Funny Fishing Quotes:

Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after.

- Henry David Thoreau

topic: Inspirational, Uplifting, Sports, Hunting And Fishing, Fly Fishing

There's a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot.

- Steven Wright

topic: Sarcastic, Sports, Fun, Hunting And Fishing, Fly Fishing

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

topic: Humor, Beer, Men, Stupid Funny, Wise Chinese

The fishing was good; it was the catching that was bad.

- A. Best

topic: Fishing, Catching, Fly Fishing, Catching Fish, Funny Fish

If people concentrated on the really important things in life, there'd be a shortage of fishing poles.

- Doug Larson

topic: Stress, Fishing, People, Hunting And Fishing, Stress And Life

The two best times to fish is when it's raining and when it ain't.

- Patrick F. McManus

topic: Rain, Fishing, Two, Fly Fishing, Funny Fish

Fishing is much more than fish. It is the great occasion when we may return to the fine simplicity of our forefathers.

- Herbert Hoover

topic: Sea, Fishing, Rivers, Hunting And Fishing, Fishing Boats

I love fishing. You put that line in the water and you don't know what's on the other end. Your imagination is under there.

- Robert Altman

source: "Robert Altman: What I've Learned" by Scott Raab, www.esquire.com. January 29, 2007.

topic: Sea, Fishing, Rivers, Fly Fishing, Funny Fish

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

topic: Fishing, Problem, Should, Work Love, Funny Fishing

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. Leave the dude alone and he'll figure it out.

- Louis C. K.

topic: Education, Math, Men, Math Education, Inspiring Education

The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of what is elusive but attainable, a perpetual series of occasions for hope.

- John Buchan

source: John Buchan (1921). “Great Hours in Sport”, London : T. Nelson

topic: Fishing, Charm, Pursuit, Elusive, Funny Fish

The gods do not deduct from man's allotted span the hours spent in fishing.

- Herbert Hoover

topic: Men, Fishing, Hours, Funny Fish, Funny Fishing

There is no greater fan of fly fishing than the worm.

- Patrick F. McManus

source: Patrick F. McManus (1984). “Never Sniff A Gift Fish”, p.157, Macmillan

topic: Fishing, Fans, Fly Fishing, Hunting And Fishing, Funny Fish

There's no such thing as too much power!

- Wolfgang Gullich

topic: Too Much Power, Too Much, Infinite Power, Easter Bunny, Funny Easter

I don't exaggerate - I just remember big.

- Chi Chi Rodriguez

topic: Golf, Remember, Bigs, Golfing, Funny Fish

Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it.

- Norman Maclean

source: "A River Runs Through It" (1976)

topic: Running, Rivers, Lakes And Rivers, Water Fountain, Water Is Life

Fishing, with me, has always been an excuse to drink in the daytime

- Jimmy Cannon

topic: Fishing, Drink, Excuse, Hunting And Fishing, Daytime Tv

What a tourist terms a plague of insects, the fly fisher calls a great hatch.

- Patrick F. McManus

topic: Tourists, Insects, Term, Funny Fishing, Angling

The best time to go fishing is when you can

- Ed Zern

topic: Fishing, Best Times, Angling, Funny Fishing

Good things come to those who hustle

- Chuck Noll

topic: Hustle, Good Things, Inspiration And Motivation, Inspirational Beauty, Inspirational Health And Fitness

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

- John D. Voelker

topic: Fishing, Fly Fishing, Get Away, Funny Fishing, Angling

Calling fishing a hobby is like calling brain surgery a job.

- Paul Schullery

source: Paul Schullery, Marsha Karle (2013). “The Fishing Life: An Angler's Tales of Wild Rivers and Other Restless Metaphors”, p.23, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

topic: Jobs, Fishing, Brain, Funny Fish, Funny Fishing

Don't tell fish stories where the people know you; but particularly, don't tell them where they know the fish.

- Mark Twain

topic: Inspiration, Fishing, People, Funny Fish, Funny Fishing

Somebody just back of you while you are fishing is as bad as someone looking over your shoulder while you write a letter to your girl.

