quotations about fishing
It is to be observed that "angling" is the name given to fishing by people who can't fish.
STEPHEN LEACOCK
"When Fellers Go Fishing", The Leacock Roundabout
Fishing is much more than fish…. It is the great occasion when we may return to the fine simplicity of our forefathers.
HERBERT HOOVER
New York Times, Aug. 9, 1964
We forget that fishing, like politics, is local. Each of us finds something that works for two weeks in a five-acre pond and thinks that he has uncovered a truth universal and eternal.
ART SCHECK
A Fishing Life is Hard Work
It is a silly fish that is caught twice with the same bait.
THOMAS FULLER
Gnomologia
Going fishing is like doing your taxes. If it's something you dive into just once a year you end up relearning the whole thing every time.
LAURA REILEY
"A hook-to-table food experience in Tampa Bay", Tampa Bay Times, June 11, 2018
Fishing is like playing basketball without knowing where the basket is.
JAROD BALLARDO
"Keeping up with tech-savvy anglers", Manteca/Ripon Bulleton, April 12, 2019
Betcha' goin' fishing, all the time
Baby goin' fishing too
Bet your life, your sweet wife
Catch more fish than you
TAJ MAHAL
"Fishin' Blues"
Give a man a fish, and you'll feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and he'll buy a funny hat. Talk to a hungry man about fish, and you're a consultant.
SCOTT ADAMS
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