Fish Behavior Quotes

Fish aren't smart. It's not like they have advanced degrees.

A sly old fish, too cunning for the hook.

Wherever the fish are, that's where we go.

You won't find one fish in a million that has enough sense to come in when it rains.

No one can pretend to say that a fish is ever killed by heat, for many kinds of fish, in the middle of summer, and in the burning heat of the sun, do either play, as it were, on the surface of the water, or hide themselves under the leaves, weeds, or other substances at the bottom.

Goldfish are flowers ... flowers that move.

The fishermen say that the "thundering of the pond" scares the fishes and prevents their biting.

If you want to catch trout, don't fish in a herring barrel.

There was never an angler who lived but that there was a fish capable of taking the conceit out of him.

The length of time during which you must play your fish depends on his choice, not on yours.

The lightly-jumping, glowrin' trouts, That thro' my waters play.

If you're a fish and you want to be a fish-stick, you have to have very good posture.

He who holds the hook is aware in what waters many fish are swimming.

You know, quite a few species of fish require two or more sexual partners.

Fishes do not roar; they cannot express any sound of suffering; and therefore the angler chooses to think they do not suffer, more than it is convenient for him to fancy. Now it is a poor sport that depends for its existence on the want of a voice in the sufferer, and of imagination in the sportsman.

One of the first rules in fishing is that there are few rules in fishing that resourceful trout do not manage to break.

Keep thy hook always baited, for a fish lurks even in the most unlikely swim.

If you ever wondered why fishing is probably the most popular sport in this country, watch that boy beside on the water and you will learn. If you are really perceptive you will. For he already knows that fishing is only one part fish.

Who hears the fishes when they cry?

I never drink water because of the disgusting things that fish do in it.

The fish in the creek said nothing. Fish never do. Few people know what fish think about injustice, or anything else.

The pleasant'st angling is to see the fish Cut with her golden oars the silver stream And greedily devour the treacherous bait.

Teach as an old fishing guide takes out a beginner.

So, when I say 'match the hatch', if the fish are taking the nymph, and you're actually producing a replica of a flying insect, you'll catch fresh air.