1.“There’s a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot.” – Steven Wright
2. “Calling fishing a hobby is like calling brain surgery a job.” – Paul Schullery
3. “If people concentrated on the really important things in life, there’d be a shortage of fishing poles.” – Doug Larson
4. “Three-fourths of the Earth’s surface is water, and one-fourth is land. It is quite clear that the good Lord intended us to spend triple the amount of time fishing as taking care of the lawn.” – Chuck Clark
5. “The fishing was good; it was the catching that was bad.” – A.K. Best
6. “Give a man a fish and feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and feed him for a lifetime. Teach a man to create an artificial fly and he will become a rod-wielding maniac.” – Author Unknown
7. “I haven’t been fishing in ages. Well, since they changed the bait from money to worms.” – Mike Scully
8. “If fishing is interfering with your business, give up your business.” – Alfred W. Miller
9. “Fishing is a delusion entirely surrounded by liars in old clothes.” – Don Marquis
10. “There is no greater fan of fly fishing than the mosquito.” – Patrick F. McManus
11. “A bad day of fishing is better than a good day of work.” – Author Unknown
12. “A fisherman is a jerk on one end of the line waiting for a jerk on the other.” – Kush
13. “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
14. “Fishing is much more than fish. It is the great occasion when we may return to the fine simplicity of our forefathers.” – Herbert Hoover
15. “Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after.” – Henry David Thoreau
16. “I’m happiest when floating in my boat staring into the water and waiting for a tug on the line.” – George W. Bush
17. “All men are equal before fish.” – Herbert Hoover
18. “If you want to be happy for an hour, take a nap. If you want to be happy for a day, go fishing.” – Chinese Proverb
19. “There’s an absolute surety to the hands-on conservation lifestyle of hunting and fishing that nothing in the grocery store can match.” – Ted Nugent
20. “I fish to scratch the surface of those mysteries, for nearness to the beautiful, and to reassure myself the world remains. I fish to wash off some of the grime of obsessions, petty and large.” – Carl Safina
21. “If your concentration is getting bad, take up fishing. It will really improve it…if you can sit in a boat and watch a bobber for three hours, you can concentrate on anything!” – Jimmy Houston
22. “The only reason I ever played golf in the first place was so I could afford to hunt and fish.” – Sam Snead
23. “When I’m not playing football, I love to go fishing. But it’s the kind where you actually catch fish. I don’t like sitting there all day long if we’re not getting anything.” – Tony Romo
