Quotes about Fishing
See how he throws his baited lines about,/And plays his men as anglers play their trout.
— Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
Going on a little farther, He saw James son of Zebedee and his brother John. They were in a boat, mending their nets.
— Mark 1:19
Going on from there, He saw two other brothers, James son of Zebedee and his brother John. They were in a boat with their father Zebedee, mending their nets. Jesus called them,
— Matthew 4:21
“Master,” Simon replied, “we have worked hard all night without catching anything. But because You say so, I will let down the nets.”
— Luke 5:5
and so were his partners James and John, the sons of Zebedee. “Do not be afraid,” Jesus said to Simon. “From now on you will catch men.”
— Luke 5:10
But for now I will send for many fishermen, declares the LORD, and they will catch them. After that I will send for many hunters, and they will hunt them down on every mountain and hill, even from the clefts of the rocks.
— Jeremiah 16:16
Then the fishermen will mourn, all who cast a hook into the Nile will lament, and those who spread nets on the waters will pine away.
— Isaiah 19:8
Angling or float fishing I can only compare to a stick and a string, with a worm at one end and a fool at the other.
— Samuel Johnson
The foe pulls all of them up with a hook; he catches them in his dragnet, and gathers them in his fishing net; so he rejoices gladly.
— Habakkuk 1:15
He saw two boats at the edge of the lake. The fishermen had left them and were washing their nets.
— Luke 5:2
He told them, “Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and you will find some.” So they cast it there, and they were unable to haul it in because of the great number of fish.
— John 21:6
When Jesus had finished speaking, He said to Simon, “Put out into deep water and let down your nets for a catch.”
— Luke 5:4