289 Quotes About Fishing

Sharks are not creatures of God. Noah did not bring any fucking sharks along on his ark; sea creatures have to be more the Devil’s. Thriving there in the low, cold, dark depths. That’s why Jesus was a fisherman. He killed fish.

As no man is born an artist, so no man is born an angler.

The wild carp is an icon that forges a living connection between the past and the present.

Beneath it hung a faded photograph in an Oxford frame. It presented a Victorian gentleman wearing an ineffable air of hauteur and a costume which suggested that he had begun to dress up as Mr. Sherlock Holmes but, suddenly losing interest, had gone out fishing instead.

Dynamite was the milk of life to the average hillbilly of the day. He celebrated with it, feuded with it, and fished with it. The Sporting instinct runs strong in the hills. When the fishing season would open, the river would literally be aboil with TNT.

He liked fishing and seemed to take pride in being able to like such a stupid occupation.

You roll back to me.

Anyone can be a fisherman in May.

And chase hard and good and with no mistakes and do not overrun them.