Undoubtedly known to many, it is on a plaque on my office wall....

"The charm of fishing is that it is the quest for that which is elusive, but attainable, and an infinite series of occasions for hope"

I like that. Same applies to golf.

When one of my friends or I have a bad round or tournament in golf invariably the following advice is offered:
1)You should quit golf
2) Sell your clubs

"My wife says if I go fishing anymore, she is going to leave me - Lord, I am going to miss her!"

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

Dear Lord, grant me the serenity to accept the size of the fish I catch, the courage not to lie about it and the wisdom to know that none of my fishing buddies would believe me anyway… Amen.

Nice fish...

As my wife says most every time I go - Fishing - a jerk on one end waiting for a jerk on the other.

JD

My Biggest worry is that when I'm dead and gone, my wife will sell my fishing gear for what I said I paid for it.
- Koos Brandt

"Should've been here yesterday"- anyone I ask how the fishing is.

"The purpose of fishing is not to catch fish, it's to build memories"

“I fish because I love to. Because I love the environs where trout are found, which are invariably beautiful, and hate the environs where crowds of people are found, which are invariably ugly. Because of all the television commercials, cocktail parties, and assorted social posturing I thus escape. Because in a world where most men seem to spend their lives doing what they hate, my fishing is at once an endless source of delight and an act of small rebellion. Because trout do not lie or cheat and cannot be bought or bribed, or impressed by power, but respond only to quietude and humility, and endless patience. Because I suspect that men are going this way for the last time and I for one don't want to waste the trip. Because mercifully there are no telephones on trout waters. Because in the woods I can find solitude without loneliness. ... And finally, not because I regard fishing as being so terribly important, but because I suspect that so many of the other concerns of men are equally unimportant and not nearly so much fun.”

Robert Traver

And since golf ("A good walk spoiled" - Mark Twain) was mentioned.

I am not against golf, since I cannot but suspect it keeps armies of the unworthy from discovering trout... ~Paul O'Neil. Yeah, I'm a trout guy.

Also, "Give a man a fish and he eats for a day, teach a man to fish and his wife will never see him again."

And finally, "The Gods do not deduct from a man's allotted span the hours spent fishing." I should live to see triple digits.....

Maybe not a "fishing" quote, but certainly fishing-related that my Grandpa always used whenever anyone (mostly Grandma) tried to tell him what to do or tell him he was doing something the wrong way: "Watch your own bobber!" - Gramps

CityFisher74: "Maybe not a "fishing" quote, but certainly fishing-related that my Grandpa always used whenever anyone (mostly Grandma) tried to tell him what to do or tell him he was doing something the wrong way: "Watch your own bobber!" - Gramps"

oh I have to try that one out...

dr bob

"Angling is extremely time consuming. That's sort of the whole point." - Thomas McGuane

Behold the fisherman, he riseth up early in the morning, disturbeth the whole household. Mighty are his preparations. He goeth forth full of hope and when the day is far spent he returneth smelling of strong drink and the truth is not in him.

Seeing that God made this earth 3/4 water and 1/4 land, ain't I expected to do more fishin' than plowin'?

Jackfish: "Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after. ~ Henry David Thoreau
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+1

If I wanted to catch more walleyes, I would go to upper red lake. If I wanted to catch bigger walleyes, I would go to lake Erie.

I go to the BWCA for the package deal: Beauty, and solitude; catching fish is just gravy.

AmarilloJim: "When one of my friends or I have a bad round or tournament in golf invariably the following advice is offered:
1)You should quit golf
2) Sell your clubs"

....or as The Common Man (KFAN) would say...

"If I golfed like you, I wouldn't".

