The Best Fishing Quotes and Jokes Ever!

“Most of the world is covered by water. A fisherman’s job is simple: Pick out the best parts,” Charles Waterman

“The fishing was good; it was the catching that was bad,” A.K. Best.

“Calling fishing a hobby is like calling brain surgery a job,” Paul Schullery

“Carpe Diem” does not mean “fish of the day,” Author Unknown

“I only hope the fish will take half as much trouble for me as I’ve taken for them,” Rudyard Kipling.

“By the time I had turned thirty, I’d realized two important things. One, I had to fish. Two, I had to work for a living,” Mallory Burton.

“There is only one reason in the world to go fishing: to enjoy yourself. Anything that detracts from enjoying yourself is to be avoided,” Leigh Perkins.

“I go fishing not to find myself but to lose myself,” Joseph Monniger.

“Fishing is not an escape from life, but often a deeper immersion into it,” Harry Middleton.

“The solution to any problem — work, love, money, whatever is to go fishing, and the worse the problem, the longer the trip should be,” John Gierach.

“If fishing is interfering with your business, give up your business,” Sparse Grey Hackle.

“One thing becomes clearer as one gets older and one’s fishing experience increases, and that is the paramount importance of one’s fishing companions,” John Ashley Cooper.

“There will be days when the fishing is better than one’s most optimistic forecast, others when it is far worse. Either is a gain over just staying home,” Roderick Haig Brown.

“It is impossible to grow weary of a sport that is never the same on any two days of the year,” Theodore Gordon

“It is impossible to grow weary of a sport that is never the same on any two days of the year,” Theodore Gordon.

“In every species of fish I’ve angled for, it is the ones that have got away that thrill me the most, the ones that keep fresh in my memory. So I say it is good to lose fish. If we didn’t, much of the thrill of angling would be gone,” Ray Bergman

“Angling is extremely time consuming. That’s sort of the whole point,” Thomas McGuane.

“I’ve gone fishing thousands of times in my life, and I have never once felt unlucky or poorly paid for those hours on the water,” William Tapply

“The fish and I were both stunned and disbelieving to find ourselves connected by a line,” William Humphrey in “The Armchair Angler,” Author Unknown

“Soon after I embraced the sport of angling I became convinced that I should never be able to enjoy it if I had to rely on the cooperation of the fish,” Sparse Grey Hackle.

“Nothing makes a fish bigger than almost being caught,” Author Unknown.

“Gone fishin’, be back at dark-thirty!” Author Unknown.

“Last year I went fishing with Salvador Dali. He was using a dotted line. He caught every other fish,” Steven Wright.

“Carpe Diem,’ does not mean ‘fish of the day,’” Author Unknown.

“Fishing is a discipline in the equality of men – for all men are equal before fish,” Author Unknown.