Fishing Tradition Quotes

The dolphin fishing that takes place in Taiji town is an ancient fishing practice deeply rooted in their culture and their practices and supports their livelihoods.

What people don't understand is this is something that we only have in America. There is no other country in the world where the ordinary citizen can go out and enjoy hunting and fishing. There's no other nation in the world where that happens. And it's very much a part of our heritage.

I come from a family of fishermen. Fishing is very important to us. We don't hunt. We're not gun folk.

Fishing has been part of our culture since we landed here.

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.

All Americans believe that they are born fishermen. For a man to admit a distaste for fishing would be like denouncing mother-love or hating moonlight.

Da was a real fisherman. But it wasn't the catch that mattered, it was the skill of the cast, the preparation of the flies. I often think my inability to prepare, my desire to get going, are a direct result of watching my father making all those painstaking preparations before he cast his line.

I came from a race of fishers; trout streams gurgled about the roots of my family tree.