school and…

— Anonymous

I've never felt a strong urge to rush into Hollywood, so I bided my time and waited till I had a decent…

— Tom Mison

As President, I was able to save with the stroke of the pen a hundred million acres of wilderness area in Alaska.…

— Jimmy Carter

And yet there are many times when it does not make any difference what pattern one uses. One thing is certain. The…

— Ray Bergman

Small-scale fisheries should not be favoured over large-scale operations ebcause of romantic notions of rugged small operators battling both the elements and…

— Daniel Pauly

Now I am . . . like anyone with a strong preference for the fly rod, totally indifferent to how large a…

— Vance Bourjaily

Just imagine the banner headlines if a marine biologist were to discover a species of dolphin that wove large, intricately meshed fishing…

— Richard Dawkins

It was the forty-fathom slumber that clears the soul and eye and heart, and sends you to breakfast ravening. They emptied a…

— Rudyard Kipling

Some of my colleagues are surprised by how little personal interaction I've had with "my" authors, but I don't translate to go…

— Andre Naffis-Sahely

Edward Abbey said you must brew your own beer; kick in you Tee Vee; kill your own beef; build your cabin and…

— Bernd Heinrich

I was happy working on my golf and doing a bit of fishing.

— Steve Clarke

There is no greater fan of fly fishing than the worm.

— Patrick F. McManus

I used to play football, and then my wife bought me a fishing rod.

— John Rocha

“You can't go fishing while you're anchored in the desert.”

— Jayce O'Neal

The last word in ignorance is the man who says of an animal or plant: 'What good is it?

— Aldo Leopold

Some men would rather be photographed with their fish than with their wives.

— Gwen Cooper

I like fishing. We do all kinds of fun fishing trips.

— Jonas Valanciunas

Fishing is a condition of mind wherein you cannot possibly have a bad time.

— Zane Grey