Fishing Quotations | Page 6

There are more fish taken out of a stream than ever were in it.

Do one thing every day that scares you...Enjoy your body. Use it every way you can. Don't be afraid of it or of what other people think of it. It's the greatest instrument you'll ever own...Be careful whose advice you buy, but be patient with those who supply it. Advice is a form of nostalgia. Dispensing it is a way of fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts and recycling it for more than it's worth.

[On fishing:] Greatest rest in the world for the brain.

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Don't teach a man to fish and you feed yourself. He's a grown man, fishing's not that hard.

... the fishermen of Port Sonas care only for the two things, fishing and women. And there's some that are no' that keen on the fishing.

I call intuition cosmic fishing. You feel a nibble, then you've got to hook the fish.

I stand ready to negotiate, but I want no part of laws: I acknowledge none; I protest against every order with which some authority may feel pleased on the basis of some alleged necessity to over-rule my free will. Laws: We know what they are, and what they are worth! They are spider webs for the rich and mighty, steel chains for the poor and weak, fishing nets in the hands of government.

Laws: We know what they are, and what they are worth! They are spider webs for the rich and mighty, steel chains for the poor and weak, fishing nets in the hands of government.

Yoga has been something that's always there to take with me and practice throughout any journey. There's no place I've ever been where yoga hasn't fit itself in. I currently work on a commercial fishing boat in Alaska and I am still able to find time to lay my mat on the deck and practice what makes me the best me I can be, thanks to yoga.

Most anglers, especially tyros, false cast too often. Three false casts should be sufficient for any throw and two is better. One is perfect.

The fish is swift, small-needing, vague yet clear, A cold, sweet, silver life, wrapped in round waves...

I enjoy hunting, but if I had my choice to go deer hunting or bass fishing, I'd take bass fishing any day of the week. I enjoy both of them, but yeah, I'm a very outdoorsy guy.

Every afternoon, I was in the pasture with cattle or fishing and shooting my BB gun. That kind of freedom allows imagination to develop.

Along with being forever on the move, one is forever in a hurry, leaving things inadvertently behind-friend or fishing tackle, old raincoat or old allegiance.

If ever there was a fish made to endure, it is the Atlantic cod... But it has among its predators - man, an openmouthed species greedier than cod.

Like they say, you can learn more from a guide in one day than you can in three months fishing alone.

The sheen of ocean gleams on the blue fish-plate.

The man who goes fishing gets something more than the fish he catches.

My father had a fishing business in Aberdeen destroyed by the European Union and the Common Fisheries Policy, the European Union.

The common fisheries policy unfortunately led to the devastation of fishing in Scotland. My dad had to close his business. As a result something that he been built up by by grandfather and maintained by my dad disappeared. So my dad suffered.

Teach as an old fishing guide takes out a beginner.

I've got 21 years of experience now fishing professionally, and over that time I've learned a lot about how the bass react. A lot of people think there's a lot of luck in fishing, and there really isn't.

A lot of people think there's a lot of luck in fishing, and there really isn't.

Icelandic people are inbred. And they have a sense of themselves as genetically special, and a history of risk-taking because they make their living on the high seas fishing. Assets generally rose in value during this period, and so it looked like they actually knew what they were doing.

It may be a weed instead of a fish that, after all my labour, I at last pull up.

Here when the labouring fish does at the foot arrive, And finds that by his strength but vainly he doth strive; His tail takes in his teeth, and bending like a bow, That's to the compass drawn, aloft himself doth throw: Then springing at his height, as doth a little wand, That, bended end to end, and flerted from the hand, Far off itself doth cast. so does the salmon vaut. And if at first he fail, his second sommersault He instantly assays and from his nimble ring, Still yarking never leaves, Until himself he fling Above the streamful top of the surrounded heap.

It's not the fish you catch, it's the peace of mind you take home at the end of the day.

It is public land and we will do our best to provide recreational activities. We are looking at initially allowing kayak access, wade fishing, bicycle access and walking access on some of the interior roads.

I love talk and I love fishing. I'm having a ball.

Never leave fish to find fish.

The best fish in the world are of course those one catches oneself.

To fish in troubled waters.

Place gifts of silver in our hands. Give us this day our daily fish.

If there were fish in the lake, fishing would make no sense.

In cross examination, as in fishing, nothing is more ungainly than a fisherman pulled into the water by his catch.

