Anglers Quote by John Wolcot

Satan like a fisher, baits his hook according to the appetite of the fish.

— Thomas Adams

“I heard that when white folks go fishin they do somethin called 'catch and release.' Catch and release? I nodded solemnly, suddenly nervous and…

— Ron Hall

“catch so many fish that their nets begin to tear and they need help from fishermen in other boats to haul in the catch.…

— Matthew Kelly

Give me mine angle, we'll to th' river: there, My music playing far off, I will betray Tawny-finned fishes. My bended hook shall pierce…

— William Shakespeare

When if or chance or hunger's powerful sway Directs the roving trout this fatal way, He greedily sucks in the twining bait, And tugs…

— John Gay

“Catfish always drink alcoholic ether if begged, for every catfish enjoys heightened intoxication; gross indulgence can be calamitous, however; duly, garfish babysit for dirty…

— John Green

Here when the labouring fish does at the foot arrive, And finds that by his strength but vainly he doth strive; His tail takes…

— Michael Drayton

Therefore, look only for this fishhook, and you will be happily caught. The more you are caught, the more you will be liberated.

— Meister Eckhart

“the sort of fish that a good fisherman puts back into the water”

— Virginia Woolf

“Thou therefore on these Herbs, and Fruits, and Flow'rs Feed first, on each Beast next, and Fish, and Fowl, No homely morsels, and whatever…

— John Milton

The fish adores the bait.

— George Herbert

The pleasant'st angling is to see the fish Cut with her golden oars the silver stream And greedily devour the treacherous bait.

— William Shakespeare