- Ernest Hemingway

topic: Girl, Writing, Fishing, Hunting And Fishing, Funny Fish

Most of the world is covered by water. A fisherman's job is simple: Pick out the best parts.

- Charles W. Waterman

topic: Jobs, Simple, Fishing, Fly Fishing, Funny Fishing

Writing is the most fun you can have by yourself.

- Terry Pratchett

topic: Fun, Writing, Evolution, Good Sex, Great Golf

Fly fishermen are born honest, but they get over it.

- Ed Zern

topic: Honest, Fisherman, Born, Funny Fish, Funny Fishing

If I fished only to capture fish, my fishing trips would have ended long ago.

- Zane Grey

source: Zane Grey (2000). “Tales of Southern Rivers”, p.130, Derrydale Press

topic: Fishing, Long, Capture, Fly Fishing, Funny Fish

Creeps and idiots cannot conceal themselves for long on a fishing trip.

- John Gierach

source: John Gierach (2001). “Death, Taxes, and Leaky Waders: A John Gierach Fly-Fishing Treasury”, p.85, Simon and Schuster

topic: Fishing, Long, Idiot, Fly Fishing, Funny Fishing

Lots of people committed crimes during the year who would not have done so if they had been fishing. The increase of crime is among those deprived of the regenerations that impregnate the mind and character of the fisherman.

- Herbert Hoover

topic: Character, Years, Fishing, Fly Fishing, Funny Fishing

Bragging may not bring happiness, but no man having caught a large fish goes home through an alley.

- Ann Landers

topic: Home, Men, Fishing, Fly Fishing, Catching Fish

Fishing provides that connection with the whole living world. It gives you the opportunity of being totally immersed, turning back into yourself in a good way. A form of meditation, some form of communion with levels of yourself that are deeper than the ordinary self.

- Ted Hughes

source: "Poet, pike and a pitiful grouse". Interview with Thomas Pero, www.theguardian.com. January 7, 1999.

topic: Opportunity, Self, Fishing, Funny Fishing

Sex is the most fun you can have without laughing.

- Woody Allen

topic: Sex, Fun, Laughing, Good Sex, Great Golf

Those sweet lips. My, oh my, I could kiss those lips all night long. Good things come to those who wait.

- Jess C Scott

source: Jess C. Scott (2011). “Evolution (freebie)”, p.51, jessINK

topic: Sweet, Truth, Kissing, Inspiration And Motivation, Inspirational Beauty

Good things come to those who initiate.

- Susan RoAne

topic: Good Things, Inspiration And Motivation, Inspirational Beauty, Inspirational Health And Fitness, Inspirational Student

Sex is the most fun you can have without smiling.

- Madonna Ciccone

topic: Sex, Fun, Golf, Good Sex, Great Golf

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

source: "Fictional character: Ron Swanson". Parks and Recreation (TV Series). Telethon, www.imdb.com. 2010.

topic: Inspirational, Life, Motivational, Old Proverb, Wise Chinese

We do not know what is on the other side of the storm.

- Brian Francis

topic: Storm, Sides, Adjustment, Funny Fish, Funny Fishing

There are only two occasions when Americans respect privacy, especially in Presidents. Those are prayer and fishing.

- Herbert Hoover

topic: Prayer, Fishing, Two, Funny Fishing

I don't know what's on the other side.

- Patrick Swayze

topic: Sides, Adjustment, Funny Fish, Funny Fishing, Romance Movie

There is no such thing as too much snow.

- Doug Coombs

topic: Snow, Too Much, Too Much Power, Easter Bunny, Funny Easter

Fishing is a delusion entirely surrounded by liars in old clothes.

- Don Marquis

topic: Liars, Lying, Lakes, Old Clothes, Fly Fishing

Fly-fishing is the most fun you can have standing up.

- Arnold Gingrich

topic: Fun, Fishing, Fly Fishing, Funny Fishing, Great Fishing

The confirmed man of trout should resolve to get along with wood ticks. Any other procedure would fail because the wood tick is determined to get along with trout fishermen.

- Gordon MacQuarrie

topic: Men, Trout, Woods, Funny Fishing