The main thing is that it's the Classic. There's a lot of money involved. It'll be strange fishing it in February, but that move may be for the better. I like fishing in Florida. It's one of my favorite states to fish in. I like fishing with plastic worms, so this will be right down my alley.

The Juno was an unknown wreck. Fishing boats were getting caught on it, ripping up pieces of it, coins washing ashore. How can they argue that somehow it was protected in the state that it was in is just ridiculous.

These last couple of storms have done incredible things for Midway (Valley). We've gone from an absolute almost drought to fishing it right out of the fire.

These guys who are fully dependent on grouper fishing need to be able to fish year round.

This is not a bar for novices. Bandon has some great fishing because of the fact it's so hard to get over the bar here, so it's not over-fished like so many places. The fishing is still superb because people don't go out much.

The fishing vessel's crew was able to put the fire under control by themselves.

The fishing season will now go from April to March.

The fishing is incredible. Getting gas, ice and bait is a problem. There is nowhere to launch, there is nowhere to stay.

It is necessary that the object that the artist is shaping, whether it be a vase of clay or a fishing boat, be significant of something other than itself. This object must be a sign as well as an object; a meaning must animate it, and make it say more than it is.

Advice to anglers: don't take advice from people with missing fingers.

The creatures with whom we share the planet and whom, in our arrogance, we wrongly patronize for being lesser forms, they are not brethren, they are not underlings, they are other nations, caught with ourselves in the net of life and time, fellow prisoners of the splendour and travail of the Earth.

...Grandpa's mind had left us, gone wild and wary. When I walked with him I could feel how strange it was. His thoughts swam between us, hidden under rocks, disappearing in weeds, and I was fishing for them, dangling my own words like baits and lures.

Golf is like hunting and fishing. What counts is the companionship and fellowship of friends, not what you catch or shoot.

The idea of fishing is to catch a big fish. If you just caught small ones, what would be the point?

The important aspect of this show is the number of boats. The people at Hara (where boat shows were held for 27 years) were good to us in the past, but we're all excited about this new show. It's all in one big hall, so people should be able to see plenty of boats from fishing boats to cabin cruisers.

All we want is to be able to put something tasty on the table if the opportunity arises. We have brought this idea up before, and it hasn't been allowed. We think it should be allowed. Bow fishing is allowed for catfish in some other states.

All they said is they wanted to see everything connected with the case. It was a fishing expedition and an attempt to use a news reporter as a secret deputy of detectives.

The frustrating thing for us is when we try to find out when it actually occurred (closure to swimming, fishing or drinking), we couldn't get those details from the state.

The current confusion over inland tribal hunting and fishing rights benefits no one and casts doubt over Michigan's ability to appropriately manage its natural resources,

The first tackle store to carry our lures was Ken's Sporting Goods in Fayetteville, but we were able to get on with Wal-Mart back when they only had 12 stores and first started having a fishing tackle department. I guess we are one of the oldest of Wal-Mart tackle vendors, but they have been awfully good to us.

The first time, he was knocked off the post. The second time someone broke him off the post and threw him down the river. A member of the road safety team was out fishing and saw Smiley Sid floating down the river.

The river , corrected the Rat, It's my world...What it hasn't got is not worth having...

If our father had had his way, nobody who did not know how to fish would be allowed to disgrace a fish by catching him.

He told us about Christ's disciples being fisherman, and we were left to assume...that all great fishermen on the Sea of Galilee were fly fisherman and that John, the favorite, was a dry-fly fisherman.

My father was very sure about certain matters pertaining to the universe. To him all good things-trout as well as eternal salvation-come by grace and grace comes by art and art does not come easy.

Poets talk about "spots of time", but it is really the fishermen who experience eternity compressed into a moment. No one can tell what a spot of time is until suddenly the whole world is a fish and the fish is gone.

One great thing about fly fishing is that after a while nothing exists of the world but thoughts about fly fishing

In our family, there was no clear line between religion and fly fishing.

Many of us would probably be better fishermen if we did not spend so much time watching and waiting for the world to become perfect

All good things come by grace, and grace comes by art, and art does not come easy.

Man can learn a lot from fishing - when the fish are biting no problem in the world is big enough to be remembered.

A mill of this size, pumping toxins into the water on this beautiful coastline, will effectively destroy the tourism and fishing industry for hundreds of miles. The waves on this coast are considered by many surfers to be some of the best in the world. If the mill goes in, with the current lack of environmental standards that exists in Chile, the water will certainly become too toxic to swim in or surf in.