I'm gonna miss her

Driftless: "“I fish because I love to. Because I love the environs where trout are found, which are invariably beautiful, and hate the environs where crowds of people are found, which are invariably ugly. Because of all the television commercials, cocktail parties, and assorted social posturing I thus escape. Because in a world where most men seem to spend their lives doing what they hate, my fishing is at once an endless source of delight and an act of small rebellion. Because trout do not lie or cheat and cannot be bought or bribed, or impressed by power, but respond only to quietude and humility, and endless patience. Because I suspect that men are going this way for the last time and I for one don't want to waste the trip. Because mercifully there are no telephones on trout waters. Because in the woods I can find solitude without loneliness. ... And finally, not because I regard fishing as being so terribly important, but because I suspect that so many of the other concerns of men are equally unimportant and not nearly so much fun.”


Robert Traver"

Love this.

FISH ON!!!!!!!!!! fish off:(

FISHONFISHOFF

My favorite Fishing quote is "I got color".........which being interpreted means "get the stick"

For every day you fish. You live a week longer.

If you’re casting towards the bank, 90% of the fish are the other direction.

Just one more cast!

QueticoMike: "Seeing that God made this earth 3/4 water and 1/4 land, ain't I expected to do more fishin' than plowin'?"

Fred smoot X-viking 3/4 of the world is covered with water i cover the rest , oops NFL quote ,

"FLAG UP" old ice fishing favorite;) ,, to my boss "my arm is in a cast" LOL and my quote on bwca.com "keep your line wet good things will happen"

This is the one I rib my fishing buddies with when I've had a good day of fishing... slightly better than their's...hahaha!

Reverend Maclean (A River Runs Through It)

"I'd say Lord has blessed us all today......It's just that he has been particularly good to me."

"You can't catch fish if your line isn't in the water".
and related to that
"You can't catch fish by talking, get your line in the water".

" Hey...your bobber is up"

"Fishin not Wishin!

We always like playing "Where's my bobber"...

When the bobber is under water:

To fishing partner: "Have you seen my bobber?" "I don't see my bobber".

To fishing partner, rubbing it in a bit, "I see your bobber, but I don't see mine"...

"I think mine's gone again?".

"Why am I there, a midwestern schoolmarm in a canoe? Why am I driven to cradle the water tiger, to pen it lightly with my fingers and coax it to kitten? Are muskies the manifestation of my dream? Are we all damned to pursue our secret, primal selves? Are these terrible, tapering tubes of attitude the flame to the moth in me? Caught in the routines of classroom and children, muskies embody chaos. They are hurricane surf, as mercurial as the wind and, in the end, only the wild can still my soul."

Give a man a fish - feed him for a day
Teach a man to fish and he'll drink all your beer.

As an avid fly fisherman, this is one comes to mind.
“There is no greater fan of fly fishing then the worm.” - Patrick F. McManus

nlong: "As an avid fly fisherman, this is one comes to mind.
“There is no greater fan of fly fishing then the worm.” - Patrick F. McManus"

He was the best!

I have a self invented saying which I proudly proclaim from time to time....I employ it when I occasionally have my line slide from my forefinger at the wrong moment.......

"The famous Al back cast"

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"Nowadays, my father couldn’t reach that fishing camp. He’s too wobbly for the pitched Canadian Shield granite. So, I often go alone. When I was young and limber, I’d rise around sunrise. No more; I rise at four, when the sleeping bag is warmest and the day is coolest. I go because the gloaming, unlike me, is still young and the bass are ready to rise to a fly in the hushing fog.
Sadly, I wear no more red checkered shirts. My undershirts are now water-wicking microfiber and Lycra. My quick-drying overshirts have as many pockets and doodads as Russian generals have ribbons and bars. If only such shirts were red checked too, red checks to burn brightly beneath dark skies. However, my shirts do their job. They keep me on the water when it’s raining and cool and that’s all I need as I no longer tire of fishing or fish as I did on my first turn."

“Study...to be quiet”

-Izaak Walton

missmolly: ""the flame to the moth in me? ""

I like that.

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

I bring a Norman Maclean book on every trip I take, so it won't be surprising that my quotes are from him.

“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.”

...and ....

“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.”

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

The knowledge that I did that. I got there. I came home safely. At the time, in that place, I had what it took.- Unknow

There are many reasons why I fish, catching is just one of them.

No idea who said this.