Boat Quote by Charles Ritz

I am almost certain fishermen posess a peculiar bend to their makeup. Fisherman are optimists, and the fish in the future is always preferable…

— Joseph Monninger

Fishes do not roar; they cannot express any sound of suffering; and therefore the angler chooses to think they do not suffer, more than…

— Leigh Hunt

“A fishing life changes and everyday offers the promise of a new experience. To the dedicated angler, fishing is not sport or recreation. It…

— Jadon Wilder

A fish is more valuable swimming in the sea maintaining the integrity of oceanic eco-systems than it is on anyone's plate.

— Paul Watson

Maybe your stature as a fly fisherman isn't determined by how big a trout you can catch, but by how small a trout you…

— John Gierach

The matter of flies, lines and other equipment of the right sort is not absolutely necessary in the rising of fish but they are…

— Ray Bergman

Fishing seems to be divided, like sex, into three unequal parts: anticipation and recollection and, in between, actual performance.

— Arnold Gingrich

I make it a rule never to weigh or measure a fish I've caught, but simply to estimate its dimensions as accurately as possible,…

— Ed Zern

I object to fishing tournaments less for what they do to fish than what they do to fishermen.

— Ted Williams

Fishing is a constant reminder of the democracy of life, of humility, and of human frailty. The forces of nature discriminate for no man.

— Herbert Hoover

Catching fish is not a mental game between fish and angler. A 'smart' trout is only smarter than other trout, not smarter than a…

— Lee Wulff

“The largest fish in the river grew to its size, not because of its strength, but because it learned not to bite a baited…

— Courtney Praski