The market softens now because they anticipate those guys going fishing and they anticipate cheaper crabs on the market really soon. It takes about two weeks to mop up the majority of that fishery up there, so hopefully when that starts tapering off we can afford to go fishing again.

I truly believe fishing is like a washing machine for your brain

Many of the most highly publicized events of my presidency are not nearly as memorable or significant in my life as fishing with my daddy.

The last two springs, what happened was all that rain and runoff extended the spring fishing season. Because of so much moving water, those fish move around a lot.

The main principles for trout fishing are food and cover. If fish can get under the (ice) shelf and feel protected, they will eat more aggressively.

Has it ever struck you that trout bite best on the Sabbath? God's critters tempting decent men.

Catch and release fishing may be cruelty masquerading as political correctness

Best fishing in troubled waters.

Monofilament is what you use to go fishing. The line on your fishing rod is probably going to be black. You get to the end of the line and you tie on this clear plastic, thin thread called monofilament.

We as songwriters are in the same position as a professional fisherman. Our fishing grounds are kind of fished out.

A sly old fish, too cunning for the hook.

Old Peter Grimes made fishing his employ; His wife he cabined with him and his boy, And seemed that life laborious to enjoy.

Twenty years ago people thought they were fishing nets and all sorts of things when you brought out a lacrosse stick. Now almost everywhere you go, people have heard of it, they've seen it and they're like, "Oh, that's sport I saw on TV or my grandson plays that," and it's changed the face of the game and potential of the future.

Probably fishing is my first passion.

And angling too, that solitary vice, What Izaak Walton sings or says: The quaint, old, cruel coxcomb, in his gullet Should have a hook, and a small trout to pull it.

The only sure way of avoiding these evils [vanity and boasting] is never to speak of yourself at all. But when, historically, youare obliged to mention yourself, take care not to drop one single word that can directly or indirectly be construed as fishing for applause.

A fan is always an outsider. Most sportswriters are not, by this definition, fans. They capitalize on access to athletes. They spoke to Kobe last night, and Kobe says his finger is going to be fine. They spent three days fly-fishing with Brett Favre in March, and Brett says he's definitely coming back for another season.

All fish are not caught with flies

Somebody might say that they always wanted to be a fly-fishing guide in Montana and maybe they'll never get to do that but just by the virtue of having said it out loud, I think there's some power in that.

The fisherman has a harmless, preoccupied look; he is a kind of vagrant, that nothing fears. He blends himself with the trees and the shadows. All his approaches are gentle and indirect. He times himself to the meandering, soliloquizing stream; he addresses himself to it as a lover to his mistress; he woos it and stays with it till he knows its hidden secrets. Where it deepens his purpose deepens; where it is shallow he is indifferent. He knows how to interpret its every glance and dimple; its beauty haunts him for days.

When you bait the hook with your heart, the fish always bite.

The fly angler who says they have never, ever fallen while wading , is either a pathogenic liar, or has never been fly-fishing.

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 and nibbles the fallacious meat. Now, happy fisherman; now twitch the line! How thy rod bends! behold, the prize is thine!

Around the steel no tortur'd worm shall twine, No blood of living insect stain my line; Let me, less cruel, cast the feather'd hook, With pliant rod athwart the pebbled brook, Silent along the mazy margin stray, And with the fur-wrought fly delude the prey.

I didn't show up at the ceremony to collect any of my first three Oscars. Once I went fishing, another time there was a war on, and on another occasion, I remember, I was suddenly taken drunk.

The two biggest things that translate from a pitching mound to hunting and fishing are patience and perseverance. When you're on the mound, you have to take the game one pitch at a time, regardless of the score, and that approach helps when I'm in the woods or out on the water as well.

Fishing the small streams of New Hampshire is a pastime that combines hiking, map reading, and bushwhacking - plenty of it.

I learned to look up suddenly from a hatch or feeding frenzy and find myself momentarily removed from solid earth. I go fishing not to find myself but to lose myself

I go fishing not to find myself but to lose myself.

...all my clear-eyed fish, Golden, or rainbow-sided, or purplish, Vermilion-tail'd, or finn'd with silvery gauze... My charming rod, my potent river spells...

To paraphrase a deceased patriot, I regret that I have only one life to give to my fly-fishing.

The best time to go fishing is when you can get away.

Fishing is such great fun, I have often felt, that it really ought to be done in bed