60 Fishing Quotes and Sayings
In this post, you will find amazing fishing sayings.
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Short Fishing Sayings
“Probably fishing is my first passion.” —Luke Bryan
“Fishing is a delusion entirely surrounded by liars in old clothes.” —Don Marquis
“May the holes in your net be no larger than the fish in it.” —Irish Proverb
“Fishing is not an escape from life, but often a deeper immersion into it.” —Harry Middleton
“The fishing was good; it was the catching that was bad.” —A.K. Best
“The best time to go fishing is when you can get away.” —Robert Traver
“Anyone can be a fisherman in May.” —Ernest Hemingway
“There are two types of fisherman – those who fish for sport and those who fish for fish.” —Unknown
“A bad day of fishing is better than a good day of work.” —Unknown
“Fishing is the sport of drowning worms.” —Unknown
“Fishing is boring, unless you catch an actual fish, and then it is disgusting.” —Dave Barry
“If fishing is a religion, fly fishing is high church.” —Tom Brokaw
“Govern a great nation as you would cook a small fish. Do not overdo it.” —Lao Tzu
“Calling fishing a hobby is like calling brain surgery a job.” —Paul Schullery
“Be patient and calm – for no one can catch fish in anger.” —Herbert Hoover
“Caught fish are never on tender hooks.” —Anthony T. Hincks
“Fishermen are born honest, but they get over it.” —Ed Zern
“You need a good gardener and a good fisherman. The cook is not required.” —Alain Ducasse
“I fish better with a lit cigar; some people fish better with talent.” —Nick Lyons
“You cannot catch trout with dry breeches.” —Spanish Proverb
“Some go to church and think about fishing, others go fishing and think about God.” —Tony Blake
“To go fishing is one of the most pleasurable experiences I can imagine.” —Fennel Hudson
“Nothing makes a fish bigger than almost being caught.” —Unknown
“If fishing is interfering with your business, give up your business.” —Sparse Grey Hackle
“Good things come to those who bait.” —Unknown
Fishing Sayings
“When I go fishing I like to know that there’s nobody within five miles of me.” —Norman MacCaig
“Men and fish are alike. They both get into trouble when they open their mouths.” —Unknown
“Somebody behind you while you are fishing is as bad as someone looking over your shoulder while you write a letter to your girl.” —Ernest Hemingway
“Fishing is a discipline in the equality of men–for all men are equal before fish.” —Herbert Hoover
“Most of the world is covered by water. A fisherman’s job is simple: Pick out the best parts.” —Charles Waterman
“I can’t bear fishing. I think people look like fools sitting watching a line hour after hour–or else throwing and throwing, and catching nothing.” —George Eliot
“Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach him how to fish, and he will sit in a boat and drink beer all day.” —George Carlin
“Even if you’ve been fishing for three hours and haven’t gotten anything except poison ivy and sunburn, you’re still better off than the worm.” —Unknown
“Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after.” —Henry David Thoreau
“There are always new places to go fishing. For any fisherman, there’s always a new place, always a new horizon.” —Jack Nicklaus
“Fishing in a place is a meditation on the rhythm of a tide, a season, the arc of a year, and the seasons of life.” —Carl Safina
“Life, to me, is like fishing: you won’t catch anything until you start, and every year you get older is another year the fish might slip through the net.” —Alex Staniforth
“There is no use in walking five miles to fish when you can depend on being just as unsuccessful near home.” —Mark Twain
“There’s a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot.” —Steven Wright
“Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.” —Maimonides
“Fishing is much less about the fishing, and much more about the time alone with your kid, away from the hustle and bustle of the everyday.” —Dan Pearce
“It’s when we go fishing for plastic that we wonder where all the fish have gone.” —Anthony T. Hincks
“If people concentrated on the really important things in life, there’d be a shortage of fishing poles.” —Doug Larson
“Once I retire and slow down, I don’t want to be in New York. I want to be somewhere near a lake or a pond, so that on my days when I have nothing to do, I can go fishing.” —Sharon Jones
“I propose that it only matters that you attempt to catch a fish. Doing so brings you close to nature.” —Fennel Hudson
“There are only two occasions when Americans respect privacy, especially in Presidents. Those are prayer and fishing.” —Herbert Hoover
“Fishing is a hard job. Fishing at night. Rain. Day, night… You have to be wise and smart. And quick.” —Mariano Rivera
“Having a fishing rod in your hand is merely an excuse to explore out-of-sight depths and reveal mysteries that previously only existed in dreams.” —Fennel Hudson
“My Biggest worry is that when I’m dead and gone, my wife will sell my fishing gear for what I said I paid for it.” —Koos Brandt
“There is a moment during every fight with a strong fish when you wonder whether it or you will win the battle.” —Fennel Hudson
Top Ten Fishing Sayings
Here you will find top ten fishing sayings selected by our team.
- “Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after.” —Henry David Thoreau
- “Calling fishing a hobby is like calling brain surgery a job.” —Paul Schullery
- “Men and fish are alike. They both get into trouble when they open their mouths.” —Unknown
- “Somebody behind you while you are fishing is as bad as someone looking over your shoulder while you write a letter to your girl.” —Ernest Hemingway
- “Some go to church and think about fishing, others go fishing and think about God.” —Tony Blake
- “There is no use in walking five miles to fish when you can depend on being just as unsuccessful near home.” —Mark Twain
- “Fishing is a discipline in the equality of men–for all men are equal before fish.” —Herbert Hoover
- “Anyone can be a fisherman in May.” —Ernest Hemingway
- “If people concentrated on the really important things in life, there’d be a shortage of fishing poles.” —Doug Larson
- “Fishing in a place is a meditation on the rhythm of a tide, a season, the arc of a year, and the seasons of life.” —Carl Safina
