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 02/28/2010 01:49 PM
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TunaChuck
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fishing quotes.....
May have been covered before, but I have never seen this one and my mom just sent it to me.
Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after.~ Henry Thoreau
seems especially true for C&R fishermen like myself
-Chuck-
Allcoast Field Editor Malibu to Santa Barbara
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02/28/2010 10:15 PM
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Bud
Joined: 04/26/2007
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re: fishing quotes.....
No man who catches a big fish takes the back streets home.
God bless a bait that swims right!
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02/28/2010 10:35 PM
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wahoodad
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Long Range Fishing Reports and Discussion
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re: fishing quotes.....
Some of my favs, first one is my mantra:
I'm never as good as I think I am on my best days, and never as bad as I think I am on my worst days.
Even a broken clock is right twice a day.
You go to the ball game enough, you end up sitting in every seat in the stadium.
(Last two are Loomis-isms as far as I know)
Prostaff for: Accurate, Seeker, Seaguar, Catchy Tackle, Five Star Fish Processing, Intrepid
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03/01/2010 12:36 AM
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mogandave
Joined: 04/19/2007
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re: fishing quotes.....
“Even a blind hog gets an acorn once in a while” (L. Otto)
“Them what is, is. Them what aint, aint never gonna be.” (J. D. Hood)
“Them what bite, gonna git bit, them what don’t bite gonna dam shore git ate up!” (J. D. Hood)
“Three fourths of the Earth’s surface is water, and one forth is land, therefore, it is clear the good lord intended a man spend three times as much time fishing, as he does working.” (hung in my dad’s garage)
“Boats are like wives, there nice to have, but it’s better to have a buddy that has one you can use when you want” (me)
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03/01/2010 05:11 AM
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TAURUS
Joined: 02/14/2007
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re: fishing quotes.....
"work is for people that don't know how to fish"
i don't know who said it first, but that's what the sticker says on the back of my truck.
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03/01/2010 06:53 AM
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MarkT
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re: fishing quotes.....
A few more...
There are two types of fisherman - those who fish for sport and those who fish for fish. ~Author Unknown
Fishing is the sport of drowning worms. ~Author Unknown
[T]his planet is covered with sordid men who demand that he who spends time fishing shall show returns in fish. ~Leonidas Hubbard, Jr.
A bad day of fishing is better than a good day of work. ~Author Unknown
May the holes in your net be no larger than the fish in it. ~Irish Blessing
I fish better with a lit cigar; some people fish better with talent. ~Nick Lyons, Bright Rivers, 1977
All the romance of trout fishing exists in the mind of the angler and is in no way shared by the fish. ~Harold F. Blaisdell, The Philosophical Fisherman, 1969
There is certainly something in angling that tends to produce a serenity of the mind. ~Washington Irving
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
The fishing was good; it was the catching that was bad. ~A.K. Best
The gods do not deduct from man's allotted span the hours spent in fishing. ~Babylonian Proverb
It has always been my private conviction that any man who pits his intelligence against a fish and loses has it coming. ~John Steinbeck
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. ~Author Unknown
Bragging may not bring happiness, but no man having caught a large fish goes home through an alley. ~Author Unknown
Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after. ~Henry David Thoreau
All fishermen are liars; it's an occupational disease with them like housemaid's knee or editor's ulcers. ~Beatrice Cook, Till Fish Do Us Part, 1949
An angler is a man who spends rainy days sitting around on the muddy banks of rivers doing nothing because his wife won't let him do it at home. ~Author Unknown
If people concentrated on the really important things in life, there'd be a shortage of fishing poles. ~Doug Larson
We ask a simple question
And that is all we wish:
Are fishermen all liars?
Or do only liars fish?
~William Sherwood Fox, Silken Lines and Silver Hooks, 1954
Fishing is boring, unless you catch an actual fish, and then it is disgusting. ~Dave Barry
There is no greater fan of fly fishing than the worm.
Patrick McManus—"Never Sniff a Gift Fish," 1979
My biggest worry is that my wife (when I'm dead) will sell my fishing gear for what I said I paid for it.
Koos Brandt
There he stands, draped in more equipment than a telephone lineman, trying to outwit an organism with a brain no bigger than a breadcrumb, and getting licked in the process.
Paul O'Neil
The two best times to fish is when it's rainin' and when it ain't.
Patrick F. McManus
The fishing was good; it was the catching that was bad.
A.K. Best
To paraphrase a deceased patriot, I regret that I have only one life to give to my fly-fishing.
Robert Traver
Work: a dangerous disorder affecting high public functionaries who want to go fishing
Ambrose Bierce
In Mexico we have a word for sushi: Bait.
Jose Simon
The only thing bad about winning the pennant is that you have to manage the All-Star Game the next year. I'd rather go fishing for three years.
Whitey Herzog
I once gave up fishing. It was the most terrifying weekend of my life.
Anon.
Men and fish are alike. They both get into trouble when they open their mouths.
Jimmy D Moore
If fishing is like religion, then flyfishing is high church.
Tom Brokaw
I am not against golf, since I cannot but suspect it keeps armies of the unworthy from discovering trout.
Paul O'Neil
The only reason I ever played golf in the first place was so I could afford to hunt and fish.
Sam Snead (Champion Golfer)
Fishing costs like sin but requires heavier clothing.
L. C. Clower
Most of the world is covered by water. A fisherman's job is simple: Pick out the best parts.
Charles Waterman
If fishing is interfering with your business, give up your business.
Alfred W. Miller
Fishing is a delusion entirely surrounded by liars in old clothes.
Don Marquis
Creeps and idiots cannot conceal themselves for long on a fishing trip.
John Gierach Some men would rather be photographed with their fish than with their wives.
Gwen Cooper and Evelyn Haas
Today she met me at the door, said I would have to choose, if I picked up that fishing rod today, she'd be packing all her things and she'd be gone by noon....well I'm gonna miss her when I get home tonight.
Brad Paisly
My wife said I have so many fly rods and reels that I cannot possibly use them all. My reply was that I had rods and reels to fish, rods and reels to tinker with and then my fine-crafted rods and reels to "fondle and admire," while dreaming of trout fishing during the cold winter months. You can imagine what kind of look she gave me.
Jimmy D. Moore
Hell, if I'd jumped on all the dames I'm supposed to have jumped on, I'd have not had time to go fishing.
Clark Gable
Fly-fishing is the most fun you can have standing up.
Arnold Gingrich
Flyfishing is like sex, everyone thinks there is more than there is, and that everyone is getting more than their share.
Henry Kanemoto
Mark
When I was your age Pluto was a Planet
This post edited by MarkT 03/01/2010
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03/01/2010 08:32 AM
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Tunaslam
Joined: 04/24/2007
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re: fishing quotes.....
Well done fellow fishermen!
Still, my favorite is "The Good Lord does "not" subtract the days you fish from your expected time on earth!"
Cory
Thanks for the report. Hook Up! Cory
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03/01/2010 08:40 AM
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MarkT
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re: fishing quotes.....
The Dilbert cartoon on my wall....
If you give a man a fish he will eat for a day.
But if you teach a man to fish he will buy an ugly hat.
And if you talk about fish to a starving man then you're a consultant.
Mark
When I was your age Pluto was a Planet
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