Fishermen Quotations

It was very clear that this was a very, very old site. There were remains of sod walls. Fishermen assumed it was an old Indian site. Bu Indians didn't use that kind of buildings and houses.

Christ's fishermen should not meddle with men's law, for men' s law contains sharp stones and trees by which the net of God is broken, and the fish wend out of the world.

Culturally, I have always been part of the proletariat. I lived side by side with the sons of glassblowers, fishermen and smugglers. The stories they told were shaper satires about the hypocrisy of authority and the middle classes, the two-facedness of teachers and lawyers and politicians. I was born politicized.

Where the effect comes in droughts is the low water levels coming off the spawn. All the water is pulled off the cover the baby bass are hiding in. They can't hide and this hurts recruitment. But it is something fishermen might not notice for three or four years.

We have seen 60 or more animals in Moss Landing Harbor near the boat launch. If fishermen are speeding out of the north harbor in the dark at 5 a.m., the likelihood of boat strikes is fairly high.

Last year, we lost about a third of the wild salmon we'd normally sell. If the fishermen don't do well, we don't do well.

More breeders are caught through the ice. Although I've seen a slight trend toward catch and release, you'll always have a few greedy souls who will load up a sleigh to show the world what great fishermen they are. That could be remedied with the commission setting up niche regulations, like only one fish a day over 18 inches in winter.

No, he'll impact the fishermen more than the fish.

I wouldn't be surprised if someday some fishermen caught a big shark and cut it open, and there inside was a whole person. Then they cut the person open, and in him is a little baby shark. And in the baby shark there isn't a person, because it would be too small. But there's a little doll or something, like a Johnny Combat little toy guy - something like that.

I think as more and more fishermen across the state realize what's been done to their resource, they will be asking their representatives for some action.

It happens every year. The first warm spell of late winter triggers a fictional bass spawn on most East Texas lakes. The fishermen go wild, and the fish stay deep. I've been keeping records on when Rayburn bass make a major move to the beds. Without exception, it's the first couple of weeks of April. From about now until taxes are due is when the big females will move up on the beds. This is when fishermen have the best chance at catching a trophy bass.

Just as in racing, the people who follow this sport connect with the sponsor of the fishermen they support.

Our fishermen believe they're a forgotten industry. There's so much pressure to keep the boats working and people feel the Fisheries Bill is the final straw.

There are no sure answers for ice being safe. The general standards for safe ice are a good rule of thumb, but with variables in weather and water, ice fishermen need to always be cautious.

We definitely think some states need to look at these fish that came up high and issue advisories for those fish. Fishermen should know which are the high mercury fish. We don't think this study is the final word.

When the predator fish are gone, there is no fish for the sport fishermen to catch and when the sport fishermen don't have anything to catch, they go somewhere else.

There are issues of water, land, fisheries, and they are all of concern right now. Long-term, the damage to these areas is going to have significant socio-economic impact on the local livelihoods and the local fishermen in particular.

When you have 50 of the best fishermen in the world in one place, there are no favorites. On any day, anybody can win.

But most fishermen have gone to 21 inches. The bigger holes allow more things to escape, and the last thing fishermen want is to catch things they're not supposed to.

There have been many fishermen I've talked to and several I've observed who, seeing a dolphin near their boat, actually toss fish to it." ()

Even if this spill doesn't get any worse, the damage from it -- and that's of course not sure -- a leading fishing industry executive says that the Christmas season is already ruined by this spill for several thousand fishermen and their families.

Commercial fishermen took millions of these crabs out of the Delaware Bay with no regard to the consequences to the ecosystem.

Could the minister tell us where his priorities lie: searching for fishermen in distress or for employees who have gone AWOL?

Fishermen have been telling scientists what they think for years. Ted took those insights and pushed the science forward.

Fishermen have been selling their land to sportsmen for years, ... The storm is only going to speed that up by giving people another reason to leave.

