An optimist is a fisherman who takes along a camera.

You can't tell: maybe a fish goes home
and lies about the size of the man he got away from.

To be a successful fisherman
you should be there yesterday when the fish were biting.

There are two kinds of fishermen:
those who fish for sport
and those who catch something.

The ability to lie differs among people.
Fro instance, a short-armed fisherman
isn't as big a liar as a long-armed one.

Fish is supposed to be good for the brain,
but fishing is even better for the imagination.

If all the big fish that got away were in the sea,
there wouldn't be room for the water.

A fisherman lies in wait for a fish,
and then he lies in weight after landing it.

Since three-fourths of the earth's surface is water
and one-fourth is land,
it's perfectly clear that the good lord
intended that man spend three times
as much time fishing as he does plowing.

The art of fishing is sitting still for a long time
until you don't catch anything.

Only a fisherman thinks it's worth
spending one hundred dollars
for a fishing outfit to catch
one dollars worth of fish.

Work is for people who don't know how to fish.

Some men, in telling a fish story
will go to any length.




Courtesy of the place mat at Oasis Junction Cafe
Carlton MN The land of 10,000 lakes.