Fishermen are inherently reluctant to put pots in the water without an agreed-upon price. It puts them in a very weak position from a marketing standpoint.

The whole state is open to bow fishermen and they harvest lots of fish. Our big concern is the message we're sending to catfish fishermen. We're de-valuing that animal to them.

The season opener is like the big event for fishermen of the entire year.

probably be many billions of dollars. However, we cannot fathom the cost of these poor societies and the nameless fishermen and fishing villages that have just been wiped out.

An Indian Coast Guard ship was able to rescue one other Indian fishing boat along with its crew and bring back another boat which had been set on fire. The government has demanded the immediate release of the fishermen and their boats.

A lot of fishermen are telling us they like things the way they are. They aren't pushing for the change. It's part of the conservation ethic that coastal fishermen have developed.

A lot of fishermen are so poor and broke, they have to fish really hard now.

A street thug and a paid killer are professionals-beasts of prey, if you will, who have dissociated themselves from the rest of humanity and can now see human beings in the same way that trout fishermen see trout.

It strikes a careful balance between ensuring there will be enough salmon for healthy runs in the future, while ensuring there will be as many opportunities as possible for fishermen to harvest other healthier stocks.

It makes the pieces of the pie much smaller for the fishermen that don't travel.

It's a pretty neat deal. You've got 50 of the best fishermen in the world you're going against, so for those guys to give you the respect that they think you're one of the best is pretty neat. But really, anybody can win this thing.

It's been a good year and the anglers have put up some fierce competition in both divisions. I would put this group of fishermen against any trail in the state, and I think they would come out on top.

It's definitely affected the gulf grouper supply, because it limited fishermen from going out to fish,

It's great to see something happening finally. The local news stations try to hype every little sprinkle into some catastrophic storm. That has hurt us, but with this kind of fishing, not even the local news scare can stop fishermen from coming out.

It was not uncommon for fishermen to catch 300-pound halibut at the turn of the century. Now it is commercially extinct.

They came posing as fishermen and attacked the navy boats. We also retaliated and fired back and captured six LTTE rebels.

They become a huge factor only when so few fish are left for the fishermen to catch.

The largest user of such a system is probably going to be the fishing industry. They need ocean data; they use ocean data; they live out on it every day. But this statement and the fact there are only a couple fishermen here concerns me.

The failure to follow scientific advice and the fish kills of 2002 is now being put onto the backs of family fishermen by taking away their livelihood.

The federal government has done absolutely nothing to help, and fishermen are angry. It's almost like they created this Klamath situation to make them look competent on Katrina.

In my book, he's the best of all time. I remember thinking when he started that he would become a well-known fisherman because he was so consistent. Today, if you graded all the fishermen, he's still number one. From the time he started until today, he's been probably the most versatile fishermen no matter where we go - clear water, deep water, shallow water, mud holes, rivers. He's the most consistent. He's in the top 10 more than anyone I know of. In my book, he's the best.

I like the tackle side a little more than the groceries. Fishing tackle doesn't go bad. I get a lot of fishermen coming in here. Some of them are going to Millerton, but most are going to Eastman and Hensley to catch some bass or trout.

I love rainy and bad-weather days because this type of weather gives me a mental advantage, especially when I'm fishing in a tournament. When the weather is inclement, most fishermen start thinking of reasons why they can't catch bass. But, because I fish so often in bad weather, I'm thinking of all the reasons I can catch bass in bad weather conditions.

Generally, by the time we reach March, even though it?s bitter cold, we lose ice. We can count on our fingers and toes the number of fishermen we saw out ice fishing.

I don't think this lake has ever seen this much pressure -- ever, ... The good fishermen were the guys that were able to figure out the fish three days in a row.

I do love sharks. The tuna fishermen go and fin the sharks and dump 'em back into the ocean. It's basically mutilation.

The fishery itself will depend on how far the fish can go and how far the fishermen can spread.

The fishermen that did work them for a couple days before we had to close them down for red tide said that there's resources out there that they could make a living off of,